Atalanta, protests with the referee for the expulsion of Maehle. Marino: “Ghosts of the past” – Corriere.it

A lot of anger and tight mouths at Atalanta after the defeat against Sassuolo, which makes another illustrious victim after the 5-2 draw at San Siro with Milan last Sunday. Gian Piero Gasperini deserted the mixed zone and Umberto Marino presented himself at the press conference and at the microphones after the match, general manager of the Nerazzurri. The Nerazzurri recriminations are for the expulsion of Maehle in the half hour of the first half decided by the referee after being called back from the Var room and reviewing the images.

a red that doesn’t fit. It was a gray day for someone and I’m sorry because these are heavy points, attacked the dg of the DEA. There is no climate of great serenity, the ghosts of last year appeared and influenced our race for Europe. We were right. The match started uphill, already in the 4th minute with the foul called on Maehle. We had a growing first leg at the refereeing level, we refereed by valuing football. Two steps back were taken in this match and it’s pointless now to go back to the expulsion: there were also so many yellow cards that didn’t make sense. Marino disputes a yardstick judged penalizing with respect to the speed of football: We talked about it two weeks ago in the meeting with the referees. Dynamic football must be supported. An example similar to that of Maehle was given: in this case there is a yellow that turned red after a call, which does not fit, from the Var. Our anger is linked to the fact that there is a past in which we have been penalized and today we reviewed situations from the past that didn’t suit us.

The episode Atalanta is protesting about happened in the 28th minute of the first half. Maehle slides in slightly late on Berardi, hits the ball, but in the momentum also catches the ankle of the Sassuolo striker. The referee Mercenaro initially punished the intervention with a free kick and a yellow card for the Atalanta winger. From the Var room, however, they call the match director to assess the actual extent of the intervention and understand if there are grounds for a red card. After reviewing the images, Mercenaro decides to turn yellow into red, expelling Maehle amid protests from the Nerazzurri players and Gasperini. In added time, then, the referee also shows Muriel the red light, who entered the field in the 80th minute in place of Ruggeri, due to protests. We have always criticized the way of refereeing the small touch, the dive and we don’t want to go back to that yardstick – concludes Marino -. There is an error, but we must continue with the yardstick used in the first half of the championship. This first leg match was the one with the most playing time, I believe that today (yesterday, ed) was not so. If you see me here again it means the ghosts are still around. She starts again, but she’s sorry because these mistakes cost points.