Refereeing designator Gianluca Rocchi makes use of two Parma targets to elucidate the Serie A method to impeding the goalkeeper. ‘I don’t wish to see conditions in different leagues with 5 gamers within the six-yard field.’
Each week, the latest Serie A refereeing incidents are analysed in-depth with footage from the VAR sales space in addition to audio of their conversations with the officers on the pitch, throughout an everyday programme known as Open VAR.
PISA, ITALY – MARCH 2: Basic view of the VAR monitor contained in the Area Garibaldi stadium in Pisa through the Serie A match between Pisa SC and Bologna FC 1909 at Area Garibaldi on March 2, 2026 in Pisa, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
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This time, the under-fire designator Rocchi was the visitor representing the AIA (Italian Referees Affiliation) for but extra controversy in Week 27.
They included towards them the week earlier than, however the same problem on the goalkeeper was not penalised when Parma performed Cagliari this weekend.
Rocchi rejects Premier League refereeing mannequin
MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 08: Lorenzo Colombo of Genoa scores his workforce’s first objective previous Mike Maignan of AC Milan through the Serie A match between AC Milan and Genoa CFC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 08, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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“I reiterate that the objective in Milan-Parma was legitimate, however I didn’t like the best way it was communicated in any respect,”
“With nonetheless, referee Massimi explains the scenario to the gamers earlier than the nook. So long as gamers are standing nonetheless, we now have nothing within the guidelines that forces us to intervene.
“In different leagues, we see as much as 5 gamers simply standing nonetheless contained in the six-yard field. Alternatively, we also needs to defend the goalkeeper and permit him freedom of motion. There are some actions that impede the goalkeeper, through which case we will intervene.
“The referee did very nicely, as a result of he noticed the contact between Valenti and Caprile, and awarded a foul in favour of Cagliari,” insisted Rocchi.
PARMA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 27: Semih Kılıçsoy of Cagliari Calcio performs the ball through the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and Cagliari Calcio at Stadio Ennio Tardini on February 27, 2026 in Parma, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
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The reference to different leagues was primarily the Premier League, the place Italian goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario has specifically struggled at Tottenham Hotspur coping with the type of set play crowding of the field that has historically not been allowed in Serie A.
That tactic is now creeping into Italian soccer too, and the referees are pressured to elucidate what constitutes a foul on the goalkeeper.
“I don’t wish to see conditions that I see in different leagues, which might be important conditions for us,” continued Rocchi.
“I’m talking purely for Italian soccer right here, and in my opinion, we can not enable {that a} goalkeeper shouldn’t be given the liberty to play. That doesn’t take away from the truth that within the rulebook there’s nothing that claims a participant can’t stand there within the six-yard field. We will probably be very cautious any further evaluating these strikes.”
