The episodes involving Scalvini’s goal and the disallowed goal for Scamacca enraged both Roma and Atalanta in last night’s match at the New Balance Arena. 

Two situations that angered Gasperini, Svilar, and Palladino in the post-match. Let’s look at the analysis, statements, and the day-after review by experts and newspapers.

Scalvini-Svilar Contact: goalkeeper and Gasperini 😡

At the 12th minute, Svilar goes out on a corner kick, loses the ball colliding with Rensch, then clashes with Scalvini who has both hands on Svilar, and then the goal comes on the rebound. Referee Fabbri confirms everything because Svilar loses the ball before the contact with the opposing player.

However, there is another doubt: Scalvini touches the ball with his chest, the ball is slightly touched again by Svilar, and then the Atalanta defender seems to make the last touch with his right arm. If so, the goal should be disallowed because the touch occurred immediately before the goal.

In the post-match, Gasperini‘s reaction is clear: “This is an unprecedented absurdity, there are two things: the hands on the goalkeeper’s face and the arm touching the ball, so it’s not even a thing, it’s absolutely inexplicable.”

Svilar was also very angry on DAZN’s microphones: “I could have caught the ball, then even a teammate prevented me from catching it, but after that moment someone hit me on the head from behind, in my opinion when the goalkeeper is touched in the small area it’s a foul. [….] It would have been better if I hadn’t immediately reviewed the images.”

😵 No One Agrees: Not Even in the Analyses

An episode that doesn’t find agreement among newspapers: La Gazzetta claims that “There is neither a foul nor a handball”, while Corriere dello Sport says: “The arm touch seems to be there but was not evaluated.”

Instead, for Gianpaolo Calvarese “The replays do not clarify whether the touch is there or not”. Another opinion is that of Luca Marelli on DAZN: “Both of Scalvini’s hands are on Svilar’s face before the defender touches the ball, which is why the goal should be disallowed. There is no arm touch.”

🫣Scamacca’s Disallowed Goal, Palladino’s Fury but Newspapers Say It’s OK

At the 28th minute, Hermoso makes a mistake in stopping the ball without any pressure from the opponent, Scamacca goes to contest the ball starting from an offside position and then creates the action that leads to the goal, scored by Scamacca himself. Referee Fabbri goes to the monitor and disallows the goal: Hermoso’s touch is not considered a play and Scamacca’s position affects the action.

Palladino is booked on the bench: “It’s a cinema” shouts the Atalanta coach, who in the post-match adds: “I don’t understand why Scamacca’s goal was disallowed also because the Roma player tries to control it, fails, and gives us the ball. The goal was perfectly valid, the referee told me that the regulation was like that but they explain different things to us at the start of the season”.

According to La Gazzetta “the terminology of the regulation is convoluted but the goal should be disallowed”, an opinion also shared by Corriere dello Sport: “The collaboration between the referee and VAR worked.”

The same evaluation was made by Luca Marelli on DAZN: “The decision is correct” and Gianpaolo Calvarese: “The offside is to be considered active”.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.