Overview
- On Tuesday Daniele Orsato met journalists at the Centro VAR di Lissone, publicly listed seven specific errors from the first five Serie A rounds and Coppa Italia and announced the refereeing line will remain in place until June.
- Refereeing data presented at the meeting show effective playing time rose by nearly six minutes per match while fouls, penalties, yellow cards and red cards all fell in the opening five rounds.
- Orsato named concrete episodes he judged mistaken, including Vlasic’s handball in Torino–Milan, Dragusin’s foul on Monterisi and Kalulu’s pull on Rowe, noting VAR did not call referees to review those plays.
- He defended a shift that empowers younger on‑field referees to decide without using cards as a shield and instructed VAR to intervene only for clear, obvious errors rather than borderline or 'soft' fouls.
- Media and club figures praised the added fluidity but criticized tolerating admitted blunders, setting up season‑long scrutiny of contentious cases and likely ongoing debate over where to draw the line for VAR reviews.