Relying on Vlahović's goal, Juventus struggled to draw at home to Bologna. Two Bologna players were sent in a row in seven seconds without a penalty, which caused great controversy in referee Sacchi's decision for this campaign.
The scene came in the 81st minute of the match, and after receiving vlahovic's direct thrust, Morata dodged Medel's flying shovel and burst into the box, before being knocked down by Sumalo, who rushed in from the slash.
The well-placed referee didn't award a penalty at first, and after being alerted by the video assistant referee, Sacchi showed Sumalo a red card after looking back at the slow motion.
Seeing his teammates being shown red cards and believing that his team would be awarded a penalty, Medel was very upset and angrily scolded the referee, so he received a yellow card. However, this further angered Medel, and the referee showed Medel a red card.
In just 7 seconds, two Bologna players were sent off, and in just 3 seconds, Medel applied for a red card to leave the field. Star Di Canio believes that Medel is to blame, "The referee has explained to him that he will not award a penalty and he should remain calm. Despite playing a great game, he received a red card. ”
According to the Milano Sport newspaper, "Medel was very angry and grabbed the referee's arm, which would make him pay a heavy price." Slow Motion commented, "Medel lost his mind at a critical moment and ruined everything." ”
Surprisingly, however, the referee ultimately awarded no penalty, but instead awarded a free kick on the edge of the penalty area. Judging from the slow-motion line, Sumalo's foul on Morata was on the edge of the penalty area.
However, former Serie A referee Marelli commented, "We all saw Sumalo's foul on Morata and it should definitely be awarded a penalty, I think it was a penalty. The final free-kick on the edge of the penalty area was very confusing to me. Because it seemed to me that Susumaro's right leg had clearly hit Morata in the penalty area. ”
After the match, Bonucci also said, "From the pitch, the foul was in the box, but the video assistant referee made the decision. ”
However, such a penalty also made Bologna unhappy, because they believed that Sumalo was not the last defender and that Tate had returned to the defense. At the same time, if a penalty is awarded, then Samaro will not receive a red card.
This season, the controversy caused by VAR has become more and more controversial, however, the penalty in this game has made both teams unhappy, even after VAR intervened, it has not calmed the controversy, and it is still quite rare to make the controversy bigger.