Not only the players or the coaches can run into a moment of crisis, more or less long and pronounced, but also the referees. The professionals of the whistle, in fact, make up a real team in Serie A made up of the so-called ‘champions’ (the internationals, those who have the most experience or the highest ratings), the wingmen and the young. And they also have a particular ‘coach’, who in the case takes the name of designator and is represented by the former referee Rizzoli. Who decides who should referee in the various matches on the calendar.
Therefore, in front of a season that is not considered positive, it is natural that even a referee suffers the classic turn-over that the players must undergo, remaining on the bench or. better, in the stands. It is the case of Fabio Maresca, ended up in the spiral of controversy after his last Udinese-Inter and the consequent ‘quarrel’ with Conte and Oriali. For the designer Rizzoli, mirror of a decidedly negative moment that has been going on for too long. And this is why, in addition to not refereeing the Nerazzurri until the end of the season, for Maresca a long stop period is expected.
Maresca’s refereeing season is in fact considered negative by Rizzoli: He has not been assigned any important matches in the season, among the big names, even if he is considered an experienced referee. Yet, beyond the pressures that can give the comparisons between the top of the class, there are several episodes that were not considered positive, beyond the previous ones with Inter (which had already cost a stop round after the VAR error in Inter-Parma).
The background that weighs
Rizzoli’s analysis varies on different games. Beyond the error on Perisic in Inter-Parma, there is also under judgment Rome-Sassuolo, where Fonseca was expelled for protests and failed expulsion in Obiang. Then, Milan-Turin, with doubts about the management of the VAR and finally Udinese-Inter where – in addition to the red considered excessive to Conte who cursed but did not offend anyone – there is also the second yellow missed by Arslan, later replaced by Gotti.
