Parma-Cagliari will open the twenty-seventh matchday of Serie A, on Friday at 8:45 PM. A relegation battle against one of the league's most in-form teams . The refereeing appointment has just been announced: Luca Massimi of the Termoli section has been appointed. He will be assisted by assistants Fabiano Preti (Mantua) and Claudio Barone (Roma 1), as well as two Sardinian officials: fourth official Giuseppe Collu (Cagliari), and VAR referee Antonio Giua (Olbia). VAR assistant Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (Bergamo) will close the match.
Massimi returns to Cagliari more than four years after his previous defeat, a 1-1 home draw against Torino on December 6, 2021. The other defeat was a 1-0 defeat at Sampdoria on February 24, 2019: the Rossoblu are still without a win under him. This is his Serie A debut: he has only refereed in Serie B, 12 times, plus Audace Cerignola-Verona in the Coppa Italia round of 32 on August 18.
