The Var stops Juve. Which had been bad, at times very bad, in the presence of an organized and gritty Salernitana, but somehow she had managed to reassemble a crazy game, finding the goal of the sensational 3-2 in the fifth minute of added time. There, however, the referee pair Marcenaro-Banti took the chair, the first on the pitch, the second in front of the monitor, decisive in annulling everything due to an offside by Bonucci considered active despite him not having touched the ball.
Incredible mistake by the var: Candreva keeps Bonucci in the game, nobody notices it
Wrong choice, because the Juventus defender does not hinder Sepe in any way, already beaten by the Pole's goring, but above all because Candreva, on the side of the flag, kept everyone in the game, canceling any discussion: a sensational mistake from the Var room, which was lost a decisive image for the result! Thus it ended in a brawl, with three expelled on one side (Milik for having, ironically, removed his shirt to celebrate, Cuadrado and Allegri) and one on the other (Fazio), but above all with a draw that satisfied only Salernitana , even if Piatek rightly spoke of two lost points.
Yes, because in the 93rd minute the grenades were leading 2-1 and Juve now seemed resigned to a well-deserved defeat, the result of yet another bad performance from both a technical and physical point of view. Then the first half was disconcerting, ending 0-2 (Candreva on 18' and Piatek on a penalty on 45') without any idea of the game, nor any semblance of a reaction. In the second half Allegri removed the unwatchable Kean to put in Milik and the offensive weight changed, even if Bremer's goal (51') was substantially illusory: we expected a Juve attack; instead, the outburst ended in a short time, allowing Salernitana to manage the result without even suffering too much.
But then, in full recovery, there was a foul by Vilhena on Cuadrado and the consequent penalty by Bonucci, reiterated on the net after Sepe's rejection, up to the aforementioned crime. Juve's bad performance remains, as well as the incredible blunder of the referee and the Var, authors of an unprecedented "clear and evident error" (since video assistance has existed, obviously).
Allegri: “Referee? I'm not talking about it, but I'd like to see the picture with Candreva…”
"I never talk about the referees, but a goal was disallowed and this is a fact - Allegri thought - I would also like to see the complete images, because Candreva was near the flag who could keep Bonucci in the game and no one has that image (actually it arrived later and it actually is like this, ed). However, the referees must be left alone, the protagonists of the matches are the players. We had never gone behind, I wanted to see the reaction: he's going behind us, but you mustn't lose order, but we did it like in previous games, when we stopped playing after the lead. A step forward must be taken, but it's just a question of growth, we always have 3-4 young players on the pitch and it's not just a question of age. Personality cannot be bought and sold in an instant, you have to get used to winning again, there are steps to take, you have to work".
Empoli-Rome (20.45 pm, Dazn and Sky)
To close the sixth day will be Empoli and Rome, engaged in the postponement of Mondays. A delicate match for both, but it is clear that the Giallorossi are the ones who have the greatest pressure on them: a victory would bring them to just one point from the leading trio Napoli-Atalanta-Milan, with the prospect of challenging the Bergamo players next Sunday to try to overtake. any other result however would leave them quite behind, thus ruining what appeared to have been a good start to the season. And then there's the psychological aspect, given that Roma are back from two consecutive defeats against Udinese and Ludogorets: a third could do a lot of harm to the whole environment. Mourinho, yesterday in silence from the press, knows it well and for this reason he will try to take 3 fundamental points by fielding the best possible formation, obviously net of the injuries.
Empoli-Roma, the formations
Special One finds Zaniolo again, even if only for the bench: the idea is to let him taste the field again between today and Sunday, to then have him at his best after the break. The Giallorossi 3-4-2-1 will thus see Rui Patricio in goal, Mancini, Smalling and Ibanez in defense, Karsdorp, Cristante, Matic and Spinazzola in midfield, Dybala and Pellegrini behind the lone striker Abraham. Zanetti, fresh from four consecutive useful results but still without victories, will try the coup relying on a 4-3-1-2 with Vicario between the posts, Stojanovic, Ismajli, Luperto and Parisi in the back department, Henderson, Marin and Bandinelli in the midfield, Pjaca on the trocar, Satriano and Lammers in attack.
