The Coordination of associations for the defence of the environment and the rights of users and consumers – commonly known as Codacons – have requested that Milan-Spezia be replayed.
The game against Spezia at San Siro was overshadowed by the refereeing controversy that cost Milan all three points, as Marco Serra blew early for a foul on Rebic in injury time with the score at 1-1 a fraction of a second before Messias scored the goal that would have made it 2-1, thus negating an advantage which should have been played.
Codacons inserted themselves into the controversy in January and officially requested a replay of the match. The well-known association looks after users and consumers and they published a note in which they formally requested Lega Serie A to repeat Milan-Spezia, due to an error that damages all the parties involved.
Months later, Codacons have once again claimed that the game should be repeated, addressing a note to the FIGC to replay both that match and Spezia-Lazio. The following press release accompanied it (via PianetaMilan):
“Both matches were decided by two macroscopic technical errors of the match director, of the assistants and, in the case of Spezia-Lazio, also of the VAR room.
“If the Football Association does not provide for the immediate repetition of the defective matches, the regularity of the entire Serie A championship could be lost, with teams that have acquired irregular advantages against other teams unjustly damaged.
“A situation that also causes damage both to the fans, who have watched a clearly spoiled sporting spectacle , and to the bettors, by virtue of the results of the matches on the field, distorted by the clamorous referee errors.
“These are not simple errors of interpretation or discretionary referees, but technical mistakes in the application of the Rules of the game of football, and for this very reason the Football Association must absolutely order the repetition of the spoiled matches. Sports justice cannot claim the right to damage the rights and interests of millions of football fans.”
