Daniele Orsato and Paolo Valeri have been appointed for Napoli vs. Milan on Sunday, but many Partenopei fans on social media remember that those two referees already cost them the Serie A title once.
Napoli host Milan at the Stadio Maradona on Sunday night. Both teams are on top of the Serie A table with a two-point lead over Inter, although the Nerazzurri have a game in hand.
AIA has appointed Orsato as the referee for the match, while Valeri will be in charge of VAR. The decision has left many Napoli fans not impressed as Valeri and Orsato were also in charge of a controversial Inter-Juventus in 2018.
The Bianconeri sealed a 3-2 win, scoring two late goals at San Siro and climbing to the top of the table. Napoli lost 3-0 in Florence the following day with Maurizio Sarri saying that the Parteopei had ‘lost the game at their hotel’ the previous night.
Inter-Juventus ended in controversy as Miralem Pjanic was not shown a second yellow card after an aerial duel with Rafinha. Napoli fans still see it as one of the reasons why they didn’t win the title in 2017-18 and have not forgotten that night. VAR couldn’t intervene as the foul was not worth a straight red card. A few years later, Orsato admitted his mistake.
“It was a mistake. I was close to it, and I didn’t notice what I saw on TV. For me, it was a typical aerial challenge. VAR couldn’t intervene,” the international referee said in February 2021.
“VAR is helpful. When referees go on the pitch, we don’t think about VAR. We try to do our best, and if we make mistakes, we are lucky because we can rely on VAR.”
So whiny and salty. Love football Italia, u get the imagine that they cant sleep cuz of juve. My 12 year old nephew could have written this article. Love it
We all know Rubentus always win 6-12 points a season because of referee favors…they do not have that advantage anymore now with the VAR and see its all more competetive great!!! Greets from Holland
Napoli getting ahead of curve and making excuses before the game even starts…why blame your own incompetence for losing 0-3 when you can always point to your scapegoat, right?
these clowns must blame Juve even when their wifes cheat on them cuz they can’t satisfy them
A, still butthurt that ur national is irrelevant ther last decades? U still think juve won the last the 9 years cuz of VAR? Smoke less and better stuff sis
Why do so many fans dislike Juventus and are fearful of corruption of officiating? Often games can not only be decided by fouls and penalties that are called but also what is uncalled. The effect of calling games fairly when Juve is involved is pschologically ingrained by referees in their favor. When you play a team called ‘the old lady ” that is a source of pride for all italians due to their success and history and have a huge fan base, do you think it doesn’t have an effect on officiating. The underdog is often loved but fails to succeed in most cases, Juve is never an underdog, they buy the best young Italian players hurting overall competetion in Serie A and are constantly investigated for unfair and unethical business practices even though they are the wealthiest team in Italy.There is much more but it’s an old story the gobbi never want to admit but it’s not fiction.