Giuntoli: "False matches, Napoli deserves respect"

NAPLES – The days pass, but the episodes of last Wednesday at the San Paolo continue to be discussed. The matter also intervened Cristiano Giuntoli, sports director of Naples, who released a long outburst on the provisions of the refereeing class in the match against the clubAtalanta: "The decision was taken by Banti and are anomalies we see every Sunday for lack of personality of the match officials. We see this every Sunday, with linesmen who never report offside to avoid taking responsibility. Naples deserves respect, the Neapolitan square, the club for the clarity of its work. We are not there, we no longer want to see every false game, we do not care if it is for or against. We want clarity".

Giuntoli's outburst

It was the decision not to revisit the episode at the Var that triggered the fury of the company: "I don't know why Giacomelli didn't go to the monitor – continued Giuntoli in Kiss Kiss Napoli – we told him this even after the race. Gasperini also said that it looked like a net penalty, so he should have whistled and then seen it again. The image they show is from behind and there is no perspective, Kjaer has launched himself on Llorente with such enthusiasm and he has shied away, he would have been hit. It looked like Llorente's foul from that still image. I don't know why they haven't seen it. In 5 years it never happened, so there will be a reason. At the Var there must be an external institution filled with footballers, because they know the dynamics of football better. Carlo and I were the first to calm the team, it is impossible for a man like Ancelotti to be sent out after calming the players. The referee told us that he expelled him because he had to do something, is unacceptable and for this we will appeal. Yesterday we were all day trying not to think about the misconduct suffered. We want to immediately reverse the trend, we are collecting less than we deserved, as against Cagliari and Atalanta. We performed at the highest level, it was a physically impressive race on Saturday: 20% off Atalanta on all athletic parameters. Let's go on our way."

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