Paolo Valeri will be the referee to officiate AC Milan's match against Juventus in Turin. The game is an important one for both sides as they look to grab three points in their attempts to reach a Champions League qualification.
The Italian referee, 42 years old, has in his career quite a few controversial moments with the Rossoneri. The fans are already feeling concerned and worried over his performances.
The memory immediately flies to the two Italian Cup matches this year against Torino and Inter. In the first case he expelled Gigio Donnarumma from the bench for a protest, that was not so agressive, denying him the possibility of playing the derby of the next round. In the match with Inter, that of the verbal duel between Ibrahimovic and Lukaku, Valeri expelled the Swede out for a foul in midfield by waving the second yellow in his face and thus complicating the match, which Inter won 2-1.
The other key-moment of the recent relationship between Valeri and Milan concerns a match against Juventus, namely that of February 18, 2020, the first leg of the Italian Cup. With the Rossoneri deservedly leading 1-0 thanks to Rebic's super goal, Valeri warned some AC Milan players including Ibrahimovic and gave a strange red card to Theo Hernandez after a double yellow, omitting similar measures towards Juventus players. Without forgetting Calabria's armpit penalty which then led to Cristiano Ronaldo's 1-1 goal.
