AC Milan’s CEO Giorgio Furlani ‘defended the club’ by making a call after the refereeing controversy in the win over Bologna.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) recall, Christopher Nkunku came off the bench and within 52 seconds he won a penalty that could have doubled Milan’s lead against Bologna on Sunday evening. The referee Marcenaro and the VAR chief Fabbri took much longer to do the wrong thing.
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Fabbri called the referee to the monitor to see the contact between Freuler and Nkunku (for which Marcenaro had pointed the spot) and not the previous one (clear foul from Lucumi, worthy of a penalty). Result: no penalty, but massive protests.
The Rossoneri’s response
Furlani ‘immediately took action to defend the club’, as per the paper. After the match, he contacted the refereeing authorities. At the same time, he pointed out the injustice to the presidents of the Lega Serie A, Ezio Simonelli, and the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina. Both acknowledged their mistake.
Fabbri will be suspended for a couple of games from being in the VAR room, however he can referee. Marcenaro meanwhile will not take charge of a Serie A game in the next round, but is because of ‘rotation’ rather than any suspension.
The incident didn’t affect the result in the end, but it did affect other aspects. An enraged Massimiliano Allegri threw off his jacket, and the protest earned him a one-match ban. He will not be able to sit in the dugout on Saturday in Udine.
Milan’s dialogue with the institutions has been constructive, and the club emphasises that its position is not only to protect the Rossoneri, but also the integrity and fairness of the entire competition. The acknowledgement of the error by the AIA and the FIGC is also appreciated for this reason.
Then FIGC and AIA must revoke the Allegri redcard and fined to him and club, because of this mistake is made by Ref..
Just because a ref makes a mistake, doesn’t give you the right to verbally abuse them. You can question the call and state your point without crossing the line.
If players/coaches were allowed to cross the line with verbal comments (or to push/shove/get in the face of a ref) just because a team thought the call was wrong, there would be episodes every game.
We are living in a society, and you have to be civil to people when you disagree with them, including a ref.
I wish both the ref and VAR got a bigger suspension, but that doesn’t excuse poor sportsmanship.
Your last point is the point of contention. Allegri certainly deserves his suspension, but the punishments to the ref and VAR official are nothing but window dressing. The league is basically telling Milan (and the other teams) if we make a mistake, too bad. If you cross the line, no clemency and no recourse.
What Joe just wrote. So making a mistake that can cost your team 3 points is ok, but complaining about that is not? Are you special?
Pinneknotter Allegri didn’t abuse the official he sarcastically congratulated them on their “intelligence” these fragile little men that run the league are why calcio is dead.
When 80,000 tourists can see a call but the officials can’t Thats pathetic
This isn’t the first time they have been cheating milan…. Ac milan has been experiencing VAR, Officiating boots.
But we ‘d continue winning
LOL. So nothing happened. Referee didn’t get any punishment.
Yep classic serie a a joke of a league
People who think in the future that ACM will get a beneficial call are so wrong. It will in fact go the other way. Refs are stubborn and stick together. If a team gets on the bad side of refs good luck. Allegri’s behavior doesn’t help.