The referee of a good game tomorrow in Munich is between us Bayern and the PSG. It’s about Italian Daniel Orsato, one of UEFA’s most veterans and experts, and also has a remarkable situation: he is the referee himself for the final of the 2020 Champions League that will face them both in Porto. That match ended in a 0-1 victory for the Munich team (the last European title for the Bavarian club.
Orsato comes from whistling three World Cup games. The latter was the first semifinal between Argentina and Croatia. He was also appointed for the inaugural match between Qatar and Ecuador and in Argentina’s first grand final in the second stage of the group match against Mexico, which ended in a 2-0 victory for the Albiceleste.
At 46 years old, he has been international since 2010 where he was part of the ELITE group in Europe. This season he whistled four matches in the Champions League in the group stage and in the League of Nations he whistled the key rivalry between Spain and Portugal in September.
The World Cup will be his second international tournament after being appointed for Euro 2021, a tournament in which he took charge of two stages of group matches (England-Croatia on June 13 and Spain-Poland on June 19). He was then appointed for the Sweden-Ukraine round of 16 to 29 June. On July 12, 2021, he again received the AIA Stefano Farina award for being the highest ranked CAN AB referee in the merit ranking of the 2020-2021 season.
This is the fifth time he has whistled for Bayern Munich with a balance of 4 wins and one loss. Defeat was certain in the round of 16 of the Champions League in 2019 when they went down 1-3 at home with Liverpool. He has whistled seven times for PSG in Europe, with four wins and three draws.
He was in VAR assisted by Massimiliano Irrati, who already acted as VAR in Barcelona-Manchester United where the Barça club claimed two penalties.
Source: La Verdad
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