Overview
- Audio from Fiorentina–Lazio captured referee Fabio Fabbri rejecting VAR pressure on a Mandragora–Noslin contact and upholding a yellow card for simulation.
- Dino Tommasi defended Fabbri’s decision and said the assistant VAR, Gianluca Aureliano, overstepped by pushing a “kick” interpretation instead of letting the referee judge.
- On Como–Inter, Tommasi said the awarded penalty was wrong because Ange-Yoan Bonny only blocked Nico Paz’s shot, adding VAR should have ordered an on-field review to cancel it.
- He endorsed non-penalty handball calls in Parma–Napoli and Atalanta–Juventus, citing a teammate’s touch in the first case and a natural arm position in the second.
- The disputes have renewed calls for clearer rules on when VAR should send referees to the monitor and how replay officials communicate with the match official.