Overview
- Rocchi and VAR supervisor Gervasoni, both served with formal notices in late April, are due to face the Milan prosecutor Thursday after auto‑suspending from their posts.
- The probe alleges off‑record prompts in VAR rooms known as “bussate,” including Udinese–Parma on March 1, 2025, and pressure on VAR official Luigi Nasca during Salernitana–Modena on March 8, 2025.
- Investigators also contest that referee appointments were steered, citing a supposed April 2, 2025 meeting at San Siro to keep Daniele Doveri away from Inter and the pick of Andrea Colombo for Bologna–Inter on April 20, 2025, claims Rocchi’s lawyer calls unclear and unsupported.
- Prosecutors have indicated Inter and its executives are not under investigation, while other figures tied to the arbitral system appear in filings, including Nasca, Rodolfo Di Vuolo and Daniele Paterna, the latter for alleged false testimony.
- Sports‑fraud charges in Italy allow tools like wiretaps and can carry prison terms, and the case is already straining the AIA as officials weigh a caretaker designator and a potential federal takeover depending on an upcoming Collegio di Garanzia ruling.