Serie A: Referee Chiffi goofed on Osimhen, Pirola potential red card incident – CdS

The Nigerian worldwide was a thorn within the flesh of Salernitana all match, crowning his effort with a superb second-half strike

Salernitana defender Lorenzo Pirola ought to have been proven a purple card for knowledgeable foul on Victor Osimhen within the second half of Napoli’s simple derby win on Saturday, says Italy’s famend media platform Corriere dello Sport.

Lorenzo Pirola began the encounter as one in all Salernitana’s again three which additionally included Norbert Gyomber and Flavius Daniliuc.

However the trio endured a tough night occasioned by the good motion and intelligence of Napoli’s assault led by Victor Osimhen.

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Each Gyomber (as a consequence of damage) and Daniliuc (late within the sport) have been changed, with Pirola the one beginning centre-back to complete the match.

However the younger Salernitana defender, on mortgage from Inter Milan, was fortunate to flee receiving a straight purple card halfway via the second half.

Within the 77th minute, Osimhen spearheaded a probably harmful Napoli assault and would have been free on objective had he gotten previous Pirola.

However the 20-year-old, the final man in defence for Salernitana on the time, introduced down Osimhen to provide away a free-kick.

Surprisingly, referee Daniele Chiffi judged the state of affairs in another way and determined to indicate Pirola solely a yellow card.

Napoli didn’t dwell too lengthy on that controversial name, nevertheless, as Luciano Spalletti’s males cruised to a 2-0 overcome their native rivals.

Captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Victor Osimhen scored the decisive targets for the Italian Serie A leaders.