The unknown refree said
«The manhunt has started within the national Referees Commission, there is a tangible state of agitation, many have suspicions and everyone formulates their own hypotheses about who the mole is. The day after the service, Rocchi called a meeting with all the members of the National Referees Commission for 7 pm, there were approximately 160 of us, all connected via zoom. He seemed exhausted by the service broadcast, yet another attack made on the referees from the outside. He invited us not to get emotionally involved, and to go onto the field putting on our attributes and demonstrating our value. For the rest he says it's just a setup, a media thing to attack him and the referees.»
The referee has no intention of apologizing, "because there have been many situations that unfortunately are not brought to light." However, he will not expose himself, because «I know what I would face: radiation. Having spoken anonymously is already a lot, to try to highlight the problems we have within this environment. Everyone is very clear that if I had put my mind to it, I would have already finished my career in Serie A.»
The man hopes that VAR errors will decrease, «also because the evening before the Iene service there was the Inter-Napoli Italian Super Cup final, and among various episodes there was an expulsion due to a double yellow card of the Napoli player, Simeone. The first yellow concerning him was clearly a mistake, as the foul by the Napoli player was a simple foul, which instead the referee decided to sanction with a yellow card, in my opinion unjustified given the type of action and intervention not at all dangerous. The yellow was completely out of place.»
