The famous Italian referee and goalkeeper Pierluigi Collina was a true symbol of football officiating in the 1990s and early 2000s. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
He was invited to officiate many prestigious matches. Collina spoke about which team he supported.
He mentioned that he is from Bologna and lived in that city until 1991. Collina emphasized that at that time there was a ban on officiating matches of teams from his own city in Italy.
Nevertheless, he was entrusted with managing an important match between Bologna and Parma. In this match, Bologna lost 0:2 and was relegated from Serie A.
Collina stated that he did not remember the names of the teams he officiated, only that they were teams wearing black and white jerseys. According to him, in this match, only teams that were conditionally divided by colors participated.
This event is considered one of the significant and memorable moments in Collina's career.
