Even with video assistance, Italy U20 defender gets sent off after Zambia player dives

In the 40th minute of Italy's U20 World Cupquarter-finalagainst Zambia, Chilufya burst into the penalty box before going down in the area. He had hardly been touched, yet referee Roddy Zambrano was keen to award the African side a penalty after thinking full-back Pezella had brought him down. It was at this point that the video assistant referee got involved. After a prolonged wait, Zambrano was advised to show Pezzella a straight red card and award Zambia a free-kick just outside the box. Contact appeared minimal to non-existent – andChilufya had actually tried toclaim a foul off goalkeeper Andrea Zaccagno, who was nowhere near him. Despite going down to 10 men when a goal down, Italy progressed to the semi-finals after fighting back to 2-2 in the 88th minute and then winning in extra time. VAR still requires some fine-tuning, it seems. Or just common sense. Italy play England in the semi-finals on Thursday. In Other News... on FourFourTwo.com