Paparesta returns to A duty
Sunday 26 November, 2006
Gianluca Paparesta will referee his first Serie A game later today since his Calciopoli related ban in the summer.
The highly-rated official will take charge of the Lazio-Ascoli tie after recently being handed the Week 10 Serie B meeting between Triestina and Brescia.
Paparesta was caught up in the match-fixing probe after he was allegedly locked in his changing room after the 2004-05 Reggina-Juventus clash by former Bianconeri director general Luciano Moggi.
The Bari-born man in black failed to report the incident and was subsequently banned for eight months by the Italian Referees’ Association [AIA].
However, Paparesta recently won his appeal against the AIA sentence and was handed back his whistle by the Federal Court on October 4.
He has since then spent time working on his fitness and has now been given the green light to resume his top-flight career at the Olimpico.
Paparesta, once tipped by many to become the new Pierluigi Collina, hasn't worked in the First Division since Milan’s 3-2 win at Parma on May 7, 2005.
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