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The reason why referee Doveri didn't award a penalty to Inter after Ricci's handball in the derby

2026-03-09 17:30:09Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The reason why referee Doveri didn't award a penalty to Inter after

The Milan-Inter derby ended with strong protests from the black and whites due to a handball by Samuele Ricci inside the penalty area. In the extra minutes, Denzel Dumfries headed the ball into the Milan area and the ball ended up on the arm of the red and black midfielder, who then controlled it and cleared it. Inter players immediately asked for a penalty, but the referee allowed the game to continue and VAR did not intervene. Referee Daniele Doveri did not go to the monitor and was not called by VAR. His back was to Ricci and he could not see the handball by the former Torino player.

But what did VAR assess? The rule remains the one set out in IFAB Law 12, which penalises handball when the arm is in an unnatural position (above the shoulder or open), increasing the volume of the body. From the footage it appears that Ricci increases the volume of the body somewhat, although from the direction the ball is coming from the arm appears to be in front of the body. The proximity between Dumfries' header and Ricci's handball may also have influenced the decision. The only discriminator was whether the arm was moving towards the ball. Ricci appears to be increasing the volume because he is pulling his arm back.

The reason why referee Doveri didn't award a penalty to Inter after

In summary, the VAR most likely assessed that the ball was too close to Ricci's arm and that the player's movement was to move his hand away and not to bring it closer to the ball. The touch was considered a movement to close the space, not to create an obstacle. Furthermore, it was not considered that he increased the volume of his body, as the ball was inside the silhouette of the body and would have hit Ricci's hip.

Comparison with what happened last season

Many have compared this episode to that of Yann Bisseck in the Inter–Lazio match last year, but in that case the contact was frontal and his open arm increased the volume of his body.

Referee Doveri also couldn't see Ricci's handball from his position, but VAR could have flagged the potentially punishable touch and sent the referee for an On Field Review. However, this didn't happen, somewhat at odds with many similar episodes this season and in previous seasons, when handballs were often penalised or at least reviewed.

In this case, the referee could have awarded a penalty based on similar precedents of penalty kicks. It remains to be understood why the VAR did not at least call him to review the episode on the monitor.


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