Bizarre decisions in crucial San Siro clash highlight pressure on officials

Nothing gets the football fraternityâÂÂs blood boiling more than bad refereeing. So if Paolo TagliaventoâÂÂs performance during the top-of-the-table clash between AC Milan and Juventus is anything to go by, those watching would have been in need of a quiet lie-down in a darkened room.

It was certainly all too much for Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani, who reportedly had to leave the stadium at half-time such was his distress at witnessing his side have a perfectly good goal disallowed â that and the fact he apparently confronted the official in the refereeâÂÂs dressing room before having an ungentlemanly set-to with Juventus coach Antonio Conte.

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