MILAN (Reuters) - The head of the Italian referees' association hit back on Monday after a spate of controversial decisions in Serie A and the Coppa Italia led to bitter criticism of match officials.
"Everybody has thought of their own interests and not about the good of the game, the (problems) that you can cause by saying the wrong things," Marcello Nicchi, the head of the Italian Refereeing Association (AIA), told state broadcaster RAI in an interview.
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