The referee of the Sunday match at 12.30 is the Milanese Simone Sozza, whistle of the Seregno section, born in 1987 in his seventh seasonal match to manage between European and Italian. Today he is called to lead Torino e Laziomatch between two teams that make contrast and physicality an important characteristic.
The whistle in the first half
Simona Sozza calmly directs the first 45 minutes between Turin and Lazio. At the Olimpico Grande Torino stadium the Milanese referee conducts the classic English refereeing, few whistles, letting the two teams play, and avoiding interrupting the game due to minimal contact. After the first few minutes, the players on the pitch understand the referee’s guideline and they too enter into this perspective. The fouls called are only those characterized by consistent and notable contact. In the 36th minute, Lazzari’s foul, the Lazio full-back’s high foot on Ilic, the Granata players attempt timid protests for a yellow card that didn’t arrive, but the referee’s choice appears, even from the various replays, to be more than right. The second choice was also sacrosanct, characterized by protests from a couple of players, this time from Lazio. The Capitoline team earn a corner in the last second of the minute of injury time granted, a situation that is now often seen in Serie A, there is no time to beat it. The regulation says so clearly.
Episodes of the second half
The two teams enter with a particularly combative spirit. A detail that leads to a notable increase in contacts, contrasts and consequently fouls. Referee Sozza continues with his authoritarian refereeing, manages fouls but also moods and protests from the players who appear to be more tense and nervous. In the 54th minute, the first yellow of the match, Sanabria was penalized for a bad foul on Guendouzi. 62nd, the number of cards is equalised, this time Isaksen gets the yellow card for protests. Tempers getting hotter and hotter, Sozza has a lot to do and has to intervene in the 71st minute for a double yellow, Gila and Ilic argue heatedly leading to physical contact, the match director’s choice is inevitable. 74th minute, this time the one who is agitated and protests more than normal is a person off the field, Mr. Vanoli, who receives a warning from Sozza, but the sanction unleashes even more the wrath of the Granata coach who continues to protest angrily . It’s right that Sozza warns him again, he’s red. The last disciplinary sanction to be recorded in the Milanese referee’s notebook is Zaccagni, a sacrosanct warning for a hard and very late tackle on Vovojda. The match ends after 5 minutes of extra time, injury time rightly decided by the referees.
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