Marco Di Bello is the first referee appointed for a Cagliari match in 2025, the crucial salvation clash in Monza on Sunday (12:30) . The referee of the Brindisi section - for the nineteenth day of Serie A, the last of the first half of the season - will be assisted by Fabiano Preti (Mantua section) and Gamal Mokhtar (Lecco), with Marco Piccinini (Forlì) as the fourth official. At the VAR there will be the referee Daniele Ghersini from Genoa and, as assistant, the other Ligurian Davide Massa (Imperia).

Di Bello returns to Cagliari just over four months later. He was the referee of the second match of this championship, the 1-1 at the Domus with Como on August 26th . In his career with him, the rossoblù have won just 3 games out of 20: the first a coup in Naples on September 25th 2019 (0-1), the last with Venezia in the preliminary round of the Serie B playoffs on May 27th 2023 (2-1). Then 5 draws and 12 defeats.

These are the referee designations for the nineteenth day of Serie A, which will only see seven matches due to the contemporaneity with the Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia (tonight Inter-Atalanta, tomorrow Juventus-Milan and Monday the final, all at 8pm).

Venezia-Empoli Saturday 4th January at 3pm - Juan Luca Sacchi

Fiorentina-Napoli Saturday 4th January at 18:00 - Gianluca Manganiello

Verona-Udinese Saturday 4th January 8.45pm - Federico Dionisi

Monza-Cagliari Sunday 5th January 12.30pm - Marco Di Bello

Lecce-Genoa Sunday 5th January at 3pm - Livio Marinelli

Torino-Parma Sunday 5th January at 18:00 - Ermanno Feliciani

Roma-Lazio Sunday 5th January 8.45pm - Marco Guida

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