Report Rocchi accused of removing referee Doveri, who was not liked by Inter

Report Rocchi accused of removing referee Doveri, who was not liked by Inter

There are allegations that refereeing chief designator Gianluca Rocchi is under investigation for sporting fraud in part for choosing referees favoured by Inter in 2024-25.

The scandal erupted this afternoon when it was announced that Rocchi is officially under investigation for sporting fraud, an extremely serious accusation that was not even used during the infamous Calciopoli chaos of 2006.

Case against Rocchi still not clear

MILAN, ITALY – DECEMBER 04: Gianluca Rocchi and Daniele Orsato receive the AIC Oscar del Calcio Awards on December 04, 2023 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images )

What precisely warranted this accusation is still not entirely clear, but news agency AGI claims that the investigators believe Rocchi worked to assign referee Andrea Colombo for Bologna vs. Inter on April 20, 2025.

This was because Inter were not pleased with the idea of Daniele Doveri getting the job, so instead Doveri was re-routed to a Coppa Italia semi-final won 3-0 by Milan on April 23.

It is claimed that Rocchi made this decision with several others when he was at San Siro for the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final on April 2, therefore agreeing to keep Doveri away from the games that were ‘most important’ to Inter.