Joe Tacopina criticizes the referee: "Italian football needs a clean-up"
Joe Tacopina expresses anger on social media over the refereeing. Matte Arena comments on the draw and his physical condition.

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The Joe Tacopina After the match he took to social media to express his anger over the race direction, using very undiplomatic tones. "Once again – he writes –!! The referee was right there, so we know he didn't miss it (the reference is to the penalty foul on Rao, ed.). Draw your own conclusions, but the Italian football It needs a cleanup. Even the head referee apologized for the mistake."
Also speaking after the race Matt Arena, returned to the pits after six races. "The draw it's too tight for us, we could have brought home something more – observes Arena –. We were unable to take advantage of several opportunities in front of goal, then I didn't see the episode of the intervention in the penalty area on Rao. It's no coincidence that the team kept a clean sheet and ran few risks: we had a different set-up and interpreters, but more than my credit, Bruscagin and Fiordaliso, we must compliment Awua and Nador for the dirty work in midfield with many dirty balls recovered that allowed us not to make too long climbs. My condizioni? I'm fine now, I would like to be in even better shape, but with time it will come. I feel the coach's confidence and it's very important, but if someone else had played in my place it wouldn't have changed much. I've been back with the group for a couple of weeks and I found the team more lively than when I left it. On a mental level the performance was important: sure, we only picked up one point, but there's a lot of good to take from this away game. It's not rhetorical to say that there are three finals left, to be faced one at a time with this attitude and a lot of desire, intensity and determination".
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