In an Italian Serie A game on Sunday, referee Nicola Rizzoli awarded a penalty kick to Lecce against Messina after Lecce's Uruguayan midfielder Guillermo Giacomazzi tumbled in the penalty amid a crowd of Messina defenders.
After Giacomazzi sprang to his feet he admitted that he fallen on his own; that he hadn't been fouled. Rizzoli reversed his penalty-kick decision. But no good deed goes unpunished, and Rizzoli yellow-carded Giacomazzi for simulation.
''He was being honest,'' said Messina midfielder Massimo Donati, whose team lost, 1-0. ''I don't believe he deserved to get a yellow card. I hope they rescind it.''