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Questions raised over lack of VAR after penalty and red card shouts in Juve-Genoa

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Questions raised over lack of VAR after penalty and red card shouts in Juve-Genoa

Juventus had been held to a 1-1 draw by Genoa on Friday night, however the papers on Saturday morning are all in settlement that the Bianconeri had been wrongly denied a second penalty, leaving consultants questioning the shortage of VAR intervention. 

Juve had led after 28 minutes on the evening after Federico Chiesa transformed from 12 yards, earlier than Albert Gudmundsson drew the visiting Genoa stage three minutes after the beginning of the second half. 

Referee Davide Massa, nonetheless, has come underneath criticism after waving away a possible Juventus penalty after the ball clearly struck Mattia Bani’s arm in an outstretched place within the second half. 

There have additionally been questions raised over a possible missed purple card for Ruslan Malinovskyi after a reckless, excessive problem on Kenan Yildiz within the closing levels of the sport as properly. 

Each Il Corriere dello Sport and Tuttosport agree in Saturday morning’s post-match protection that Massa had made errors on each calls, and that the Previous Girl ought to have had the prospect to place themselves forward once more from the spot. 

Each papers have additionally questioned the shortage of VAR intervention, significantly for the penalty shout, because the preliminary name had seemed questionable. 

Sadly for Juventus, they haven’t jumped forward of title-rivals Inter, who will play Lazio on Sunday night for the prospect to maneuver 4 factors clear on the high of the Serie A desk.