A lower-league Italian referee has
been accused of political bias after she denied a team two
penalty appeals in a local Third Category game on Tuesday night,
local media reported Wednesday.
The official, Benedetta Fugalli, ia a town council candidate for
the centre-right post Berlusconi Forza Italia (FI) party in
Rovigo while the father of the aggrieved coach is a mayoral
candidate for the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
Rivarese beat Giovane Italia Polesella 2-1 after the latter's
two penalty claims were turned down and Polesella coach Nicola
Tosini told reporters: "It was an inopportune refereeing
appoitnment: we were penalised because of political reasons".
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