Overview
- Open VAR, aired Tuesday, released the referee–VAR audio that confirmed Bremer’s early goal against Genoa as a valid score after a video check.
- The audio captured referee Daniele Massa saying he had not seen the clash clearly and asking the VAR room to review the contact before upholding the decision on the field.
- VAR official Antonio Paterna told Massa the contact with Genoa’s Lorenzo Colombo was accidental, including the shoe coming off, so no foul occurred.
- Mauro Tonolini, a member of Italy’s referees committee, said the play was regular under the laws and noted that losing a boot in a routine aerial challenge does not make it a foul.
- Juventus won 2–0 with goals by Bremer and Weston McKennie, and the broadcast also defended other weekend calls, including offside interference before a handball in Lazio–Parma and a handball penalty against Tristan Idzes in Sassuolo–Cagliari.