France-Italy, the Under-21 match made one thing clear: without technocology, even the referees are to blame, you can’t play on the pitch
The Under-21 European Championship match between France and Italy has made one thing clear: you can’t play without technology, it’s obvious. Matches like the one the other night can’t be played anymore, and it’s a pity that now UEFA, only after what happened, has decided that from the next knockout phase round, Var will be used. In short, everyone realised what Nicolato’s team had to overcome.
The Dutch referee Lindhout’s egregious errors were three: a penalty not conceded for a foul of a hand in the French penalty area; the foul not whistled at the beginning of the action that then allowed France to score 21; the phantom goal that was not so phantom as Bellanova’s. In short, a catastrophe. And into the merits of the affair, interviewed exclusively by notizie.com, came former referee Morgan De Santis. Who spoke in this way.
France-Italy, the words of De Santis
Former referee De Santis
“Unfortunately, referees have lost the ability to make decisions and are no longer used to being referees. Maybe a referee of excellence would have done better because he is not used to Var. How can you not see the foul where the 2-1 came from. Then there is the fourth man who doesn’t help you and so the habit of a collaboration between the referee quatern has been lost. “
De Santis analyses all the errors: “The intervention on Okoli is dangerous play, the touch with the arm according to Fifa’s approach is a penalty and above all you cannot not give a goal like that in the final. The referee was outside the area, but the player was inside the goal. So it was impossible not to award it. But the most important one was: ‘The most serious in absolute terms is the goal not given, but from a technical point of view it is the foul on Okoli. In general he refereed badly, but these three are the most blatant. “
