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The referee designator returns to the Sassuolo-Juve decision: "The VAR agreed, it decides who is on the pitch"
"Why don't the referees go to the VAR? In the case of Domenico Berardi because the VAR considered the episode correct based on how it was assessed on the pitch. I don't feel like blaming the match director for the decision, perhaps I would have given the red. The VAR agreed with the referee, who was not called back to check this episode. There is no whistle that can refuse to check an action if he is called back by the VAR, if one of my players did so tomorrow it would no longer be there . " Thus Gianluca Rocchi , referee designator, spoke to Dazn on the episode in Sassuolo-Juve, with the number 10 of the neroverdi who intervened on Bremer's ankle but was only booked by Colombo
"Our philosophy is to have decision-making referees who bring the game home by refereeing - he continues - . The referee must be corrected if the decision is wrong, but we don't want an excessive invasion of what happens on the pitch otherwise it would all be fragmented. Having said that, if there are three interventions to be made we will do them. We must be clear: the one who decides is the referee on the pitch. VARit only intervenes when the decision is wrong. Today the VAR protocol is broad but narrow at the same time and you can't go and review everything. When you are faced with a clear episode then you must intervene. We recently had a meeting with the coaches and they told us that they want a referee who decides on the pitch. The real difference is made by the referees on the pitch: VAR is an extraordinary technology and has changed our lives and football in general but it must only intervene when the error is clear. "
Rocchi: "Vlahovic scored a regular Juve-Lazio goal"
On Vlahovic's goal in Juve-Lazio he comments: "Difficult and complex decision to evaluate, despite complete technology. I like how Irrati moved, since he didn't have certainty from the images he did well to concede the goal following the decision of the pitch. How did we find the images? With the tool with which we find offsides. We are certain that the ball was in play and the goal was regular. Sometimes I get angry when I hear that we are disrespectful with our decisions. Listen to how we move and what we say, unfortunately we must take into account that something might escape our notice, especially with the cameras which, as in this case, are not in line with the lateral foul. We want collaboration. The ideal days come when there are no protests and I don't send coaches away. We try to be strict because we want football to be easy to referee. If you're not on top of me, it's easier for me to make decisions . "
Rocchi on the actual time
Then on the maxi recovery time and the actual time : "The recovery must be done in accordance with the episodes. What matters is the actual playing time, we have recovered five minutes in the last year. The same referee played a match with 46 minutes of play effective and the following one of 62 and in the one with the lowest playing time we had lower recovery time. The playing time is up to the players and not the referee, we can speed up and get the matches played by reducing interventions. "