Third call of the season, and third time in Serie A, for the referee Ermanno Feliciani of the Aia section of Teramo in a championship match with Genoa involved on the field. The annals, however, also report a precedent in the Italian Cup which dates back to 12 January 2023, when the 32-year-old entrepreneur dedicated to football that matters was designated for Roma-Genoa (which ended 1-0) and valid as the round of 16 final of the parallel competition at the federal championships. Instead, in this competitive season the referee born in Roseto degli Abruzzi (Teramo) was appointed for Empoli-Genoa (1-1 final) and Genoa-Monza (2-3 at the final whistle). In the match against the Brianza, moreover, the penalty which then led to Gudmundsson’s second goal (in the net after Di Gregorio intercepted his shot) was awarded after the intervention of the VAR Valerio Marini who had spotted a touch of Pablo Marì’s arm.
Ermanno Feliciania relatively young referee in the role of Serie A and B and who in a few hours will direct Genoa-Lazio, is a son of art as his father Pietro also wore the black jacket but did not go beyond the Serie D championships and then moved on to number of Observers.
With the oldest football club in Italy, Ermanno Feliciani He also has two performances as fourth match official to his credit, both in the current competitive season: Genoa-Napoli on 17 September 2023 (two goals for the outcome of the match, thanks to the comeback of the Neapolitans who in eight minutes, from 76 ‘, equalize the disadvantage) and Genoa-Turin on January 13th (which ended goalless).
The referee from Abruzzo will be assisted by the line assistants Andrea Zingarelli (Aia section of Siena), second time in the role, e Mattia Scarpa (Reggio nell’Emilia); to Livio Marinelli (Tivoli) the role of “fourth man”.
They will go to the video room set up in Lissone (Monza and Brianza). Rosario Abyss (Palermo) e Federico La Penna (Rome 1) as a function of aVar. The Palermo referee intervened on two occasions, calling his colleague back onto the pitch: Torino-Genoa 3-2 on 22 October 2021, when he allowed Vasquez’s own goal to be annulled due to a previous foul by a Granata player (match referee Piero Giacomelli), then in Genoa-Juventus 2-1 on 6 May 2022 he proposed to the referee Simone Sozza a on field review thanks to which a penalty for the Bianconeri was canceled (for the record that was the last career match, “seasoned” with his last goal, for Domenico “Mimmo” Criscito).
