Milan Prosecutors request case against ex refs chief Rocchi be shelved

The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office

on Wednesday requested that a case against Gianluca Rocchi, the

former referee selector for Serie A and Serie B, for alleged

sporting fraud be shelved.

After two years of investigations, prosecutors found no evidence

of criminal wrongdoing regarding allegations Rocchi was involved

in match-fixing for allegedly making sure the officials selected

for four matches were to the liking of Serie A champions Inter,

including last season's Torino-Inter fixture.

In the request for the case to be dropped, the prosecutors said

that, while there may have been "individual episodes of

Interference," there was no evidence of a "structured system

aimed at interfering in the selections".

Rocchi stepped down as the head of the referees of the top two

tiers in April after the news of the investigation broke.

It emerged on Wednesday that Inter had been placed under

investigation but also that the case against the club has

already been shelved.

While the prosecutors believe no crimes were committed over the

selections, they also forwarded the case files to the prosecutor

of Italian Olympic Committee CONI so any potential violations of

sporting law can be assessed.

Furthermore, the Milan prosecutors also forwarded the file on an

incident regarding Udinese's 1-0 win over Parma in March 2025 to

prosecutors in Monza, who have competence for any alleged

wronging in this regard.

Rocchi is accused of having pressured a VAR official to review a

handball incident in the match, a move which led to the decisive

penalty being awarded.

A video of the VAR room shows one of the officials looking away

from his monitor and mouthing "it's a penalty", allegedly after

Rocchi banged on the door of the VAR room.

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