agree with the deliberate action thing. No immediate materiality as the italian had no chance of getting close to the ball receiver anyway. In which case its a pointless thing to do.
Not really sure whether it was worth blowing for - but then again if nothing is done about incidents like these they'll just continue. I bet theyd have stopped the game if the defender had got back up and twatted him. two wrongs dont make a right of course...
didds