Ex Serie A Referee Blasts Maurizio Mariani After Torino 2-2 Inter Milan Draw: “It’s Not A Penalty”

Meanwhile, Nikola Vlasic kept his composure from the spot to help Torino end a seven-game losing streak against Inter in Serie A.

Graziano Cesari Slams Maurizio Mariani After Torino 2-2 Inter Milan Draw

“The action in the 75th minute continues, nobody protests, then suddenly the play stops,” Cesari said. “Mariani says the VAR room has called him, and he goes to review the footage.

“He then decides on a penalty for an unnatural arm by number 30, Carlos Augusto. We point out that Zapata’s jump is perfectly legal. There is no foul on Dimarco.

“But then this right hand of Carlos Augusto.

“For weeks, we’ve heard about close distance, unexpected ball, these two arms of the Inter defender going towards the Torino player.

“Doesn’t it also look like a movement, an instinctive gesture to protect himself from contact? That’s how I see it.”

“I’ll show you another episode to clarify this. Last year, Inter–Fiorentina, an incident that led to a penalty for a ball bouncing from Gosens’ head onto Darmian’s arm.

“But does that look like a penalty? No, absolutely not,” he concluded.