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Once a team and/or manager gets a "reputation" among refs for being ball-breakers, they seldom get the benefit of the doubt. De Zerbi's recent rash of flare-ups have not endeared him to officials, unfortunately. .

This actually happens in the NHL, where rules are applied more strictly by the refs when the more serious business of playoffs begin. What qualifies as boarding, interference or slashing, for example, is much different in October-March than in April-June. And in MLB, the strike zone tends to...

*Sigh*... Nothing to do but for the team to improve their game so that no matter the degree of referee/VAR bias -- intended or unconscious -- towards the big clubs or the nefarious possibility of match-fixing, the result is never in doubt. We've been robbed a few times, this season, yes; but...