Rocky: Hoylen s elbow should have received a red card, but Ferguson s exaggerated reaction to cover his face affected the penalty

Rocchi, the head of Italian referees, said that in the last round of Serie A, Naples center Hoylen's retaliation for deliberately elbowing his opponent should receive a red card.

In the 11th round of Serie A, Naples lost 0-2 away to Bologna. In the 63rd minute of the game, Hoylen was brought down by Bologna midfielder Lewis Ferguson. After falling to the ground, Hoylen hit the opponent with his left elbow, and the referee showed him a yellow card. Rocky talked about this scene while participating in the Open Var program.

Rocky said: "In our opinion, this is a red card action, because his attitude is absolutely unacceptable. Indeed, Lewis Ferguson had a pulling foul, but the correct penalty should be that Lewis Ferguson received a yellow card and Hoylen received a red card. At that time Under the circumstances, the strength of his elbow should not be considered. It should be determined that players must not have this attitude. "

However, Rocky also said that Lewis Ferguson's subsequent reaction was too exaggerated. "My least favorite point also includes Lewis Ferguson's reaction, because it hinders the VAR referee's judgment. He was hit in the chest but covered his face. In the past few years, the basic penalty concept was to protect players from being hit in the face, but now this rule is used to allow opponents to get cards. In this penalty, the referee did make a mistake, but it was precisely because of Lewis Ferguson's attitude that Bologna did not get a fair penalty."

And in the program. The audio of the discussion between the VAR referee and the VAR assistant referee at the time was also played, "He (Lewis Lewis) covered his face, but his face was not hit, he was hit in the chest." The VAR referee then told the referee: "It was confirmed that Hoylen had a yellow card foul. Ferguson pulled him down, and then he hit back. The force was medium, hitting the chest, but it was entirely caused by the initial pulling of the defensive player. The victim covered his face, but it was actually hit in the chest."