There are still several days left until the Italian derby between Inter and Juventus, scheduled for Sunday 27 October at 6.00 pm at San Siro, yet the first controversies have already arisen regarding the refereeing appointment.
As announced yesterday by Aia, Marco Guida will be in charge of the title challenge between the black and blues and the Old Lady. However, the referee, after his last match officiated yesterday evening in the Champions League in Madrid between Atletico and Lille, has been hit by controversy.
In Spain, for example, a newspaper like Marca spoke of ‘total indignation’ among the Atletico ranks over the management of the European match’s refereeing. The main discussion was the penalty awarded to Lille for a late intervention by Koke, which came after an alleged touch with the arm of an opponent.
A refereeing that prompted the fury of Cholo Simeone at the end of the match: There is nothing. They need to explain why it was a penalty. Hand or not, Koke against two… We hope to be able to see something and say that Uefa did a good job. We hope that sometimes we get a break and that these situations can happen, because they are part of football.
Oblak shares the same opinion: I don’t know, he said it was a hand, but in the end I don’t know what he whistled. No one understands it, I hope he does. As does Julian Alvarez who pointed to the penalty as a defining moment of the match: It’s a key play. We were in the game with the draw, it was decisive.
