According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Italian referee Rocchi commented on the penalty call in the last round of Milan vs. Fiorentina Serie A.

In the seventh round of Serie A in the early morning of this Monday, Milan defeated Fiorentina 2-1 at home. In the 80th minute and 37 seconds of the game, Fiorentina defender Parisi stretched out his arm in the penalty area and touched Milan forward Jimenez's face, and pulled slightly.

Head referee Marinelli did not award a penalty kick at the first opportunity, but VAR referee Abiso intervened later. Marinelli went to the sidelines to watch the video replay and then changed the penalty kick. It was the 84th minute and 20 seconds of the game.

Will future generations define it as a "small penalty kick"? We'll see. However, according to the current standards of the refereeing community, a more accurate definition is "more inclined to non-penalty kicks than penalty kicks". This is because the double contact present in the entire dynamic process actually prompts the referee to consider the action to be punishable.

At the same time, referee Livio Marinelli and VAR referee Rosario Abiso will not be suspended. "Gazzetta dello Sport" stated that the penalty was not deemed a major error), while Jimenez was not "exonerated."

Two days after the match between AC Milan and Fiorentina caused controversy, the referees' top officials repeatedly studied and judged the most controversial penalty in the seventh round of the league.

In today's "Open VAR" program, referee Rocchi is likely to announce the results of these evaluations, but will focus on Jimenez's overreaction. Essentially: the Mexican player's exaggerated performance led to the referee making a misjudgment, and this identification standard is an important principle that the refereeing community has long been committed to promoting.

Rocky: "It is necessary to distinguish between falling to the ground after actual contact and this kind of dramatic performance, sometimes accompanied by alarming screams, which will interfere with the referee's wrong judgment. Everyone needs to take responsibility."

It is worth mentioning that in Juventus' Serie A match against Cagliari last season, the referee Marinelli believed that Conceição had flopped after encountering slight physical contact, and sent off Conceição from two yellows to one red. Rocky pointed out: "The (second) yellow card he showed to Conceição was too severe. In theory, there should be no physical contact for diving."

In the third round of Serie A this season, Juventus defeated Inter Milan 4-3. Before Adzic scored the winning goal for Juventus, K-Thuram also seemed to have committed a minor foul on Inter Milan player Boni, but the goal was eventually ruled valid. Rocky said: "It was a goal that complied with the rules. There was no problem with K-Thuram's ball control at the time. As for the contact on the chin? That contact was not enough to constitute a foul."