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Here are the referee appointments for January 18 and 19 in Serie A.

Nothing terribly exciting. Of the Elite referees, Daniele Orsato takes Chievo-Parma, and Gianluca Rocchi (above) will oversee Udinese-Lazio.

Fresh off his not-at-all surprising appointment to the World Cup, Nicola Rizzoli will manage Genoa-Inter.

One slightly interesting item, Rizzoli has a new assistant referee team this week. World Cup referees are part of a team of three, and you would expect the rest of his team to stick pretty tight to him until June. Instead, Andrea Stefani and Renato Faverani will be assistant referees to Piero Giacomelli at Sassuolo.

Saturday
ROMA – LIVORNO
RUSSO
TASSO – MELI
IV: TONOLINI
ADD1: PERUZZO
ADD2: NASCA

JUVENTUS – SAMPDORIA
GERVASONI
DE LUCA – PETRELLA
IV: POSADO
ADD1: TOMMASI
ADD2: IRRATI

Sunday
ATALANTA – CAGLIARI
MARIANI
GALLONI – VUOTO
IV: MUSOLINO
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: GHERSINI

BOLOGNA – NAPOLI
DAMATO
CRISPO – PRETI
IV: GHIANDAI
ADD1: DOVERI
ADD2: CIAMPI

CATANIA – FIORENTINA
BANTI
COSTANZO – PASSERI
IV: MARRAZZO
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: CELI

CHIEVO – PARMA
ORSATO
AVELLANO – IANNELLO
IV: LA ROCCA
ADD1: DI BELLO
ADD2: BORRIELLO

GENOA – INTER
RIZZOLI
DI LIBERATORE – CARIOLATO
IV: MANGANELLI
ADD1: VALERI
ADD2: PINZANI

MILAN – VERONA
BERGONZI
GIALLATINI – DOBOSZ
IV: PAGANESSI
ADD1: DE MARCO
ADD2: CANDUSSIO

SASSUOLO – TORINO
GIACOMELLI
STEFANI – FAVERANI
IV: DI FIORE
ADD1: GUIDA
ADD2: CHIFFI

UDINESE – LAZIO
ROCCHI
NICOLETTI – GRILLI
IV: BIANCHI
ADD1: MASSA
ADD2: MERCHIORI