The penalty awarded to Inter on Monday evening for a (very presumed) foul on Nicolò Barella in the area continues to cause discussion. And the social irony hits the Sardinian midfielder, who after Frendrup's intervention ended up on the ground and rolled over several times writhing in pain.
"Let's hope he's well", "tell me he's alive", "I hope he recovers for the European Championships", some users write.
An episode that did not go unnoticed even by Genoa president Alberto Zangrillo , who left the stands precisely on the occasion of that dubious penalty: «I wanted to give a signal of responsible disapproval, in a polite but firm way. At the basis of everything is respect. The referee's job is thankless and I am institutionally on their side but the whistles are not helped, they are misled by the shouts of the players who pirouette like clowns simulating non-existent traumas . Then you go and see and discover that the one who mimes having suffered a head injury took a kick in the butt in a normal game clash", he said as a guest on Rai Radio 1, on Un Giorno da Pecora.
«What happened – added Zangrillo – is there for all to see. I love Barella, who is a national team player and a great professional. But when you see that he does seven pirouettes and screams piercingly because he is touched after our player has touched the ball, it is clear that the referee is being misled ."
«The Genoa players – concludes Zangrillo – have a code of ethics, if one of them simulates and pirouettes like a tarantolato he is punished, something I don't see in more renowned teams fighting to go to the Champions League».
(Unioneonline/L)