An English press report stated that Italian referee Fabio Maresca was suspended and deprived of officiating a Champions League match because he threatened to kill a player in Kuwait, in an incident that sparked a lot of controversy.
Those in charge of running the Kuwaiti League use foreign referees who are accustomed to appearing in the Champions League to manage some matches in the competition, as happens in other Arab leagues, and this sometimes happens at the request of some teams and clubs.
Marisca banned from the Champions League for threatening to kill a player
The newspaper revealedThe sunThe British newspaper said that referee Marisca was suspended in Italy for one month, in addition to being deprived of officiating the confrontation between PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands and its guest Sporting Lisbon of Portugal, which was played yesterday, Tuesday, in the Champions League and ended in a draw (1-1) after… Threatening a player in Kuwait with death.
This incident occurred with referee Mariska, last Friday, September 27, for a match in the Kuwaiti League that brought together the… Kuwait And Al-Arabi, which ended with the former winning with a score of two unanswered goals, leaving them alone at the top of the competition with 18 points from 6 rounds.
According to the same source, the incident took place between the Italian referee and Khaled Al-Murshed, the Al-Arabi club player, as the two parties spoke in English, and the player filed a complaint against the referee in which he accused him of threatening to kill him, and told him: “I will see you next time, and I will kill you,” while another story says that the referee He just said to him: “See you next time.”
According to the same source, it is unlikely that referee Marisca will face further penalties in Kuwait, because the problem was resolved diplomatically on the field. However, this did not exempt the Italian referee from being subject to a suspension penalty in his country, in addition to being deprived of officiating the match between PSV Eindhoven and Sporting Lisbon in. The most glorious European competitions.
Marisca officiated one match in the Italian League during the current 2024-25 season, and it was in the opening round between AC Milan and its guest Torino, which ended in a positive draw with two goals for both, and he did not appear after that in any of the “Calcio” matches.
As a reminder, the matches of the second round of the Champions League will be completed today, Wednesday, October 2, with the holding of several matches, the most prominent of which is the transfer of the title holder, the Spanish club Real Madrid, to play in the French field of Lille.
