Rocchi: Italian referees are the best! They โ€˜bleedโ€™ for their job, yet they are still mistreated.

Rocchiโ€™s outburst at the Vincenzo Orlandini Memorial: โ€œEveryone, from amateurs to the top league, expects strength, decisiveness, and intellectual honesty from a referee.โ€

Our referees must have strength. In the recent days, I got angry because I saw my boys mistreated: I know how hard they work, I know they give their all they bleed for this job and stil they are very mistreated.

They can make mistakes, many times I have made mistakes. โ€œWe must have the right to make mistakes and be respected,โ€ said Gianluca Rocchi, the referee designator, during the Vincenzo Orlandini Memorial held in Rome.

โ€œThe recent meeting with the coaches was wonderful. Everyone, from amateurs to the top league, expects strength, decisiveness, and intellectual honesty from a referee. If we have these qualities, we lack nothing. And to all referees, I say: letโ€™s love each other,โ€ Rocchi concluded.

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