“It was a scandalous refereeing direction which has penalized us greatly and which compromises the championship and our huge investments.” Very harsh outburst from Danilo Iervolinopresident of Salernitana, who spoke after the defeat in the derby against Napoli: “I have no words for the refereeing, which is offensive and humiliating for our club. The episodes? There was a penalty on Simy and Demme’s on Tchaouna was a foul. They are incredible. We don’t just want respect, but justice for us and all the other teams that play in Serie A and suffer the gross errors of the semi-professionals, i.e. the referees. The only semi professionals in an industry of professionals. We want better professionals to referee. Their attitude is harmful. And then if you speak up, they get vindictive in the next game. I will reform Italian football by bringing this problem to the League’s attention. History will remember these referees as the worst in Italian football“.
Iervolino: “Total clash, Rocchi resigns”
Collected by RepublicIervolino’s outburst continues like this: “An unprecedented shame. An industry spoiled by refereeing that makes Italian football fall to last place for seriousness and impartiality. Soon I am sure that an equal and opposite statement will come out from the referees’ guild, which will say that the refereeing was, however, impeccable. We will remember referee Marinelli for life. Nobody called us to apologize. Now it’s late. Total clash, we don’t want these referees anymore. We are also considering a lawsuit for damages”. And again: “We want a moratorium and total replacement of these referees. You need to start from the head: we loudly ask for the resignation of the designator Gianluca Rocchi. In the Football Federation we must, as Leagues, make our voice heard, everyone is responsible and complicit in this situation. Football is sinking because it is managed in a clumsy and superficial way. The careers of the referees matter more than those of the clubs that make this sport great. If a league calls us to play in another championship, I will seriously consider going there. This league is sick“.