The president of the referees and the case of Inter-Fiorentina: his words

To express themselves on the episode also the President of the Italian Referees Association (Aia), Antonio Zappi: “The camera shows how the ball had come out. But only those who have been on the pitch can understand that at that moment, from the perspective of La Penna, sticks covered the ball with his body. Era impossible for him to see him. The assistant 2 was on the other side, it was certainly a quick action. Could he stay a little ahead? Perhaps yes, but we always talk about the beauty of football which is also theadjustability of the arbitration decision “.

“We are never satisfied when there are some controversy“, The number one of the AIA said,” we must always guarantee the best possible referee. However, I ask to endeavor to understand the difference between arbitration error and application of a protocol. The whole system must adapt, the protocol has established it the IFAB and a referee can only apply it. The application of a protocol cannot therefore be charged to the referees “.

Zappi continued: “La solution It is simple for me, it is theIFAB that changes the protocol. If and when the IFAB decides to modify it we will adapt. Tomorrow I will be in Coverciano for the AIA gathering and the indications of the designator Rocchi are the ones I am indicating to you. We want to minimize the margin of gray “.