Atalanta boss Gian Piero Gasperini claims referee Luca Pairetto “threatened me during the Genoa game” as he’d be the VAR against Lazio.

Gasp was sent off for dissent during the 1-1 draw at Lazio last week and is therefore suspended for tomorrow’s big match against Milan.

“During the Genoa game, Pairetto threatened me that we’d see each other again in Rome and ‘This sort of attitude will not be tolerated.’

Atalanta boss Gian Piero Gasperini claims referee Luca Pairetto “threatened me during the Genoa game” as he’d be the VAR against Lazio.

Gasp was sent off for dissent during the 1-1 draw at Lazio last week and is therefore suspended for tomorrow’s big match against Milan.

“During the Genoa game, Pairetto threatened me that we’d see each other again in Rome and ‘This sort of attitude will not be tolerated.’

“I don’t know how he knew then that he’d be the VAR for the Lazio match,” Gasperini told reporters.

“We are among the sides with the fewest bookings of all and out of 56 yellow cards, only two were for dissent, in December and April. It’s fundamental for me that the players speak to the referee in the correct manner.

“Instead, I was suspended with the maximum penalty ahead of a fundamental match for a VAR incident that nobody noticed. We were sitting there for 10 minutes waiting for something that didn’t exist. Eventually, we had to come back from the locker room for a penalty against us.

“Pairetto was also the fourth official in Rome when I was sent off during half-time. I will admit, that time I went over the top after Marten De Roon’s second yellow card and it was the right decision.

“Personally, that is an indelible mark that humiliates me. I’ll have to watch our game from the stands against Milan and I am frankly a little disgusted.”

Mattia Caldara is back from suspension and Gasperini confirmed he has to choose between Josip Ilicic and Musa Barrow, while Andrea Petagna is injured.

“Papu Gomez proposed the idea of giving Caldara the captain’s armband for his final home game in Bergamo.”

Caldara has already secured a transfer to Juventus.

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