Referee Rocchi: ‘Don’t want Serie A like other leagues with 5 players around goalkeeper’

Refereeing designator Gianluca Rocchi uses two Parma goals to explain the Serie A approach to impeding the goalkeeper. ‘I don’t want to see situations in other leagues with five players in the six-yard box.’

Every week, the most recent Serie A refereeing incidents are analysed in-depth with footage from the VAR booth as well as audio of their conversations with the officials on the pitch, during a regular programme called Open VAR.

PISA, ITALY – MARCH 2: General view of the VAR monitor...