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Refereeing designator Nicola Rizzoli says Serie A would ‘consider’ VAR challenge and claims there are ‘more controversies’ in Italy. Rizzoli will not be against implementing a challenge rule, similar to…

AIA has announced that Davide Massa will oversee Torino-Lazio and Gianpaolo Calvarese has been handed Genoa-Juventus on Tuesday. Tuesday’s matches involve the top two, who are both playing away from…

Referees for the Week 28 Serie A fixtures have been confirmed, with Piero Giacomelli given Milan-Roma tomorrow. Giacomelli has officiated 13 games this season, dishing out 50 yellow cards and…

Referee Daniele Doveri has claimed it was a ‘beautiful feeling’ to be back on the pitch and revealed ‘almost nothing had changed’ during the Coppa Italia Final: “I just had…

Daniele Orsato and Gianluca Rocchi have been handed the first two matches after the resumption, as the referees for the Coppa Italia are official. Orsato will be the match official…

Former referee Claudio Gavillucci has revealed he was ‘dismissed by text message’ and claims his colleagues ‘aren’t guaranteed by a transparent system’. Gavilucci, who has overseen 50 matches in Serie…

Refereeing designator Nicola Rizzoli has claimed the players can confront the referees with a ‘quiet dialogue between two people’ when Serie A resumes. The referees will still be allowed to…

Referee Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni, a VAR during the Derby d’Italia between Juventus and Inter on March 8, reveals ‘the players seemed frightened’. When Serie A works on the protocol to…

AIA President Marcello Nicchi has revealed that the referees may be forced to resume the campaign without VAR. The Referees’ Association chief has explained why VAR might not take part…

AIA President Marcello Nicchi has revealed that the referees are “ready to restart the engine” but will need “guarantees” and are not willing to “risk lives”. The Italian Referees’ Association…

Coronavirus deaths have dropped slightly from yesterday, while 999 have recovered from the illness in the last 24 hours. Thursday’s report from the civil protection, carried out by director general…

Lega Serie A President Paolo Dal Pino wants the Presidents to stop asking about training sessions until the initial decree expires. The FIGC and Lega Serie A gathered the Presidents…

The Coppa Italia referees have been announced, when Gianluca Rocchi will oversee Juventus-Milan and Daniele Doveri has been handed Napoli-Inter. The second leg of the semi-finals have arrived and Doveri…

The referees for Serie A Week 26 have been announced and Marco Guida has been given Juventus-Inter at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday. The 38-year-old is handed the task of…

Daniel Siebert will lead Inter and Ludogorets in an empty San Siro on Thursday, whilst Josè María Sánchez Martínez has been given KAA Gent-Roma. UEFA have announced the referees for…

A statement from the FIGC and AIA confirms that Serie A will have one centralised VAR room from the 2020-21 season. This would be similar to the system adopted during…

UEFA have announced the referees for this week’s Europa League fixtures, where Georgi Kabakov will oversee Roma-Gent and Carlos del Cerro Grande will officiate Ludogorets-Inter. The Giallorossi and the Nerazzurri…

Referees will wear a black armband this weekend in all levels of Italian football after 25-year-old official Loris Azzaro was killed in a car accident. Azzaro had been on his…

FIGC are ready to “intensify” the use of VAR and the “on-field review” to help avoid “instrumental controversies” in Serie A, and opened for a future "challenge" rule. The President…

Serie A have announced the referees for Week 23 and Fabio Maresca has been handed the Derby della Madonnina between Inter and Milan on Sunday. Maresca will oversee his first…