“The possibilities that Cagliari's appeal will be accepted? Close to zero". To venture the prediction, but with detailed arguments, is Angelo Cerina , gynecologist, president of the Sardinian referees for many years and former national vice president of The Hague between 1998 and 2000.

During a break from his work, he lends himself to giving an explanation of what happened last Friday at "Braglia" and the consequences that Cagliari's complaint could have: "Let's start from an assumption", explains Cerina. “In the lower categories it has happened that some clubs have appealed for the non-regular length of the flags or the non-regulatory width of the goals. In these cases a complaint is presented to the referee and – as a due act – the sports judge starts the investigations and does not approve the result, placing it sub iudice”.

But the Zappa case seems to have a little more “impact” on the “Braglia” match: “The procedure is the same. Now the sports judge will investigate. He will check the scoresheet and ask the referee if he really booked the Cagliari player. Maybe he will answer that he didn't admonish him, or he will say yes, that he did admonish him, admitting the mistake. Very good. What will happen then? That the sports judge will approve the match because Cagliari, who then lost, even had an advantage for having played the last 4 minutes with ten players instead of nine" . And this is where the beauty comes: “ The risk of a boomerang effect is upon us, in fact I advise Cagliari to take precautions, asking for clarification from the League. If Zappa were deployed against Benevento on Saturday and Benevento were to lose, he could present a complaint in the event of a player's disqualification linked to the "Braglia" match. In short, to add insult to injury. I also allow myself that the matches played again, in the history of the Serie A and B championships, I don't remember one. But we await the decisions of the sports judge”.

The former Serie B match director Bruno Tuveri also confirms across the board, who however raises another problem: “Today's referees work with pressure from the Var, they are afraid to decide,” he explains. “Mistakes are there, also because I don't believe in bad faith. But the way to help a team is to book the opposing goalscorers in the first half. In this case I'm leaning towards a technical error, but Zappa believed he had been booked for the rest of the game and his tackles were limited by fears of being sent off ”.

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