Overview
- Following Saturday's notice of investigation for alleged sports fraud, referee designator Gianluca Rocchi and VAR supervisor Andrea Gervasoni suspended themselves from their roles.
- Investigators are scrutinizing Udinese vs. Parma on March 1, 2025, where VAR official Daniele Paterna was seen asking, “Is that a penalty?” after looking off‑camera, with reports alleging Rocchi knocked on the Lissone VAR booth door, which would breach protocols that bar outside input.
- The probe also examines claims Rocchi steered referee assignments in 2024–25, including removing Daniele Doveri from Bologna vs. Inter and appointing Andrea Colombo, while Inter says it has no role in the case and no club officials are under investigation.
- FIGC prosecutor Giuseppe Chiné said his office received one complaint from former assistant referee Domenico Rocca on May 21, 2025, investigated it, and closed it in July, and he will reopen sporting proceedings if new decisive evidence arrives from the criminal case.
- On Monday, reports named referees Luigi Nasca, Rodolfo Di Vuolo and Daniele Paterna as under investigation as prosecutors review video, audio and intercepted communications, including alleged coded signals used around VAR decisions.