The Serie C is ready to make history. As announced by the third Italian championship and Sky Sport, the parties have reached an agreement through which it will be possible to watch the match through the eyes of a referee. On Sunday, for the first time in a European football league, it will be possible to experience a match as a referee. This is an experiment, destined to make history, which will take place in Cesena-Pineto, where Claudio Allegrelli will show viewers the field in real time through a microcamera.
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This is a first experiment but the Referee-Cam will also be used in a match of each Serie C playoff round. It will also be interesting to see the reactions of the fans who often criticize the referees for «not having seen a foul»: they too will be able to understand what it means to follow the match on a football field. The enthusiasm has also infected the Lega Pro, proud of this innovation. «This is a special day for all Serie C fans. We are the first League to open up to such a change and we confirm ourselves once again as the main laboratory of innovation for the whole football world - commented the president of the Lega Pro, Matteo Marani -. The C has always been the home of experimentation. Being able to provide the public with the referee's view, what all fans have been dreaming of seeing for decades, represents an incredible success, strengthening the bond between football and fans even more».
Marani says he is «certain that we will be the first of an experience destined to expand» and has thanked for the «synergistic work the Figc and the Aia». Satisfaction shared by Sky Sport. «We enthusiastically welcomed and supported the Lega Pro's proposal to introduce such a fascinating innovation to the television product linked to Serie C - emphasized the executive vice president sport of Sky, Marzio Perrelli -. If Lega Pro has identified Sky as a partner capable of this challenge, it is because the search for technological modernization is one of the fundamental pillars of our House of Sport». Perrelli has emphasized «the creation of constantly evolving content» to «offer subscribers such a revolutionary point of view for football matches».
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