In the past few days, a recording from an Italian Serie A game has gotten a lot of attention. In the league match, the referee, Luca Sacchi, did not shake hands with his helper, Francesca Di Monte. Cameras set up in the hallway leading to the field caught this on film. The referee’s behavior has already been brought to the attention of the Italian Football Association, according to news sources.
La Serie A in Italy had a game on October 6 between Lecce and Sassuolo. The score was 1-1 at the end of the game, and it probably wouldn’t have made much of a fuss in the soccer world if Lucci Sacchiego, who was the main judge, hadn’t been so rude.
In the stadium hallway, as both teams were getting ready to play, there was an event that went viral on the internet. The leader of Sassuolo, Gian Marco Ferrari, was standing to his left, and Sanchi shook his hand. Sanchi was at the front of the line. He then turned to his right and reached out to shake hands with Gabriel Strefezza, the leader of Lecce.
And this is where an event happened that is being talked about in news outlets all over the world. Francesca Di Monte, Sacchi’s assistant, was the person who knew him best. The assistant wanted to shake the chief referee’s hand when she saw it reach out to her. But Sancci didn’t notice and pulled his hand back, which he then put out to the Lecce leader.
The video going around the internet makes it look like Sacchi’s reply surprised his helper. Di Monte calmly spreads his hands out as if to ask a question, and then he shakes his head no. Soon after, the players and officials are already walking out onto the field.
However, it turns out that the main referee’s obvious lack of coordination could have serious effects on his life. Italian news outlets said that Sacchi would be banned and would not be in charge of the next round of Serie A games. The Italian Referee Association (AIA) also spoke to NASA about this issue, stressing that the situation is caused by stress before the game and not sexism, as some onlookers said Sacchi was doing.
There is no way that the sexist action could be true. We don’t see a problem; it was just an unintentional move that was misunderstood. It’s strange that we’re talking about sexism in an organization whose main goal is to get rid of all hurdles based on gender. This was the AIA’s stance.
People on the Internet are split over the Italian referee’s decision, which has led to the rise of extreme views. A famous Italian actress and singer named Melissa Satta spoke out about this issue. On her social media, the TV host and boyfriend of tennis player Matteo Berrettini asked for Sacchi to be banned from tennis for life.
Some people also say that Sancci is not mostly to blame, even though the situation seemed awkward. The British “Mirror” says that the handshake between the match’s judges is against the rules. This is shown by the fact that the main referee did not shake hands with one of his helpers either.
The main actors also talked about the strange event. Sancci said that he and Di Monte laughed about everything on the way home from the game. In her comments, the woman in question didn’t say she felt bad about her coworker’s behavior; in fact, she supported him.
“I’m sorry that the act of misunderstanding has become so bad,” Di Monte told the Italian press.
