The highly anticipated "Open VAR" program is online again. Italian referee director Rocchi came to the program and talked about the penalty awarded to Naples in the 3-1 Inter Milan game.

Rocky said: "This game is very complicated. This is a very special event, and the problem mainly lies in the procedure. The head referee may not have seen it. I think he should communicate more with VAR instead of the assistant referee."

"We let the assistant referees take a route and train them into'little referees', because with the introduction of VAR, their work has been subject to certain restrictions. One thing I don't like very much. Yes, assistant referee Bindoni's intervention went beyond the scope of our requirements. We ask assistant referees to only intervene within the scope of their responsibilities when they are 100% sure, and this is not the case because the referee is in control of the whole game. "

"So this decision is not correct. This is not a penalty kick. We originally expected the referee to review it on the spot. In terms of division of responsibilities, most of it is the responsibility of the assistant referee and part of it is the referee. The responsibility for the judgment is partly the responsibility of VAR. "

"Some people say that if there is contact, we must intervene. I don't like to hear this statement. What we want is a clear penalty kick, and a clear decision to cancel the goal, and have a lower tolerance for serious fouls and violence. This penalty kick did not meet the standards. If the referee Mariani had awarded the penalty kick immediately on the spot, it might be easier to accept, and it would be easier for us to support his decision. Today, we are completely dissatisfied with the way the procedure is being handled. "

Live audio analysis:

It can be heard from the live audio that the referee Mariani did not award a penalty kick at the first time, and the VAR stated in direct feedback that there was no penalty kick. Then the assistant referee Bindoni clearly stopped it: "It's a penalty kick, it's a penalty kick, it's a penalty kick. "

When Mariani asked him if he was sure, Bindoni answered in the affirmative. Then Mariani awarded a penalty kick. After review, VAR explained: "We cannot cancel the penalty because there was indeed contact, and we cannot judge the intensity of the contact. Mkhitaryan's foul on Di Lorenzo was confirmed. If someone said that Di Lorenzo opened his legs, he did not. He was protecting the ball, and Mkhitaryan stepped on his gastrocnemius from behind."