Why it took so long for referees to rule Pongracic equaliser offside against Como

Marin Pongracic thought he had netted a quickfire brace to draw Fiorentina level after falling 2-0 behind in the first half of their Serie A match against Como on Sunday afternoon, but he was eventually deemed offside after a VAR check that went on for almost five minutes.

You can follow the action from Sunday’s Serie A matches on the Football Italia Liveblog. Como had taken a two-goal first half lead thanks to strikes from Mattia Liberali and Nico Paz at the Stadio Franchi on Sunday afternoon.

Pongracic halved the deficit in the 42nd minute and had the ball in the back of the net for a second time from a set-piece in the final moments of first-half stoppage time.