Officials believe non-penalty call on Pavlovic-Thuram contact was right – the explanation | OneFootball

There has been a lot of talk after last night’s derby about a potential penalty that wasn’t called on Marcus Thuram, after two challenges inside the box.

Inter though appear to be furious about a spot kick that they were not given in the second half. Both Theo Hernandez and Strahinja Pavlovic went in for a challenge with Thuram. The striker himself expressed his frustration, as did his head coach Simone Inzaghi.

According to a report from Calciomercato.com, the officials believes that it was a ‘little tap’ on Thuram that did not affect the dynamics that resulted. The referee Chiffi and the VAR chief Di Paolo had the chance to look at replays, but determined that it was not worthy of a spot kick.

The clear directive is that of the penalty to be avoided for micro-contacts: the light and not overwhelming touch from an opposing must not be punished; and this is how it was defined by those who saw it and judged it on the pitch and in the video room.

The belief is that the correct decision was reached, therefore. Theo’s slide was clean and there was nothing overwhelming on the contact from Pavlovic to Thuram, who also angled his leg across to perhaps try and invite contact.