Cittadella - US Folgore Caratese

Cittadella director Marchetti criticises refereeing after Giana Erminio draw

Cittadella general director Stefano Marchetti has publicly criticised refereeing decisions after the 0-0 draw with Giana Erminio, in which two Cittadella goals were disallowed. He said the club deserves respect and claimed that referees keep making mistakes against it.

Marchetti's complaint comes from the side at the top of the table, with Cittadella on 31 points from 13 matches and ten wins. They are at home to US Folgore Caratese in the Italian Serie C, and the visitors are 20th of 20 with 8 points from the same number of matches, having won once, drawn five times and lost seven. Over those 13 matches Cittadella have scored 19 goals and conceded 6.

Victory remains out of reach for US Folgore Caratese

US Folgore Caratese have now played 5 matches without winning, a sequence too long to dismiss as a blip. Near the top are Cittadella; near the bottom are US Folgore Caratese.

Their 31 points put Cittadella at the top of the table. Not losing can be its own kind of progress, and the hosts have managed it three times running.

On 8 points, US Folgore Caratese are the division's bottom side. Consecutive failures to score have brought the visitors' attacking output sharply into focus. Much of the visitors' scoring has come from Felice·D'Amico, on 4 goals, and Kristians mezsargs, on 3.