Serie A Referees: March 29-31
Here are Serie A referees for the weekend of March 29 and 30, and Monday, March 31.
The spotlight game is no doubt Napoli v Juventus. Napoli are in third place and Juventus lead the league, so this is a big game for Daniele Orsato (above).
Orsato is beginning to get a lot of the big games. To this point, I’d say he was the third best referee behind Nicola Rizzoli and Gianluca Rocchi, but as the former nears the end of his career, Orsato is creeping up on Rocchi. He’ll be the one to watch over the next couple of years, I’d say.
Speaking of my man Rizzoli, he should have an easy one when 19th place Sassuolo visit second place Roma.
(Though, I did once read an interview with him, where he said something to the effect of – since he lives in Rome – he’s not a huge fan of refereeing there. Because if you screw up, you still have to – you know – live there.)
Saturday
BOLOGNA – ATALANTA
VALERI
GIACHERO – MUSOLINO
IV: VIVENZI
ADD1: DE MARCO
ADD2: FABBRI
MILAN – CHIEVO
GIACOMELLI
VUOTO – LIBERTI
IV: BIANCHI
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: IRRATI
Sunday
H. VERONA – GENOA
CELI
MARRAZZO – POSADO
IV: PETRELLA
ADD1: MARIANI
ADD2: GAVILLUCCI
LAZIO – PARMA
DAMATO
LA ROCCA – DE PINTO
IV: LONGO
ADD1: BANTI
ADD2: OSTINELLI
NAPOLI – JUVENTUS
ORSATO
TONOLINI – MANGANELLI
IV: DI LIBERATORE
ADD1: BERGONZI
ADD2: GERVASONI
SAMPDORIA – FIORENTINA
RUSSO
BARBIRATI – MARZALONI
IV: DI FIORE
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: MERCHIORI
SASSUOLO – ROMA h. 12.30
RIZZOLI
FAVERANI – NICOLETTI
IV: CARIOLATO
ADD1: MASSA
ADD2: PERUZZO
TORINO – CAGLIARI
TOMMASI
MELI – IORI
IV: PAGANESSI
ADD1: CERVELLERA
ADD2: SAIA
Monday
LIVORNO – INTER
CALVARESE
PADOVAN – DOBOSZ
IV: GRILLI
ADD1: ROCCHI
ADD2: BORRIELLO
UDINESE – CATANIA
DOVERI
STALLONE – COSTANZO
IV: PRETI
ADD1: PINZANI
ADD2: GHERSINI
