The UEFA has appointed the Italian referee Daniele Orsato (46 years) as the person in charge of directing the meeting of the second day of the league of Champions between Benfica and the FC Barcelona next Wednesday in the Da Luz stadium on Lisboa (21 hours).
Till the date, Orsato He has only called one match at Barça on the Champions and you have to go back almost five years. It was on November 23, 2016 in a Celtic-Barça disputed in Celtic Park, where the Barça team, then led by Luis Enrique, won 0-2, with a double of Leo messi. Four Barça players were booked: Alba, Sergi Roberto, Rakitic and Neymar.
Regarding the BenficaThere are three games that he has directed them with a balance of one victory and two defeats. The first was in the 2012-13 Champions League with a victory (2-3) against the Anderlecht and the next two in the 2018-19 season: 5-1 in Munich before him Bayern in the group stage of the King of the Continent tournament and 2-0 in Frankfurt in the quarter-final second leg of the Europa League against him Eintracht. The Germans went through twice the value of away goals.
He whistled the 2020 final
His CV highlights the 2019-20 Champions League final that he Bayern beat PSG (1-0) in Da Luz, the scene of this Wednesday’s match between Benfica and Barça.
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