Images and videos affirm experts’ belief that Udinese’s penalty was incorrectly awarded

Udinese came away with all three points from San Siro last night as they converted a penalty in the second half against AC Milan. A penalty that the Friuli side shouldn’t have been awarded, as per multiple experts. 

In the 60th minute of the game, Yacine Adli committed the foul on Festy Ebosele and Juan Luca Sacchi hesitated slightly before pointing to the spot. The replays immediately confirmed that there wasn’t a huge contact, but VAR didn’t intervene in the end.

As per Gazzetta dello Sport this morning (via SempreMilan), VAR referee Eugenio Abbattista made a big mistake by not sending Sacchi to the screen. There is a slight touch on Ebosele, but it’s indeed minimal and it shouldn’t be enough for a penalty.

Errori Arbitrali added that the situation has left us with ‘many doubts’, as it’s more of a slight touch than a clear stomp on the foot. DAZN’s refereeing pundit Luca Marelli (via MilanNews) concurred with these opinions, stating that it never should have been called.