In the Europa League play-offs, Lazio was eliminated by Porto. After Lazio made a fantastic start, a key penalty made by referee Atkin became a turning point in the game, and this time the penalty also caused great controversy.
In the 27th minute of the game, Taremi broke through after receiving the ball in the penalty area, fell to the ground after contact with Milinkovic Savage, referee Atkin was in a good position, the first time he awarded Taremi a fake fall, and warned Taremi with a yellow card.
"Italian Football" first commented, "This fake fall is too outrageous, Taremy was warned with a yellow card." Honestly, it's funny. ”
However, the video assistant referee alerted Atkin after looking back at the slow motion, and after returning to the sideline to watch the slow motion, Atkin changed the penalty. Taremi scored a step to help Porto equalize.
In just 2 minutes, from Taremi's fake yellowing to the penalty kick, Lazio's situation quickly changed.
The controversy over the penalty was twofold: first, whether Taremi had a fake fall, and second, whether the VAR should use slow motion to judge the penalty.
First, let's see if Taremi is a fake fall. Even after the referee awarded a penalty, Football Italy stuck to the initial judgment, "Are you kidding?" VAR！ He deliberately looked for contact with his opponents. ”
"From different lenses, the tibia of the two players did have contact, but it was also obvious that Taremi was looking for contact at all costs." ”
From atkin's first yellow card warning Taremi believes that he also thinks Taremi is in a fake fall. However, after watching the slow motion, he thought the two players did have contact and awarded a penalty.
This begs the second question: Should slow motion be used to judge the intent or intensity of a player's foul?
Renowned journalist Campalena commented, "The video assistant referee chose a very specific action to illustrate the contact between the legs of the two players, rather than Taremi deliberately looking for contact. This footage tells us why the player fell, but doesn't tell the referee what he put in to get the penalty. ”
"The video assistant referee should let the referee watch the whole incident from a different perspective, rather than with a slowing shot. Slow motion inevitably makes things look worse than they really are, and human error and video speed become one of the variables that affect penalties. ”
Back in 2018, there was a huge controversy over whether penalties should be imposed in slow motion. A study by the University of Leuven in Belgium noted that the speed at which the video is played affects the referee's judgment of the severity of the foul, and it is easier for the referee to show a red card after watching slow motion.
Schpitz, a researcher at the University of Leuven who led the study, said: "Slow-motion replay may not be the most ideal tool when judging the intent or strength of a player's foul, as it will aggravate the referee's feelings about intention." ”