The Giallorossi were defeated 2-1 by Milan. However, the affair was overshadowed by Maresca’s head-scratching decisions, which led directly to both of the Rossoneri’s goals.
The head of the Italian referee association (AIA), Gianluca Rocchi, was not happy with nightmare officiating display from Fabio Maresca.
Rocchi was reportedly very critical of Maresca’s confused attitude, card mismanagement, and the circumstances that led to the penalty given to Milan to seal the 0-2.
According to Sky Sport, Maresca’s errors will cost him one match suspension.
Thus, Maresca will not to get to referee any of next week’s fixtures.
Roma defender Gianluca Mancini shared José Mourinho’s sentiments regarding the nightmare refereeing performance of Fabio Maresca.
“We share the Mister’s anger with the referee, everyone saw what happened,” he said to DAZN.
“The decision against Ibañez was wrong. Are defenders even allowed to make a tackle? I’m speechless. What about the episode of Kjaer on Pellegrini?”
He continued, “These episodes and decisions make a huge difference in big matches and tonight they all went against us.”
“There was a clear penalty on Pellegrini. I don’t know what to say. Every year we meet with the referees and they say they want to award less penalties, but then they go out and give one like that against us.”
“Referees can make mistakes, they’re human, but now there’s VAR…so I don’t know what to say. If we compare us to the Premier League, the referee would laugh if was asked to give a penalty on that.”
He continued, “I think there were 12 yellow cards handed out between the two sides today. Why is every single foul a booking? I’m angry. I don’t want to disrespect anyone but for me, this is an absolute joke.”
“The contrast between Ibra and Ibañez is a normal one between two beast players. These sorts of things shouldn’t happen when the referee has 4-5 fellow referees in VAR watching from another perspective.”
Finally, “It seems like they’re taking the piss, that’s all.”
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