📺 Open VAR, Rocchi: “Right to overturn Vlahović penalty?”

The incident that occurred at the 16th minute of Fiorentina-Juventus, held last Saturday, continues to spark discussion.

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For those who missed it, the sequence was as follows: Vlahovic entered the area, surpassed Pablo Marí with a backheel, and fell to the ground after contact with the Fiorentina defender. Doveri immediately pointed to the spot, but the VAR called him for a review.

After reviewing the action on the monitor, the referee reversed his decision and canceled the penalty: according to the match officials, the Juventus forward was the first to hold Marí's shirt. A decision that did not convince Luca Marelli of DAZN, who believes it was an incident where the VAR should not have intervened to overturn it.

In the day's episode of Open VAR on DAZN, the referee designator - Gianluca Rocchi - clarified his point of view, stating that the decision by Doveri and company at the Franchi was correct: "Live, I would have done the same as Doveri (call a penalty), but I believe the VAR's decision is correct: because Vlahovic holds Pablo Marì first. This OFR was done very well".

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