Referee Massa’s performance against Maradona in the evening Serie A postponement analyzed by X-ray, the Ligurian whistler booked three players
Thirty-nine years old, banker, international with over 200 Serie A matches behind him, Davide Massa – chosen for Napoli-Roma, is one of the most expert referees currently present in the Italian Serie A championship. In fact, his debut in the Serie A championship dates back to January 2011. top championship, in Fiorentina-Lecce. The permanent promotion in CAN A came only a year later, precisely in July 2012. A meteoric career, which led him, after just a couple of years, to become international. The debut on the European field was dated 17 July 2014, in Elfsborg-Inter Baku, valid for qualification for the Europa League. From the second to the European “first class” the journey is long and takes about 6 years, the promotion takes place in June 2018 and the first Champions League match is Porto-Lokomotiv Moscow but how did you fare yesterday at Maradona?
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Massa’s precedents with Naples and Rome
Davide Massa had already taken charge of a match between Napoli and Roma in Serie A three times: an away win for the Giallorossi on 3 March 2018 (4-2), a draw at Fuorigrotta on 28 October 2018 (1-1) and a draw at the Olimpico on October 24, 2021 (0-0). Napoli had won 14 of their previous 22 in Serie A under the refereeing direction of Davide Massa (3D, 5P); the last success dates back to 19 December 2021 (victory on the Milan pitch 1-0). It was match number thirty-one for the Ligurian referee and the Giallorossi. ANDThere were 30 previous matches against Roma, the last one was Roma-Inter on 20 October, which ended 0-1. The record is 10 wins, 12 draws and 8 defeats.
The referee cautioned three players
Assisted by assistants M.Rossi and Perrotti with Tremolada IV man, Paterna to the Var and Fabbri to the Avar, the referee warned three players, all from Roma: Ndicka, Pisilli and Cristante.
Naples-Rome, the cases from slow motion
These are the main dubious episodes. At 35′ Pisilli pardoned after a bad foul. It should be noted that Lukaku also narrowly escaped twice in the first half: the Belgian risked a yellow card for his late intervention on Svilar (who remained on the ground for a few minutes) and before, however, the disciplinary measure should have been in place for a late entry by Lukaku against Celik. Ndicka was booked in the 37th minute and dramatically hugged Lukaku. In the 54th minute Kvaratskhelia opens the net and catches Di Lorenzo perfectly: the winger comes in and serves an assist for Lukaku who anticipates Hummels and scores in front of goal: there is no foul on either the defender or the goalkeeper, a regular goal. In the 59th minute ′ Pisilli is booked, Di Lorenzo’s shirt retained. In the 91st minute Cristante was yellow for interrupting Folorunsho’s restart. After 3′ of added time Napoli-Roma ends 1-0.
For Cesari, only one yellow card is missing from Lukaku
To clarify, Graziano Cesari. The former international referee tells Pressing on Canale 5: “After 13 minutes there is this slip by Lukaku on Celik who remains on the ground, a mistake by Massa, the yellow card was suitable for this type of intervention: wrong timing and leg stretching, imprudent foul. The second episode: there is an action in the Roma area, Svilar dives when Lukaku slides and there is contact. For the referee it’s a corner but the contact is there, look at Lukaku’s leg, it’s a game dynamic this time, for me it’s not yellow.” Marelli also agrees on Dazn: “The attacker took a risk because the interventions were potentially worth a card.”
Ranieri’s outburst
The question about Lukaku was also asked to Ranieri in the press room: “Are Lukaku missing warnings? Why are you pulling my jacket? Yes, we’ve all seen it. Referees can make mistakes, as happens to us coaches and players. There were two or three situations: we shot, we were booked, they shot and nothing. Better not to say anything otherwise they’ll say I’m complaining.”
Source: sport.virgilio.it
