Why was not given the penalty for handball of De Vrij

The first half of Inter-Napoli ended with the protests of Napoli for a penalty not granted after a touch of hand by Stefan De Vrij in the penalty area.

Moviola Inter-Napoli: the hand ball by De Vrij

The Dutch defender intercepted the ball with his arm after a rejection of Padelli on Zielinski’s shot. The referee Calvarese waited for the silent check of VAR and let go without awarding the penalty. According to the judgment of the race director, taking into account the various cases envisaged by rule on handball, the distance between Padelli and De Vrij was judged too small to punish the touch of hand.

Shortly before, always during the first half, the VAR had focused on another possible handball but in the opposite area, after a suspicious touch by Maksimovic following a close carambola with Sensi: the position of the arm of the Serbian defender however, it was the correct one, adhering to the arm, so the decision to let Calvarese take it was correct.

Moviola Inter-Napoli: the foul on D’Ambrosio is not a penalty

In the second half there was only a slight discussion. In the final match D’Ambrosio fell in the penalty area of ​​Napoli, but the player from Campania went down in fact alone, there were no extremes for the penalty kick in the contact between the defender, who took over from Skriniar, and Elmas.

Conte risks the red card, vehement protests with the referee Calvarese

One step away from the red card Antonio Conte at 70 ‘ when the referee blows a foul by Brozovic on Mertens. The former c.t. he gets furious and does not send them to tell the referee Calvarese that he approaches the bench and warns him. Conte is not there and continues to protest, albeit tackled by Oriali who feared expulsion. Conte would have said to the referee: “Keep doing the phenomenon.”