Referees confirm Atalanta 1-0 Roma had ‘correct decisions’ on controversial goals

BERGAMO, ITALY – JANUARY 03: Giorgio Scalvini of Atalanta scores his crew’s first objective through the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and AS Roma at New Stability Area on January 03, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Getty Pictures)

Each Atalanta and Roma have been livid with the refereeing after their match, however the official verdict has been now handed down on these controversial choices by Andrea De Marco.

The 1-0 win in Bergamo over the weekend sparked anger from either side, as Gianluca Scamacca had a objective disallowed for an offside within the build-up, whereas there have been complaints about Giorgio Scalvini’s headed winner.

With a lot dialogue about how the selections have been made and in the event that they have been correct, there was quite a lot of curiosity within the voice of the AIA (Italian Referees Affiliation).

Atalanta and Roma each offended at referees

Former worldwide referee De Marco spoke on DAZN Italia programme Open VAR about these particular incidents.

“We congratulations the VAR Maresca and Is AVAR DOW Dial,” insisted De Marco.

“There have been two facets to guage with the Scalvini objective, the primary is that if he had dealt with the ball, and the video reveals no proof of this.

“Then there may be the problem of contact with the goalkeeper. The Atalanta participant will get the ball first, then within the means of the motion, the goalkeeper is off steadiness and bumps into him. Due to all this, the choice to permit the objective was the proper one.”

As for the Scamacca objective, it was argued by many together with Sky Sport Italia pundits that the primary contact was poor from the Roma participant, so his offside earlier within the transfer ought to be irrelevant.

The contact between Scalvini and Svilar in #AtalantaRoma 🕵️‍♂️Is there a contact with the arm? 🔍

The VAR audio and De Marco’s clarification at #OpenVAR, now accessible on #DAZN 📲 pic.twitter.com/gq2VPuCAKb

— DAZN Italia (@DAZN_IT) January 5, 2026

Nonetheless, this too was backed as the proper choice by De Marco and the AIA officers.

“Scamacca is clearly offside when he intervenes to problem for the ball with the defender, so the choice to disallow the objective is appropriate.”

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