“Pisa-Bari Result Under Dispute After Referee Error: Official Appeal Possible”

The sports judge did not approve the Pisa-Bari result, won on the field by the Apulians 2-1. The Tuscans protest for what they consider a technical error by referee Colombo and have presented a notice of claim. Now they have time until at 6pm on 26 April to present a official appeal with the related reasons.

What happened in Pisa-Bari

In the 88th minute, on the 1-1 result, the match director Andrea Colombo conceded a rigor (later transformed into the definitive 2-1 by Antenucci, ed) for a touch of the hand in the Pisa area. But, according to the hosts, the action was to be cancelled because just before the referee had touched the ball (deviating its trajectory) but without stopping the game. Pisa’s conviction is that this episode is to be ascribed to the casuistry of the technical errorssuch as to decree a repetition of the match.

What could happen?

Much depends on the words contained in the report by referee Colombo (and from the eventual admission of one’s mistake), as well as from assessment carried out byobserver arbitrale present in Pisa to closely follow the work of the whistle and the VAR. According to what filters, however, after the initial anger Pisa would not be foolish to continue his protest presented a complaint having understood that the possibility of repeating the match due to a technical error would be extremely difficult. In that case the 2-1 of Bari would be approved with Bari which would rise to 60 points in the standings.