After the trick against Juventus, FIFA changes the VAR to an instant call.

TURIN – The controversial Carpi incident has already gone down in history . And the regulatory gap created by the improperly so-called "VAR call" has already been filled. In the 34th minute of Carpi-Juventus Next Gen, played last Saturday at the Cabassi stadium, Lombardi earned his second yellow of the match for a handball (which later turned out to be a chest foul), and was subsequently sent off. Starting this season, every Serie C bench has two calls per game from Football Video Support (FVS), but canceling a yellow card is not one of the cases requiring on-field review. As with VAR, requests for review concern goals, penalties, direct red cards, and mistaken identity. Coach Stefano Cassani therefore decided to "expend" the video call by requesting a direct red card for one of his players, with the sole purpose of sending the referee to the monitor. Carpi's self-reporting thus becomes the ploy that, obviously aided by television images light years removed from Serie A, obtains the reversal of Lombardi's second yellow card by Zago of Conegliano. A clever move that highlights a system, that of the FVS, that is far from perfect. A practice bordering on protocol that ends up short-circuiting. Carpi's strategic call has already prompted the AIA to make an inevitable emergency intervention.

Just twenty-four hours after the match between Carpi and Juventus, the referee designator for Can C, former referee Daniele Orsato, sent clear instructions to all referees: from now on, they will no longer be able to accept requests for a review against their team. The incriminated match ended after 13 minutes of extra time. The Bianconeri earned a 1-1 draw in injury time, thanks to a goal scored by Alessio Vacca , the 20-year-old substitute who made his professional debut. The goal was validated at the end of an interminable review. "Once we went behind, we reacted ," Massimo Brambilla commented in the post. " It was a balanced match, and I think the draw is the right result based on what we saw on the pitch," said the Next Gen coach, who glossed over the unusual call by the Biancorossi. What happened off the pitch, however, was somewhat of a landmark moment. The FVS's challenge against its own team, to force the referee to review a different incident, contrary to protocol, is considered a practice contrary to the spirit of the new technology. And rightly so, fair play: a tactical call, in effect, that will no longer be possible after the unfortunate incident involving the Next Gen team.

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