Overview

• On DAZN’s Open Var, Gianluca Rocchi said the handball penalty awarded to Verona for Joao Mario’s contact was not punishable given the action’s natural dynamics.
• Rocchi stated Viktor Orban should have been sent off for an elbow on Federico Gatti and called it a missed on-field review that VAR assessed too quickly.
• In Napoli–Pisa, he said Kevin De Bruyne’s step on Mehdi Leris warranted a penalty for Pisa and that VAR was misled by slow motion and the wrong camera angle.
• He confirmed the second‑half handball penalty against Beukema in the same match was correctly given by the referee on the field.
• Rocchi urged coaches to moderate post‑match rhetoric, noted this was an off day for experienced VAR officials, and emphasized assignment reviews over suspensions.