Inter-Verona, Var storm: elbow from Bastoni, then Frattesi scores. The slow motion

Inter-Verona, elbow from Bastoni and then goal from Frattesi

Controversy in the final of Inter-Verona. In the action of Frattesi's 2-1 goal in the 93rd minute, there is a foul by Bastoni on Duda: elbow with a distant ball. The VAR did not intervene to call Fabbri to the monitor and the match director validated the goal.

Inter-Verona, Frattesi's goal to be canceled due to Bastoni's elbow on Duda? Luca Marelli's slow motion

“Duda remains on the ground after a tackle with Bastoni. The defender doesn't look at the ball, but only at his opponent and gives him an elbow, not particularly heavy, not worth a red card. The Hellas player accentuates a lot but it doesn't change, this is certainly a foul – the analysis of the former referee Luca Marelli on Dazn – In fact, from this point of view I was expecting an on field review to review what happened because the APP (attacking possession phase) is the same: the ball always remains with Inter, there is a foul, and then Bastoni actively participates in the action because it is he who takes the crossbar immediately after this episode. With the OFR there would have been a punishment for Verona and a yellow card for Bastoni for unsportsmanlike conduct.” Then Marelli concludes: “It's a mistake evidently made in the VAR room. At the moment of contact between Bastoni and Duda, Fabbri was watching the ball and missed the episode.”

Inter-Verona, Sogliano, 'we have suffered a great wrong'

“Today was a great lack of respect towards a club that, among many difficulties, is trying to honor this championship and fight until the end. The situation is very clear, it is useless to talk about the market, with all the problems we have there was this sensational missed intervention, I think it is too much to accept this, it is a lack of respect, it is not a mistake. Anything you want, I don't want any help, but I want respect, we're not here for a ride, we could have been here to score four goals. I'm not a moralist, I'm a humble sports director. Today our dignity as Veronese has been trampled upon.” These are the harsh words of Verona sporting director Sean Sogliano to Dazn after the 2-1 defeat against Inter and the failure to intervene due to an attacking foul by Bastoni on Duda during the action that led Inter to the 2nd goal -1. “On the episode of Inter's 2-1, it is impossible that in a VAR room, trained referees could not have seen that the goal should have been annulled, they could not have not notified the referee”, added the Verona sporting director. “Verona and its fans are returning home with a great injustice, it is truly a very serious thing.”

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Inter, Lautaro-Frattesi beat Verona. Nerazzurri winter champions

Inter beat Verona 2-1 in injury time, thanks to goals from Lautaro Martinez and Frattesi, at San Siro, taking themselves to 48 points, +5 on Juventus who will play in Salerno, and are winter champions of Serie A . Tough match for Inzaghi's team, resolved only at the end, in full injury time and thanks to a penalty kick missed by the Scaligeri in the 100th minute. Verona thus remains on 14 points after only giving the Nerazzurri a scare. For the last match of the first round Inzaghi finds Pavard starting again after two months, but Lautaro also returns together with Thuram, while Carlos Augusto on the left wing with Dumfries on the opposite side. The Verona coach fields Djuric in attack ahead of Ngonge, Folorunsho and Mboula, with Lazovic initially on the bench. Duda returns from the first minute – in midfield with Suslov – and Magnani who together with Coppola, Tchatchoua and Doig will make up the defense in front of Montipò. Verona starts off strong straight away and in the 2nd minute Sommer makes the first save on Suslov's shot, but in the 13th minute Inter passes: Thuram for Mkhitaryan who finds the insertion of Lautaro Matrinez in the area: stop and shot that knocks out Montipò for 1-0. It is the 16th goal of the championship for the Argentine. In the first half there were other attempts by Hellas which were promptly rejected by the Nerazzurri wall, only Djuric managed to head but found Sommer ready.

In the second half Inter managed the match and until the quarter-finals there were no major upheavals but in the 74th minute Verona equalised: they recovered the ball from the yellow-blue team, assist from Duda for Henry who touches the ball with his knee and surprises Acerbi and Sommer to make it 1-1. In the 79th minute Arnautovic, who had just come on, was unlucky and didn't find the new advantage but rather prevented it. In the 92nd minute, another sensational opportunity for Inter again with Arnautovic unable to deflect the ball on the goal line. The goal arrives a minute later: in the 93rd minute, after a series of attempts by the Nerazzurri, Frattesi arrives with a shot into the goal for the 2-1 with the VAR confirming.

It seems over but in the 100th minute referee Fabbri decrees a penalty for Verona due to a contact in the area by Darmian on Magnani but Henry hits the post with Sommer directed completely towards the opposite post. It ends 2-1 for Inter who are Winter champions after a big scare.

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