Sporting director Tiago Pinto said Roma feel ‘harmed’ after the 2-1 defeat to Milan on Sunday. ‘No one understands the refereeing criteria here in Italy’.
The newspapers criticised Fabio Maresca after the Rossoneri secured another three points in the Scudetto battle, and the referee could face a stop for at least two games after the controversial match.
Roma coach Jose Mourinho stormed off after the match as he wanted to avoid commenting on the referee’s performance at the Olimpico, but sporting director Tiago Pinto has now talked about the big game in the Italian capital.
“I want to say that Milan have played a great game and maybe they deserved the win,” Tiago Pinto told Sky Sport Italia. “However, there’s something to say about the refereeing.
“It’s not to conceal our weaknesses, we are professionals, and we want to improve, but we cannot hide what happened yesterday.
“Why are the refereeing criteria so different? Equal situations in Serie A have totally opposite criteria. We are professionals and we cannot hide two aspects: people with more credibility than me have talked about the refereeing criteria compared to other leagues and the Champions League.
“Nobody understands the refereeing criteria here in Italy. And I can’t hide the fact that during the 11 games there were situations in which Roma were clearly harmed.
“Like we need to improve, it’s time to say enough, Roma deserve respect, while remembering that I don’t want to hide our flaws.
“It’s not just a problem of Roma, I hope that all together can reflect on the refereeing issue, otherwise you will lose credibility.”
OK Tiago, let me point you the “mistakes” from Maresca
– tons of fouls from Roma and Milan ended with a red and more yellow cards than Roma.
– two technological offsides that could be also goals, but then you don’t say a thing…. both were really milimetrical
– a foul on Krunic before the Theo red card, which put Roma in the match when they were BADLY outplayed with almost 70% of the possession for Milan
– a debatable penalty on Pellegrini, just based on what was called in the Inter–Juventus match. Two wrongs don’t make one right, it was not a penalty. Deal with it
@putuco
If Ibra got a penalty then Pellegrini should have gotten as well, similar situations. Played ball but a little bi t of man first
Krunic fell down way too easy to call it a foul.
offsides looked clear even from the first live image, there are no such things as technological offsides – offside is an offside.
Its gone against them in all 11 games? That’s paranoia, Tiago. He would do better to look at his decisions as well as those of his coach instead of whining.
@Sten, what I mean is that without VAR, the second goal would have counted and it is a milimetrical offside. Lets call a spade a spade
Krunic situation is a foul, no matter if he fell down “easy” from your POV. You cannot charge a player from behind, that is ABC of football
The difference between penalties is that in one Kjaer is going to play the ball and it is not a clear cut scoring chance, in the Zlatan situation Roma defender goes first for the player and after that he touches the ball, besides Zlatan going 1-on-1.
And what about the huge amount of Roma fouls when cards were non-existant? Karsdorp finished the match and Theo did not…. please give me a f break