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Original Title: 17-year-old referee attacked. AIA: "It is not human.” The attack took place during Nuova La Salle-Gioventù Sarroch, Sardinian Under-17. The manager, disqualified for five years, slapped her twice and punched her.
The latest episode, somewhere between shocking and chilling, resulted in a 45-day prognosis for a minor referee (V.). The “fault”? A throw-in. The assault took place during Nuova La Salle-Gioventù Sarroch, Sardinian Under-17, on February 28. In the 4th minute of the second half, the manager of the away team (Guglielmo P.), listed as an assistant manager, lost control when a throw-in was not awarded. The whole incident was put in writing in a statement by the Amateur League, which reports that the manager “struck the referee twice in the face” and, when the girl tried to get away, hit her again with a punch, “causing personal injury with a prognosis of 45 days.”
Official disqualified for 5 years, and the act, defined as extremely serious, leads to “permanent exclusion from any rank or category of the FIGC.” Given that another referee was attacked, also in Sardinia, the AIA stated: “It is unacceptable — the association wrote in a statement released yesterday — that someone holding an educational and responsible role in the world of sport becomes the protagonist of a gesture as cowardly as it is violent. It is even more serious that it occurred on a youth football pitch. Striking a referee always represents a very grave matter. Doing so against a 17-year-old girl engaged in officiating a youth match exceeds every limit of sporting and human civility.” V. recently turned 17 and has received many phone calls from her colleagues, especially from Can A and B. She has reportedly already expressed her desire to return to the field.