Manu Koné was Roma's main protagonist in the first half, with a brace that shocked Inter. For the second goal, the celebration came a little late, as it took the green light from VAR, which corrected the referee's decision on the field: Davide Massa had disallowed the second goal for offside, but after a longer-than-expected check, the situation was reversed and the French midfielder was able to celebrate along with the rest of the team.
What happened to Koné's second goal?
The action began with a ball thrown into the area and deflected by Mancini, who interfered with the trajectory enough to favor his teammate: Koné scored immediately afterwards, but the referee disallowed the goal for a suspected offside position. Immediately, VAR Mazzoleni and AVAR Di Paolo drew Massa's attention and reviewed the action: after a few minutes, the reconstruction of the action changed and the Frenchman's goal was confirmed, as he was in a legal position when he received the ball.
Roma 2-2 Inter — Roma: Manu Koné 6', 37'; Inter: Lautaro Martínez 46', 79' | Serie A — Jornada 5
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Reconstruction of Koné's action
The reading of the episode is actually very simple, because in Dybala's cross from the right comes the touch of Mancini, about which there were no major doubts, who was in a legal position, and then the shot of Koné, who practically found the ball between his legs without being in an offside position: as confirmed by the semi-automatic reconstruction of the offside position, the midfielder was behind the line of the ball and therefore his goal could be confirmed, since there was no illegal position. The Roma player can celebrate his personal double in less than 40 minutes, which made him the absolute protagonist of the high-tension superchallenge between the two teams leading Serie A.
