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La Penna and Pasqua (stopped, respectively, 13 and 16 months for the arbitration Refunds City), Calvarese (early stop for work reasons) and, last turn, will not answer this morning’s appeal in the referees’ headquarters in Sportilia. ‘now, Massa and Giacomelli, suspended as a precaution because they ended up under the magnifying glass of administrative offenses.
The first day of school in view of the new season of our whistles will thus be found upside down and for reasons that, net of Calvarese’s choice, broaden the horizon of inflated reimbursements. The starting point arises from the will of the Trentalange presidency to move within a framework of maximum transparency: hence, in collaboration with the FIGC, the choice of the new management of the Hague to investigate internally also on issues such as those of the expense reports of the match directors. Reported to the bodies responsible for judging, La Penna and Pasqua were stopped by the Disciplinary Commission and, if the sentences were to be confirmed, there would be an obligation for them to dismiss the role. Massa and Giacomelli would have committed less cumbersome missteps, but it will be the path of sports justice to decide this and, in any case, for both of them a question of opportunity could be envisaged.
For sure, the new designator Gianluca Rocchi will be forced to make courageous choices, betting on young and less experienced whistles in light of unexpected, and inevitable, defections: his team has gone from 51 interpreters to 46 in a few weeks. Good news remains in the background: the Referees’ Refunds should not tell new pages. –