Overview
- Rocchi, who resigned over the weekend, is due in a Milan court on Thursday as prosecutors investigate suspected sports fraud tied to referee pressure and video review meddling.
- Investigators are reviewing a March 1, 2025 Udinese–Parma match after a VAR-room video showed official Daniele Paterna first rejecting a penalty, then turning toward an off-camera figure following a knock on the glass and recommending a review that led to a spot kick.
- VAR supervisor Andrea Gervasoni has self-suspended, the referees’ association AIA said, and the FIGC’s sporting prosecutors have asked Milan authorities for the case files.
- Prosecutorial documents cited by Italian media allege Rocchi steered referee appointments that favored Inter, including pushing Andrea Colombo for Bologna–Inter after an April 2025 San Siro meeting and assigning Daniele Doveri in the Coppa Italia semifinal to limit his availability for a possible final.
- Italy runs VAR from a central hub in Lissone where only on-duty officials may influence decisions, and the probe’s echoes of the 2006 Calciopoli scandal have prompted the sport minister to demand rapid, transparent action while no verdict has been reached.