NAPLES (ITALPRESS) – Inter-Napoli is not over yet. It’s Wednesday but the back-and-forth between the two sides continues and from the United States come statements from the other president, Napoli’s Aurelio De Laurentiis, who replies to his Nerazzurri colleague. The theme is always the same, namely the penalty awarded to the Italian champions and which, if converted, could have changed the match and significantly altered the standings. “I read from Los Angeles some statements by Marotta, in my opinion misplaced – President De Laurentiis goes straight to the point in a statement published on the blue club’s website -. The penalty, according to the vast majority of observers, was not there. But above all, Conte’s words were clear and are exactly what I think and have always said: the Var is a great resource to avoid refereeing errors. It makes no sense to say that sometimes it can intervene and sometimes it cannot. If there is a refereeing error, the Var officials must call the match director. Otherwise, it will stunt the growth of soccer and fuel suspicion.” “Moreover, referees are already in direct contact with Var. Why should they not receive guidance from those who can see what is happening on the field with the help of technology? Conte has made explicit sacrosanct concepts, the same ones I have been advocating for years,” explained De Laurentiis, who fully shares the thoughts expressed by his coach in the aftermath of the Meazza match. Napoli’s No. 1 does not stop there and adds, “It is necessary to make sure that suspicions and doubts are not nurtured, and respect, as stressed by Rocchi, must be mutual to avoid, as he said, setting the championship on fire. It must also be emphasized that the referee should be free from any psychological conditioning, which instead there often is between field referees and Var referees. I think it is there for all to see that a new Var regulation needs to be put in place to avoid uneven decisions, which I repeat, would only fuel the theory of doubt. It is well known, moreover, that referees on the field are often not in favor of the Var referees’ intervention, because corrections to their decisions take away their autonomy and credibility. However, when faced with egregious episodes and blatant errors, the Var should intervene, at least by calling the referee back to see what happened on the monitor. This is for the good of soccer,” De Laurentiis concludes.- Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
