Sticks-Kalulu: Iuliano unleashes fans by bringing up incident with Ronaldo

The’former Juventus defender Mark Iuliano is causing social discussion for his statements in an interview with Stile TV, where he compared the famous episode that saw him starring together with the Fenomeno Ronaldo in 1998 to what happened in the last Inter-Juventus match in February between Pierre Kalulu and Alessandro Bastoni.

“My episode with Ronaldo is part of another story – said Iuliano – Maybe this episode cancels it out because of Alessandro Bastoni’s reaction after the simulation, which outraged a lot, because after deceiving the referee you also go to exult, against every value of a healthy and fair sport”, the clear words of the’former Bianconeri central, who condemned the Nerazzurri defender.

“Until that moment it had been a beautiful match and it was ruined – continued Iuliano -. The linesmen have become useless if they cannot even have their say, the referee is subject to VAR and we all demand that VAR becomes on-call and does not take over, and that the referee goes to review the actions and decides on his own”.

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“It must be the referee who takes responsibility and possibly changes his decisions, without four other people telling him what to do. In my time we were enough ‘men’not to think about simulating”.

The Bastoni case has returned to the headlines in recent days after the player was nominated for the Rosa Camuna award. This was reported by Regional Council President Federico Romani: “He&#8217s been nominated for the sporting value he has shown throughout his career, for the symbolic role he plays in Lombardy soccer and for the ability he has shown to face even the most difficult moments with seriousness and fairness”. Bastoni, Romani stressed, has been able to “publicly acknowledge his mistake, taking responsibility”.

The player was booed by fans during the last matches played by Inter’s Serie A team.