Italian media outlet football-italia reported that Cagliari boss Mazzari was not happy with the 1-0 loss to Roma. Mazzari said bluntly that he understood the tension of a young referee, but in such a game, he wants to be respected by the referee, because football is a sport full of physical confrontation. At the same time, Mazzari also believes that Cagliari deserves a draw, or even a victory, because the team has created more opportunities than Roma.
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In this game between Roma and Cagliari, just 2 minutes into the game, Zaniolo earned a penalty for Roma. However, the 37-year-old referee Maggioni overturned his previous decision with the intervention of VAR. In the 30th minute of the first half, Oliveira's shot hit the arm of the Cagliari defender and after VAR stepped in again, the referee awarded Roma a penalty and showed a yellow card to Dalbert who had handballed.
For the referee's decision, Mazari also had a lot of criticism after the game: "First of all, I would like to say that we played a very good game. I understand the nervousness of a young referee blowing a penalty game on such a stadium, but the whistle doesn't have to go off from time to time. I don't like to see ambiguous moves being blown off in games, especially in midfield confrontations, football itself is a sport full of physical confrontations and I hope we get more respect from the referees. ”
"This game, we deserve a draw, even a 3-point win. We caused trouble for Roma in the second half and had two chances to score. Mazzari said. For new signing Gordanica, Mazzari said he only practiced three training sessions together, but the performance of the players surprised him.
Statistics show that the 37-year-old Maggioni has only blown 7 Serie A matches so far, which is the tender whistle of Serie A.