After Roma's match against Milan, Mourinho publicly criticized referee Chifi. Against Juve, referee Massa repeatedly made controversial decisions, and the video assistant referee also intervened in the penalty many times. So, is there a dispute over the 4 key penalties made by Massa in this campaign? Let's analyze them one by one.
It is worth mentioning that after the end of the last round, Allegri and Mourinho criticized the referee, but Uncle Lu was banned for 1 game, and Uncle Bird escaped punishment, which caused controversy in the media, believing that the two were treated differently.
Back in the game, the first controversy came in the 12th minute, when Pellegrini's shot from inside the penalty area was blocked by De Ligt, and roma players collectively complained to Massa that they believed de Ligt had a clear handball and should be awarded a penalty.
Unmoved, however, Massa explained to the Roma player that the ball first hit De Ligt's right foot and then bounced back into his hand. Under current rules, a close bounce and then a hit on the hand will not be awarded a penalty.
However, former Serie A referee Marelli had a different view, "De Ligt's arm was stretched too wide, so he increased the defensive area." If you hit the arm directly, then there will be no dispute. Even so, his move should have resulted in a penalty, after all he blocked the opponent's shot. ”
The second controversy came in the 72nd minute, when McKenny picked out a pass in front of the penalty area, Cuadrado's header sailed across the net, and after Morata's shot was blocked, Kulusevsky swept the ball across the net.
Massa first ruled the goal invalid, but after a long replay of the slow motion, the video assistant referee decided that Cuadrado was not offside, and Massa changed the verdict to a valid goal. Judging from the line, Cuadrado is indeed not offside.
The third controversy came in the 80th minute, when Abraham's shot from inside the box was blocked by De Ligt and the game continued. After being alerted by the video assistant referee, Massa interrupted the game, showed De Ligt a second yellow card after looking back at the slow motion, and the Dutch centre-back left the field with a red color and a penalty.
Unlike the handball in the 12th minute, De Ligt this time clearly extended, raised his right arm, expanded the defensive area, and ate the red dot package for a reasonable time.
After joining Juve, De Ligt once gave a penalty for handball in a row. After that, he solved the problem very well. However, the Dutchman went back to his senses, deliberately handballing three times in one game, the second handball receiving the first yellow card and causing Pellegrini to score a free kick, and the third handball receiving a red set.
The final controversy of the campaign came in stoppage time, when Tammy Abraham collapsed after bursting into the penalty area to make contact with Szczesny, and Massa did not award a penalty this time.
In slow motion, Szczesny stabbed the ball with his right hand, so not awarding a penalty was the right one. Football Italy commented, "Szczesny made a brave and stupid save. The reason I say "stupid" is because once he doesn't touch the ball, then he sends a penalty. Luckily, he poked the ball away first.
Judging from these four penalties, with the help of the video assistant referee, Massa made an accurate decision. Perhaps because of this, Mourinho did not criticize the referee after the game this time, but believed that the Roma players "lacked personality", "psychological collapse" and "the physical fitness to play a good 90-minute game".