Neither of Inter coach Simone Inzaghi nor his Juventus counterpart Max Allegri have much of a leg to stand on when it comes to lecturing about refereeing errors.

This is the view in today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews, who argue in the wake of the controversy surrounding the Derby d’Italia that both coaches will simply use refereeing as an excuse when it is expedient to them.

Inzaghi certainly did not mince words in his remarks after Sunday’s Derby d’Italia, calling for “respect” as he felt that the decision to award the Bianconeri’s match-winning goal despite an apparent handball in the buildup had been blatantly incorrect.

As the Corriere della Sera notes, the 46-year-old dusted off the usual bit of rhetoric that he’s “not usually one to talk” about refereeing decisions, but they note that he had done the same after the Nerazzurri were on the end of a bad bit of refereeing in a draw against Monza in January.

The newspaper doesn’t spare Allegri for what they see as a bit of the same type of hypocrisy either, as they note how the Bianconeri coach called for trust in the officials and not using refereeing as an excuse, precisely when his team had no reason to complain.

It was a different story when Allegri’s men were hard done by after an incorrect offside decision denied them a late winner against Salernitana in the fall, a decision which left the Juventus coach fuming.

Moreover, Allegri did not hide his displeasure with the officiating in Inter’s Derby d’Italia win last April.

The Corriere della Sera then note that Inzaghi was much more circumspect in reacting to a handball decision that went the way of his team during their 1-0 win over Barcelona in the Champions League in October than he was in reacting to the one against Juventus on Sunday.

In that match, Inter wingback Denzel Dumfries made clear contact on the ball with his arm in the penalty area, but no penalty was awarded as the match official and VAR evidently felt that there was not enough in it to consider it a deliberate handball.

In a situation that was, if not identical to the one on Sunday, certainly parallel, and in a match of similar importance, Inzaghi’s reaction couldn’t have been more different.

The 46-year-old spoke about the incident in very similar terms to how Allegri did regarding the one on Sunday, suggesting that he hadn’t had a clear view of it but that the referees’ decision must be respected.

For the Corriere della Sera, the fact is simply that virtually all coaches react to refereeing decisions in the same way, and that it is always based on what best suits their own frame of reference for a match.