Refereeing skilled Luca Marelli explains the one essential element that saved Juventus defender Pierre Kalulu from a pink card in opposition to Bologna.
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The incident occurred on the Allianz Juventus Stadium in Turin on the twenty sixth minute when Jens Odgaard ran onto the lengthy ball and had his heels clipped by Kalulu simply outdoors the penalty space.
Referee Matteo Marchetti waved play on, however play was halted for a few minutes whereas VAR checked the footage.
Whereas we now have seen pink playing cards given this season even when the 2 gamers merely crossed paths reasonably than one deliberately fouling one other in these conditions, there was one essential element that saved Kalulu.
What saved Kalulu from pink card in Juventus-Bologna
In line with DAZN refereeing skilled and former official Marelli, VAR couldn’t intervene for a straight pink card as a result of there was one factor lacking from the DOGSO ruling (Denying an Apparent Aim Scoring Alternative).
Odgaard was working in the direction of the ball, however didn’t have it underneath his management and Mattia Perin was prepared to collect.
“It’s a scenario similar to the Tijjani Reijnders pink card in Milan-Udinese, however in that scenario the referee made the choice and VAR couldn’t change it,” defined Marelli on DAZN.
“On this case, I consider it’s proper to not ship Kalulu off as a result of there’s one factor lacking for it to be a DOGSO scenario, the Bologna participant doesn’t have management of the ball.
“Perin had the benefit and would’ve obtained to it first.”
