The referees for the hotly anticipated final Serie A games have been announced and it’s bad news for Roberto Mancini in Parma!
The Inter boss has repeatedly clashed with Gianluca Rocchi, but the official has been assigned to Sunday’s Scudetto showdown at the Stadio Tardini.
Mancio was furious with Rocchi in the wake of their 1-1 draw at Genoa earlier this season, when Portuguese talent Pelè saw red.
“Rocchi is particularly unlucky with us. He has officiated three of our games and we never managed to finish with all XI men,” said the Coach.
In fact that was not the case, as Rocchi was in charge of three Inter matches this season and Pelè was the only Inter player sent off.
However, all three games did end in 1-1 draws against Juventus, Sampdoria and Genoa.
Overall Rocchi’s record with the Nerazzurri is not so negative, as last season he had overseen a 1-0 win over Reggina, a 2-0 victory away to Lazio and a 2-0 result over Parma in 2005-06.
The last encounter he had with Inter was the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final with Lazio, which ended goalless.
Elsewhere the other title-deciding match at the Massimino between Catania and Roma has been assigned to Massimiliano Saccani.
Week 38:
Atalanta-Genoa (Tommasi)
Cagliari-Reggina (Pinzani)
Catania-Roma (Saccani)
Empoli-Livorno (Trefoloni)
Lazio-Napoli (Velotto)
Milan-Udinese (Rosetti)
Parma-Inter (Rocchi)
Sampdoria-Juventus (Valeri)
Siena-Palermo (Stefanini)
Torino-Fiorentina (Farina)
