According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Italian referee Rocchi commented on the penalty call in the last round of Milan vs. Fiorentina Serie A.

In the seventh round of Serie A in the early morning of this Monday, Milan defeated Fiorentina 2-1 at home. In the 80th minute and 37 seconds of the game, Fiorentina defender Parisi stretched out his arm in the penalty area and touched Milan forward Jimenez's face, and pulled slightly. The referee Marinelli did not award a penalty kick at the first time, but VAR referee Abiso intervened later. Marinelli went to the sidelines to watch the video replay and then changed the penalty kick. It was the 84th minute and 20 seconds of the game.

Milan won through this penalty kick, but Florence was very dissatisfied with it after the game and believed that VAR should not have intervened at that time. The Italian refereeing department has also repeatedly analyzed this penalty. The head of refereeing, Rocchi, believed in the "Open Var" program after this round of Serie A that neither the referee Marinelli nor the VAR referee Abiso made any major mistakes and therefore will not be punished. The action at that time was closer to a penalty kick than a non-penalty kick, because although Parisi's action was not a violent action, it did meet the requirements for a penalty kick.

However, Rocky also emphasized that Jimenez's fall to the ground was too exaggerated. "A distinction has to be made between actual collapse after contact and the theatrics of this, sometimes accompanied by alarming screams, which interfere with the referee's decision-making. Everyone needs to take responsibility." Fouls are one thing, but the subsequent performance of the player is often not proportional to the intensity of the foul.

It is worth mentioning that during the Serie A match between Juventus and Cagliari last season, referee Marinelli believed that Conceição had fallen after encountering slight physical contact, and sent off Conceição from two yellows to one red. Rocky pointed out: "The (second) yellow card he showed to Conceição was too severe. In theory, there should be no physical contact for diving."

In the third round of Serie A this season, Juventus defeated Inter Milan 4-3. Before Adzic scored the winning goal for Juventus, K-Thuram also seemed to have committed a minor foul on Inter Milan player Boni, but the goal was eventually ruled valid. Rocky said: "It was a goal that complied with the rules. There was no problem with K-Thuram's ball control at the time. As for the contact on the chin? That contact was not enough to constitute a foul."