“It’s shocking to see Portanova’s goal cancelled especially if we think back to the episode in Cesena when the referee denied the penalty to Gondo because it is his discretion to evaluate the extent of the intervention and therefore the VAR did not intervene”. The vice president of Reggiana Giuseppe Fico to the microphones of the online edition of The Gazzetta di Reggio thus he returns to the derby lost against Modena, complaining about what, in his opinion, is a serious refereeing error: “In this case the referee evaluates the contact between Marras and Gerli as a normal clash of play and allows the action to continue which leads to the goal. VAR then intervenes, which Manuzzi did not do to make the referee’s decision reconsider, even immediately.. There’s something not right in terms of the homogeneity of the direction of the race.”
Fico then goes on to explain how much that episode affected the rest of the match: “From a tactical point of view it would have allowed us to channel the match like at the Zini in Cremona, knowing that Modena prefers to close and then start again. Which he did after the lead. An episode that took away our momentum and gave energy to Modena. – continues Fico – In these last matches I record the interpretations and decisions that always see us penalized and which have had an impact on the result. I don’t know if it’s necessary to raise our voice, but we’re certainly willing to bang our fists on the table to ask for respect”.
Finally, a look at the January market: “We’ll talk about it in these days. We are aware of some critical issues and if there is the possibility we will evaluate how to intervene. It’s also a large squad and needs to be reconsidered because there are players who have almost never been used.”