Coach Roberto D’Aversa feels Empoli and particularly Luca Marianucci paid the worth for ‘a deficit of expertise’ with Milan, revealing what he instructed Sergio Conceicao about Santiago Gimenez.
The Tuscans had been given the person benefit when Fikayo Tomori obtained a second yellow card, though Lorenzo Colombo was offside earlier than being fouled.
Nevertheless, 10 minutes later Marianucci was penalised following a VAR On-Area Overview for
“We noticed an actual deficit of expertise between my lads and the Milan gamers this night,”
On the pink card, the referee considered the footage and determined to guide Gimenez for a push that he thought of to be provocation, however confirmed a straight pink card to Marianucci for trying behind him and flicking up a foot to kick the striker within the crotch.
“Gimenez was sneaky, however then after I hear any participant described as ‘sneaky’ then I begin to assume one thing shouldn’t be fairly proper.”
D’Aversa annoyed by one other Empoli loss
The match was ultimately determined with each groups right down to 10 males by objectives from substitutes Rafael Leao and Gimenez for
“We had a giant probability within the first half with Colombo off the woodwork, however the true mistake we made was throwing away the chance to play with the additional man.”
The DAZN pundits requested D’Aversa what he instructed Milan boss Sergio Conceicao after the ultimate whistle, seeing as the 2 had exchanged some phrases in the course of the sport too.
“I congratulated him and he did the identical to me, however then I additionally instructed him it’s not proper to systematically name the fourth official and referee. It was within the warmth of the second and no one likes to lose.”
Empoli are actually with no Serie A victory in two months and managed simply two factors from their final seven video games, however D’Aversa stood up for his squad.
“We now have additionally had numerous accidents and the performances have been good, together with at the moment in opposition to Milan. The one time we actually received it incorrect was 20 minutes in opposition to Lecce. I do know it’s a nasty behavior in Italy, however I don’t like individuals judging based mostly solely on outcomes and never taking the performances into consideration.”
That harm disaster is likely to be getting even worse, as Mattia Viti was carried off in agony after his left knee was bent again in an unintentional collision with Alex Jimenez.
“We hope it was only a horrible scare.”