Refree overturns penalty decision in Sampdoria-AC Milan after VAR review

24 set 2017

The referee of Sampdoria-Milan Paolo Valeri has been ‘saved’ by the VAR review as the Italian director wrongly allowed a penalty kick in favour of Sampdoria in the second minute of today’s Marassi clash against AC Milan.

The rossoneri midfielder Franck Kessié was thought to have touched the ball with his hand deflecting a cross of Milan Strinic from the left.

The handball incident. Correct call to overturn the penalty.

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— SempreMilan (@SempreMilanCom) September 24, 2017

Footages of the action, however, highlighted how Kessié did not touch the ball with his hand but with his shoulder instead.

Valeri initially allowed a penalty kick in favour of the blucerchiati but rightly changed his decision shortly after when he checked the images on the TV and ended up conceding a corner kick for AC Milan instead.