Malesani sees red on refereeing, Inter

Genoa manager Alberto Malesani has the blasted refereeing decisions he believes cost his side three points against Inter Milan.

Inter were fortunate 1-0 winners in the Serie A encounter on Tuesday thanks to Yuto Nagatomo’s controversial goal, after Andreas Grandqvist’s header was ruled out by the referee.

Malesani was quick to fire the blowtorch in the direction of Inter and the officials, led by central referee Luca Banti.

“Today we’re disappointed because I guess some decisions would’ve been different if it had been Inter involved in them. It’s been the same old story for 20 years,” Melasani said.

Sweden defender Grandqvist netted on 56 minutes but his goal was ruled out in a marginal off-side call. Melasani’s frustrations were compounded when the diminutive Nagatomo nodded home after what the Genoa manager believed was a foul on Dario Dainelli.

“The ref can’t rule out such a goal, since from a certain angle-view Granqvist is on side. It’s absurd you rule out a goal like that. It’s unfair too as you work so hard throughout the week and then you have to face such things,” he said.

Melasani was at pains to point out just how critical those decisions were.

“If the ref had given our goal we would’ve won, because the first team to break the deadlock would have got the three points,” he said.

“Unfortunately we conceded that goal. Today, the team scoring first would win the game – Inter scored first, though their goal was illegal because there was a foul on (Dario) Dainelli, whereas our goal (Granqvist’s) was legal.”

The defeat means Genoa drop down to eighth on the Serie A table and two points behind Inter, who have now won four of their last five domestic outings.