{
  "id": 2655416,
  "title": "Genoa rage at referee after controversial De Bruyne goal: ‘All of Italy saw’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/genoa-rage-at-referee-after-controversial-de-bruyne-goal-all-of-italy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-22T21:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/genoa-rage-referee-controversial-bruyne-214500530.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Genoa's director, Diego Lopez, expressed frustration after their 2-0 loss to Napoli on August 22, stating that \"all of Italy saw\" the controversial goal by Kevin De Bruyne. The incident occurred when Johan Vasquez, a Genoa defender, was nudged from behind by De Bruyne while shielding a loose ball, leading to the Belgian's goal. Referee Marco Di Bello, who had previously made errors in previous matches involving Napoli, initially signaled for a goal, but changed his mind after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) deemed the push on Vasquez as not being a clear and obvious error. Napoli went on to win the match 2-0, with De Bruyne setting up Antonio Vergara for the second goal.",
  "summary": "Genoa director Diego Lopez claims they expected refereeing controversy in their 2-0 defeat to Napoli. ‘All of Italy saw what happened today’ in the controversial Kevin De Bruyne goal.The game was ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}