Serie A goes through its first 31 matches without any penalties and without any VAR reviews, according to multiple reports. The first penalty of the season is awarded in the 32nd match, where an on-field VAR review is used.
Subsequent match timing is also reported as unusually delayed. The first time a penalty is converted from the spot comes in the 34th match. While the accounts focus on the statistics, they also note that VAR procedures are part of the refereeing workflow, and that the early stretch features a complete lack of both penalty awards and VAR reviews.
Overall, the coverage centers on the same timeline: no penalties and no VAR checks for the initial run of fixtures, followed by the first penalty decision after 31 games, an on-field VAR review in connection with that decision, and the first successful conversion two matches later. The outlets do not diverge on the underlying sequence, focusing instead on the implications of the record-long wait before the first incidents occur.
