An Italian soccer referee has been banned for one yr after he misplaced his cool and head-butted a goalkeeper he had despatched off throughout a minor league recreation earlier this month, ANSA information company reported on Tuesday.
In a match between Borgo Mogliano and Montottone in Macerata on Feb. 1, the referee Antonio Martiniello had given Borgo Mogliano’s goalkeeper Matteo Ciccioli his marching orders because the hosts received Three-1.
However Martiniello was not completed meting out punishment and when the pair confronted off exterior the altering room after the sport because the goalkeeper sought an evidence, the referee head-butted Ciccioli, who was taken to hospital to deal with his accidents.
Martiniello’s ban won’t solely stop him from officiating video games for the subsequent yr but in addition from getting into the services of groups within the prime three tiers of Italian soccer, minor and newbie leagues, and matches involving the Italy nationwide staff.
The workplace of the Macerata police chief stated the ban was totally warranted as Martiniello had did not set an instance for children.