Italian newspapers respond to Mazzoleni's decision not to send off Benatia in AC Milan-Juve
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, "Benatia's touch is certainly incongruous, enough to decree the penalty. But it is less clear if it is intentional and if it interrupts a promising attacking action or a simple advance.
The feeling of the journal is that since it was still a "promising attacking action" Benatia's handball could have earned the yellow and therefore a red card. The paper gave Mazzoleni a rating of 5.5.
Turin-based Tuttosport writes that the lack of a yellow card to Benatia could have been due to the fact that the regulation gives the possibility to interpret the situation that it was not a promising goalscoring opportunity, and gave Mazzoleni a rating of 6, while Corriere dello Sport had the same thought as Gazzetta, giving the referee 5/10.
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