Did Roma win in Udine on the last ball? No. Roma won in Udine in injury time, the infamous 4 conceded by Mr. Pairetto of Turin. The anomaly of what happened on Liberation Day in the recovery of the 20′ match of Udinese-Roma, suspended on 14 April due to Ndicka’s illness, did not go unnoticed. We will explain it to you in technical terms and we will also return to the initial question.
To tell the truth, the distortion produced by the legitimate discretion of the referee of the match did not remain unnoticed only by the Romanists, but also by the anti-Romanists (we will dedicate a few lines to it later), albeit in reverse, or rather, in the metaverse. As you have read on Romanist, in the race suspended in the middle of the month due to the drama of Ndicka, who fortunately returned, a potential recovery of 2’30” had already been accumulated. We had made it clear (unique in the press review of 25 April) because the issue was not of little importance in a mini-match that was fundamental for Roma, but also for Udinese. It seems impossible to imagine that a Serie A referee could forget that in the second half of the match that he suspended a few weeks earlier there was lost time to make up for, nor is it conceivable that he could have decided not to take it into account. What is certain is that in the recovery “a lot per kilo” granted by Pairetto, the actual playing time played on April 25 was not taken into account: given the remaining 21 minutes, half was played: 13′ 20″. The 4 minute recovery allowed by Pairetto, who even though any loss of time indicated that he would recover, meant that in Thursday’s match he wanted to extend the match by only 1’30”. Okay, in football there is no provision for actual time, but it can be argued that if he had conceded 8 or 9 minutes there would certainly not have been an outcry. Yet the scandal was that only 4 were awarded.
And we come to the anti-Romanists with the maalox: the double corner kick taken by Dybala which led to Cristante’s goal all arrived in the 95th minute, objection: time has more than expired. Rejected: De Rossi makes a substitution for El Shaarawy for Karsdorp in the 93rd minute and therefore, as a rule, at least 20 more seconds are added. When does Dybala beat the second corner? At 94′ 22”. So, let’s be honest, if he had blown the whistle after the Giallorossi’s celebration for Cristante’s flight he would have been consistent with his anomalous choice to concede 4′. But somewhat incredibly, Pairetto disavows himself and not only gets the Bianconeri back on track, but even lets them play until 96′ 19″, granting Udinese another 30″ attack (from the resumption of play at 95′ 50″) . Roma won in Udine, but not on the last ball, as it should have been, according to Pairetto. Who knows what was going through his head. In the meantime, we advise him to change his watch.
