The former referee Gianpaolo Calvaresefrom the columns of Tuttosportjudged the refereeing of Milan-Juventus as follows: “Daniele Chiffi, in his fifth appearance of the season, returns to referee at San Siro after the much criticized expulsion of Tijjani Reijnders in Milan-Udinese. The task is facilitated by a match with a low pace , which disappoints expectations.
In the first half, the Paduan referee made his life a bit more difficult in managing disciplinary matters, sparing Conceiçao a rather obvious yellow card for an intervention on Leao. The Rossoneri rightly protested and was booked. Immediately afterwards, however, the warning for Gatti seems exaggerated (who perhaps “pays” for the lack of yellow card for Conceiçao), who commits a not bad foul on Morata in midfield.
The most controversial episode of the second half is the one involving Savona and Leao in the Milan area. The Juventus player anticipates his opponent, there is no low contact and Chiffi does well not to intervene on the high one, which is a simple regular melee. The other circumstance that Milan protests occurs on the edge of their area and involves Morata and Savona again. It’s true that the Rossoneri takes the ball anticipating Savona, but the contact that occurs later is completely fortuitous. Chiffi is therefore right to let things go here too. Corrected the bookings of the second half, given to Locatelli and Emerson Royal for fouls and to Fofana for protests.”