Daniele Orsato has been appointed to lead the Manchester City-Real Madrid match this Wednesday, a match corresponding to the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. The Italian will be assisted on the wings by his compatriots Ciro Carbone and Alessandro Giallatini, the fourth official will be Maurizio Mariani and the VAR will be Massimiliano Irrati and Paolo Valeri.
Born in Montecchio Maggiore 48 years ago, he will lead both teams for the third time, although last season he was also the fourth referee for Portuguese Artur Soares in the 1-1 draw in the first leg of the semi-finals that ended up favoring the English side, who won in the return 4-0.
In February 2020, he refereed the first leg of the round of 16 at the Santiago Bernabéu, in which City won 1-2 with a comeback signed by the Brazilian Gabriel Jesús and the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne; and in May 2022 he directed the historic semi-final match in the white fiefdom in which Carlo Ancelotti’s team won the tie in extra time in an incredible way by reversing an adverse score and winning 3-1 with a double from the Brazilian Rodrygo Goes and a penalty goal from Frenchman Karim Benzema.
Orsato also refereed Real Madrid’s victories against Malmö (8-0), Galatasaray (0-1) and Chelsea (0-2) and the defeats at RB Leipzig (3-2) and PSG (1-0). ).
He has also led City in the victories against Steaua (0-5), PSG (2-1) and Borussia Dortmund (2-1) and the defeat against Olympique Lyon (1-2). The other match on Wednesday, Bayern Munich-Arsenal, will be directed by the Dutchman Danny Makkelie.
