Considered among the best emerging refereeing talents in Italy, Simone Sozza – chosen for yesterday’s second leg of the playoffs – has partly regained the spotlight this year after last season’s decline. The 36-year-old whistler grew up in the Seregno section, a small town in Brianza in the province of Monza, despite being born in Milan, however inThis year has had its ups and downs too, as in his recent outings in Salernitana-Sassuolo and Naples-Rome and then recovered in Turin-Bologna and Milan-Cagliari. Let’s see how he did yesterday.
Sozza’s history with Venice and Cremonese
Sozza has six previous matches with Venezia and a mirror-like result of two victories, two draws and two defeats. only one match with the grey-reds who lost on the occasion.
The referee booked six players
Assisted by assistants Alassio and Colarossi, with Valeri at Var and Marini at Avar, the referee warned six players: Vazquez (C) and Sverko (V) booked in the 28th minute for mutual misconduct. Idzes (V) booked in the 57th minute for inappropriate behaviour. Candela (W) booked in the 71st minute for incorrect play. Sernicola (C) booked in the 78th minute for incorrect play, Pickel (C) booked in the 84th minute for improper behaviour. Antov (C) booked in the 86th minute for excessive protests.
Venice-Cremonese, slow motion cases
These are the dubious episodes. In the 28th minute, Vazquez and Sverko were cautioned for mutual misconduct: the Venezia defender was wasting time, Vazquez pushed him to the ground, generating a commotion on the pitch, and the benches also entered the pitch then the referee restores calm. In the second half in the 25th minute Candela was given a yellow card after an impetuous intervention on Collocolo, in the 33rd minute Sernicola was warned for incorrect play, in the 39th minute Pickel was given a yellow card for causing a fight and in the 41st minute Antov was warned for excessive protests. Venezia-Cremonese ends 1-0 and with the pitch invasion.
