Referee designator Gianluca Rocchi is set to hand Marco Di Bello a one-month suspension after his poor management of the ferocious match between Lazio and Milan.
The 42-year-old referee brandished nine yellow cards and three red cards across the tense battle at the Stadio Olimpico on Friday night, seemingly losing control of the affair, which saw over 36 fouls committed across the 96 minutes.
The Italian newspapers heavily criticised the work of Di Bello, with Corriere dello Sport even giving him a rating of 3 out of 10, underlining how his poor management of the match derailed proceedings and ultimately tarnished the clash.
Gazzetta dello Sport details how Rocchi was not impressed with the work of Di Bello in Lazio’s 1-0 loss to Milan, believing the only positive call to be the lack of a penalty after the challenge between Mike Maignan and Valentin Castellanos.
Rocchi felt that Di Bello made mistakes everywhere else, including the red cards and general management of fouls and emotions. As such, he is now expected to be suspended for a month or so, the second time this season after his stop following the match between Juventus and Bologna back in August.
He’s not ready for the top level.
Send him to Serie C or pre-wee football.
for once, I sympathised with him. he got every decision right.
Lazio players were clearly overreacting to everything, not sure what else he could have done. Romagnoli could have easily been sent off too.
@albert you are a fake
@pablo I suggest you re watch all the dubious calls. He should be sent to Serie C indeed
I agree with Andre
He got every decision right. Lazio were whining, whinging and looking to intimidate him into making decisions from the off. They deserved nothing from the game, and Di bello is being made a scapegoat for their own failings.