Controversy in Cremona, was there a penalty against Napoli? Marelli takes a clear position
Polemics during the first half of Cremonese-Napoli at the Zini stadium: on 26′, on the score of 1-0 for Napoli, Cremonese’s outside forward Zerbin fell in the blue penalty area. Referee Mariani let the action go on, but the protests of the grigiorossi, who wanted a penalty kick, were vehement.
Mariani was peremptory, however: “It is never a penalty this!”, he shouted at the complaining Cremonese players. Zerbin fell in the box after contact with Napoli defender Rrahmani.
On DAZN came the intervention of moviolista Marelli, who explained that Mariani’s decision not to award the penalty kick to the guests was in his opinion correct, because it would have been the Cremonese player who had spread his leg and not Rrahmani.
The first half ended with Napoli ahead 2-0 thanks to a brace from a wild Hojlund.
