No referee from the United States was chosen.
Just as a referee from Novara, a town west of Milan, should not be picked for a Juventus game, Moratta said, neither should a referee from Naples.
In other sports, the transition to referee from player is more common.
Imagine if they sent a referee from Turin to take a Napoli game".
Instead they had been robbed by a man named Byron Moreno, a portly referee from Ecuador.
Still, criticism towards the referee from players would have been a tad rich.
"It's not right that a referee from the Naples region is designated to referee a Juventus game," Moratta told reporters.
Fryer worked as a referee from 1978 to 2007; he eventually became the director of officials until retiring in January.
"Sometimes, there is a decision that is just a mistake," said Howard Webb, a referee from England.
He was named an N.H.L. linesman in 1939 and worked as a referee from 1940 to 1955.
The referee from Benin, Bonaventure Coffi Codija, is worryingly on the short list for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
