Let’s clear the field immediately: the management of the final series between Olimpia Milan And Virtus Bolognabetween off-field declarations and decisions taken on the parquet, has taken on unsustainable and unacceptable connotations.
Corrado Guzzanti, playing Mariano Giusti in Boris, ruled It seems to me that the only one between us who is making an effort to prevent me from beating you is always me, the same person who, sooner or later, will beat you. The only ones who, through press releases and warnings, would like us not to talk about referees are the refereesthe same ones who will then, sooner or later, shift the level of the debate from the choices of the coaches to those of the trio designated by Luigi Lamonica.
The decisions of final of race 3 of the Assago Forum are just the tip of the iceberg, the most visible and disconcerting and therefore the easiest to point to as a scapegoat. Without specifically analyzing the individual whistles of Paternicò-Rossi-Baldini – we will leave it to those with greater expertise, namely Silvio Corrias – just take a look at the tones maintained by the Bolognese printed paper to have a barometer of the level of frustration caused by the rules of engagement.
The “inexplicable and disconcerting decision” quoted by Luca Sancini on Republic, taking up the words used in the press conference by coach Banchi, is the softest stance. The body of Filippo Mazzoni’s reaction on the Rest of the Pug: “a heart-pounding finale (e dubious refereeing decisions)“, “some whistles that increase the regret of the Bianconeri“, “very very dubious ball given, by the referee Paternicò, between him amazement also from colleagues in Milan“.
The peak of the hatred – let’s repeat, understandable in the emotional centrifuge of a championship final – is reached by the digital columns of Courier of Bologna. These are some extracts from the body of the match report entrusted to Alessandro Mossini: “protests against the referee’s decisions: the throw-in in favor of the Bianconeri is given to the home team“; it was there for the entire second half a common and decidedly homely thread in the refereeing direction“; “some key calls that steer the race towards Armani“; “with enormous surprise (also of the locals, as well as of the referee Rossi), Paternicò gives the throw-in to Milan. Maybe even the right changes, with the horrors committed in a one-way manner previously“. Those of Daniele Labanti in the following pages are even more harsh: “After the call to arms by the Milanese GM Stavropoulos in the media, Carmelo Paternicò responded presently“; “Paternikopoulos instead he gives the ball to Milan. Rossi, who is lucid, tries to call his colleague back to the TV by saying “Bianca”, but the killer from Piazza Armerina he doesn’t want to know“.
Everything that we have classified as reprehensible and deplorable in the series between Panathinaikos and Maccabi, between war vocabulary and references between the inappropriate and the unspeakable to ongoing military and geopolitical conflicts, seem to have conquered the field also in the discussion around Olimpia Milano- Virtus Bologna. We will try, despite everything, to tell you again what is beautiful and exciting that the ball played in segments can give us. Despite everything, and everyone.
