Former Assistant Referee’s Letter Reveals ‘Inter Milan Lost Scudetto To Napoli Due To Mistake’
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A letter written by former assistant referee Domenico Rocca in May last season claimed Inter Milan lost the Scudetto to Napoli in part due to a missed penalty decision in the match against Roma, a revelation now at the centre of the ongoing Serie A referee scandal.
According to Ansa, Rocca wrote to the AIA’s national referee commission, asking why VAR supervisor Andrea Gervasoni did not intervene to award “a clear penalty” in Inter vs Roma on April 27th 2025, a foul on Bisseck in the area that went unpunished.
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“An error,” Rocca wrote, “that in all likelihood will determine the loss of the championship for Inter in favour of Napoli.”
Rocca Letter Forms Basis Of Milan Prosecutor Investigation Into Rocchi & Gervasoni After Inter Milan & Roma Error
Indeed, Napoli won last season’s Scudetto by a single point over Inter.
Furthermore, Rocca’s letter goes beyond that single match.
He described a series of alleged irregularities across the entire season involving referees, assistants and VAR officials, promising to report them to both federal and ordinary legal authorities.
The sporting justice system archived his complaint.
However, the letter forms the foundation of the Milan prosecutor’s current investigation, which has placed former referee designator Gianluca Rocchi, who yesterday self-suspended from his role, and Gervasoni among those under investigation for sporting fraud.
Rocchi faces a summons for questioning on April 30th.
He faces allegations over an alleged intervention in the VAR room during Udinese vs Parma in March 2025, a referee designation for the Bologna vs Inter match in April 2025, and attempts to ensure Daniele Doveri, described by the prosecutor as “unwelcome to Inter,” did not officiate the Nerazzurri in the final weeks of last season.
Therefore, what began as a letter from a disgruntled official has become one of Italian football’s most explosive legal stories, with the shadow of last season’s title race now hanging over the investigation.