All seven refereeing incidents Roma director Ghisolfi criticised: Lukaku, Bove, Castanos | OneFootball

Roma sporting director Florent Ghisolfi publicly criticised the standard of refereeing in Serie A and the lack of VAR usage in incidents involving his team in a damning interview with Il Corriere dello Sport, published on Sunday morning.

Here are the seven incidents the Giallorossi director labelled ‘confirmed errors’.

Ghisolfi points out seven refereeing errors involving Roma this season

The first incident Ghislfi referred to came in the second gameweek of the 2024-25 season, specifically during Roma’s 2-1 loss at home to Empoli.

Eldor Shomurodov was held back in the penalty area while trying to latch onto the rebound after Paulo Dybala hit the post, which could have resulted in a penalty and a possible equaliser for the Giallorossi.

Corriere dello Sport suggest that there could have been another penalty two games later in Roma’s 1-1 draw with Genoa when Koni De Winter made contact with Dybala in the area.

There was another potential penalty incident in the 1-1 draw with Monza at the start of October, when Tommaso Baldanzi was brought down by Giorgos Kyriakopoulos towards the end of the second half.

In a reverse incident, there have also been suggestions that Fiorentina should not have been awarded a penalty in the first half of their eventual 5-1 win over Roma in October. Edoardo Bove appeared to have been brought down by Zeki Celik, but Corriere dello Sport reported that there was no actual contact.

Fiorentina’s midfielder Edoardo Bove celebrates after scoring a goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match ACF Fiorentina vs AS Roma at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, 27 October 2024. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI

Sunday’s report claims that there were two potential fouls from the corner kick that led to Verona’s second goal in an eventual 3-2 win over the Giallorossi at the start of November: One for an elbow on Evan Ndicka and one for a Grigoris Castanos and goalkeeper Mile Svilar.

There were also two potential bookable offences committed by Romelu Lukaku during Napoli’s 1-0 win over Roma last weekend: One for a wreckless challenge on Celik, and the other for a sliding tackle on Svilar.

Davide Massa, the referee during Napoli 1-0 Roma, has been suspended for one match as a result of the Lukaku decisions in that game.