El Italian Daniele Orsato be in charge of calling this Wednesday the second leg of the semifinals of the Champions League between the Real Madrid and Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabu (21.45 hours), as confirmed on Monday by UEFA itself.
The 46-year-old pigtail has whistled for the Whites five times, with a record of two wins and three losses. Orsato has been an international since 2010, coaching Barcelona to their 1-2 win in Istanbul against Galatasaray in the Europa League on March 17.
He was also the referee of Barcelona’s defeat in Lisbon against Benfica (3-0) in the current Champions League, in which, among other matches, he also officiated the Pars Saint Germain-Real Madrid (1-0) match in the first leg of round of 16 and Chelsea’s victory against the Whites in the second leg of last season’s semi-final (2-0).
He was also the referee for Barcelona’s victory at Celtic in Glasgow in November 2016 (0-2) and for Galatasaray’s defeat against Real Madrid (0-1) in October 2019. Feu was also in charge of directing the 2019/20 Champions League final between Bayern Munich and PSG (1-0).
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Being helped on the wings by his compatriots Alessandro Giallatini and Ciro Carbone; the fourth referee will be Davide Massa and in the VAR will be Massimiliano Irrati and Paolo Valeri. His statistics in the top European competition are around, a little above, 4 cards per game, while he has only gotten 7 red cards, five for double yellow and two direct. In forty Champions League games he has awarded 11 penalties.
Orsato’s data with both teams
Who is Orsato?
Born on November 23, 1975, at the age of 16, he came home and told his mother that he was going to be a Series A referee. On December 17, 2006 he made his debut. He was one and a banner was seen in the stands: Schio present. They were his countrymen who had traveled from Schio (Veneto) to Siena to encourage the referee.
There is a way of acting that is the mark of his arbitration. Francesco Totti he stared at Daniele Orsato. With that very Italian gesture that he joins the fingers of both hands, he asked the referee for explanations: “What is that about you?” Daniele Orsato, did not flinch. Shortly after it was De Rossi the one that was extracted from the referee using the lei (you in Italian) instead of t. Today, all the players know that Orsato does not protect anyone in games. It is a house rule, as it is for others to call the footballer by his first name.
Controversy is something that referees live with. Orsato knows it well, but he has also been questioned… because a brother of his is a Juventus fan! A photo of Roberto Orsato celebrating a victory for Allegri’s Juve became an absurd scandal on social media. It happened after an Inter-Juve in which Orsato recognized that he had been wrong not to expel Pjanic.
From Profesin electrician, Orsato was not very sure that the VAR was not going to end the work of the assistants, to whom he places great value. Over time he has changed and in Russia 2018 he was an assistant behind the scenes. What he was crying out for was the application of technology on the goal line.
