The controversy surrounding the penalty awarded to Inter in the match against Napoli continues. In the dock Maurizio Mariani, who punished the Anguissa-Dumfries contact, and the VAR who according to the Neapolitans had to intervene to remedy the mistake made by the central whistle. “If I have to refer to what happened on Sunday and the invocation of Conte – said Marotta – an intelligent person and a great communicator who will certainly have his objective when he speaks, I must say that the referee was very close to the action, so there was certainly physical contact, the foot was moved and therefore in my opinion it was rigorous”
De Laurentiis’ response
De Laurentiis’ response was ready this morning: “I read some statements from Marotta from Los Angeles, which in my opinion were out of place. The rigor, according to the vast majority of observers, was not there. But above all, Conte’s words are be clear and they are exactly what I think and have always said: the VAR is a great resource for avoiding refereeing errors. It makes no sense to say that sometimes the officials can intervene and sometimes not at VAR they have to call the match director.”
Possible “relegation” to Serie B
According to today’s edition of the Gazzetta dello Sportthe Lazio match director could be “demoted” for a while to the lower ranks as has happened to other referees. Already in the hours following the Lega Serie A-referees meeting, Mariani himself appears to have called Rocchi, admitting the hastiness of his decision.