Former referee Andrea De Marco analysed the controversial Serie A choices made throughout Parma-Lazio, Bologna-Juventus, Udinese-Napoli and Torino-Cremonese.
He was representing the Italian Referees’ Affiliation (AIA) within the weekly DAZN Italia programme Open VAR, the place the footage and audio from conversations between the officers are analysed.
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Serie A referees bought most of it proper
PARMA, ITALY – DECEMBER 13: Maurizio Sarri, Head Coach of Lazio, appears on previous to the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and SS Lazio at Stadio Ennio Tardini on December 13, 2025 in Parma, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)
De Marco was pushed on the Mattia Zaccagni straight pink card for a sliding sort out on Nahuel Estevez , a choice that some refereeing pundits had known as “extreme.”
Not for the primary time, the official line was totally different to the one introduced by the tv pundits.
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“In these conditions, there’s most severity when punishing tackles like this which are critical foul play,”
“We see there’s all the things required for this to be a pink card, the referee may be very effectively positioned, and he was fast to make the right resolution.
“The standards for a pink on this case are the velocity of the lunge, the excessive leg, and the hazard posed to the opposition participant. It’s true he doesn’t get him full on, however any such problem might be clamped down on with the utmost severity all through the season.”
TURIN, ITALY – DECEMBER 13: Federico Bonazzoli of US Cremonese is challenged by Nikola Vlasić of Torino FC through the Serie A match between Torino FC and US Cremonese at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on December 13, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Diego Puletto/Getty Photographs)
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If that was right, then another choices this weekend didn’t meet with the approval of the AIA.
Particularly, when Torino striker Giovanni Simeone’s dealing with offence was not noticed by VAR.
“On this case, the VAR and AVAR targeted an excessive amount of on the inexperienced zone of the arm when the ball first makes contact, which additionally touches his chest,”
“Their evaluate was a bit superficial, as a result of they didn’t take note of the second contact together with his arm. If there was one, then it was punishable, as a result of it was not knocking it onto his personal arm, it was a transparent deflection, so that ought to’ve been a penalty.”
UDINE, ITALY – DECEMBER 14: Supervisor of Napoli, Antonio Conte, appears on earlier than kick off on the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and SSC Napoli at Stadio Friuli on December 14, 2025 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Timothy Rogers/Getty Photographs)
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Nevertheless, De Marco sided with the officers on two different contentious Serie A Week 15 conditions.
“Karlstrom’s foul on Lobotka is obvious, so Ghersini is correct to recommend the evaluate, which ends up in referee Sozza disallowing the .
“When Lucumi had a hand on David’s again in , the depth was not sufficient to warrant a penalty, so the right resolution was made. We raised the bar for giving penalties for a push and this falls effectively beneath it.”