Overview

• Each team gets two coach-initiated reviews via a card, successful challenges are retained, and the fourth official automatically checks every goal for irregularities.
• The system was used three times on opening night: a Perugia–Guidonia review led to a penalty being awarded, and in Livorno–Ternana one request produced only a yellow before a later review brought an expulsion.
• At least one requested intervention was deemed inadmissible under procedure because play was not active or a prior whistle had already stopped the action.
• Operational issues surfaced, including a five-minute delayed kickoff at Sambenedettese–Bra and lengthy stoppages that produced large amounts of added time.
• This is not full VAR, as it relies on a sideline operator and on-field monitor under Can C oversight, and questions about scope arose after Carpi saw a second yellow rescinded despite the protocol limiting reviews to direct reds.