It was surely an eventful evening at the Allianz Stadium. However, all the debate after the Juventus-Salernitana match focuses on the actions of the last minutes.
After mounting a comeback from 0-2 to 2-2, the Bianconeri scored a last-gasp winner courtesy of Arek Milik. Unfortunately, the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an alleged offside position by Leonardo Bonucci.
A huge melee broke out after the incident, with red cards flying, but the result was the same; Juventus lost another two points at home.
After the match, a video surfaced showing Antonio Candreva’s position on the incident. The veteran winger should have put Bonucci on the side, but those in the VAR room paid no attention to the player’s position.
Does #Candreva (lower left) keep everyone in the game? #Juventus #JuveSalernitana pic.twitter.com/VW5DGv2BuW
— Giovanni Albanese (@GiovaAlbanese) September 11, 2022
The Juventus captain was unsurprisingly furious, explaining why Milik’s goal should have stood out. The defender also argues that regardless of whether he was in or out of the game, he did not interfere with the goal or affect Salernitana goalkeeper Luigi Sepe’s decision-making.
“They explained to me that an active offside was detected,” Bonucci said in his post-match comments via Gazzetta dello Sport.
“But Sepe would never have landed on that ball, my position does not interfere with an intervention by the goalkeeper, that is what the regulations say.
“I doubt that Candreva’s position was even taken into account. In the still image, she is not seen.
“I’m almost a meter to the side, Candreva is closer to the goal, not me. I hope that was taken into account, although the image had to be complete but it was not. The position is not active anyway, and the defender even tried to take my shirt off.”
