MILAN - Italian referees' chief Marcello Nicchi said Monday that Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon should think before lashing out at officials as he did during last week's Champions League defeat by Real Madrid. The 40-year-old Italian icon later called Oliver "a murderer" with "a rubbish bin" in place of a heart. "Buffon is a great champion who I hope will go on to have a great managerial career," Nicchi told Italian radio. The Italian Referees' Association (AIA) could lose its two percent voting allocation in the Italian Football Federation's Federal Council. "To undermine the independence and impartiality of our referees could mean the start of a new Calciopoli," said Nicchi.

Source: Bangkok Post April 16, 2018 15:45 UTC