Marten de Roon has been fined 2,500 euros by the Italian Football Association. The 32-year-old Zwijndrecht judge posted a message on Twitter in April of this calendar year that, according to the disciplinary committee, is unacceptable. In the tweet in question, De Roon stands up for Rotterdam, after Feyenoord was eliminated by AS Roma in the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
The day after Roma was too strong for Feyenoord (4-2) in two games, the club of coach José Mourinho fell against De Roon’s Atalanta. Was in Bergamo la Dea 3-1 too strong for the Romans. De Roon was on the field for the entire match and apparently still had a bone to pick with Roma. That same evening, the inspector took to Twitter to take ‘revenge’ i Giallorossi.
When your roots are in Rotterdam and you beat AS Roma. pic.twitter.com/gHVb6CTZjV
— Marten de Roon (@Dirono) April 24, 2023
De Roon, who just had ninety minutes in his legs, posted a photo in which he raised his middle finger. “If your roots are in Rotterdam and you beat AS Roma,” the right leg wrote with the image. De Roon played six years in the youth academy of Feyenoord and grew up in the Rotterdam area. The Stadium club apparently still in his heart. In the comments you can read that Feyenoord supporters could enjoy his tweet, but De Roon will not get off without a fine of two and a half thousand euros. The Italian federation said the post was “disparaging, inflammatory, insulting and offensive” towards Roma.
A Conference League keychain was photoshopped around De Roon’s middle finger, referring to the moment between Mourinho and NOSjournalist Joep Schreuder. The Portuguese trainer gave the reporter a keychain of his won prize from 2022, because he believed that Schreuder (like the rest of the Netherlands) is still upset with Feyenoord’s lost Conference League final (1-0). in Tirana.