Overview
- For Serie A’s next round, referee Rapuano and Avar Massa were assigned to Serie B and VAR Aureliano received no top-flight designation after the Verona–Juventus decisions.
- Gianluca Rocchi acknowledged on DAZN’s Open Var that Verona’s handball penalty against João Mário was incorrect and that Morten Orban should have been sent off for an elbow on Federico Gatti.
- Rocchi also said Napoli–Pisa should have yielded a penalty to Pisa for Kevin De Bruyne’s step on Mehdi Leris, noting that slow motion misled the VAR team on a prior, non-punishable handball.
- He criticized the handling of several reviews as too hasty and cautioned that VAR must not override the on-field referee’s judgment, urging a return to proper protocol.
- Addressing heated reactions, Rocchi told Juventus coach Igor Tudor to lower his language, as transparency through Open Var has intensified scrutiny and ongoing discussions about refereeing procedures and governance.