Italian referee Daniele Orsato leaves the Expert Referee Commission under the President of the Russian Football Union (ESK RFU), the official website of the RFU reports.
On Tuesday, the RFU announced that 48-year-old Orsato had joined the ESC. The chairman of the refereeing and ESC committee of the RFU, Pavel Kamantsev, told Match TV that the contract with the Italian is for one season. On Thursday, Orsato himself, in a statement to the Italian media, said he rejected the RFU’s offer because of “the socio-political situation and ethical principles.”
“The decision was made because it was not possible to combine the work of the ESC with the work of another expert,” said a message on the RFU website.
Kamantsev, in a comment to the RFU, noted that the organization intends to consider several candidates in the near future who are ready to cooperate with the RFU within the framework of the ESC.
– The situation with Orsato leaving the ESC experts will not affect the work of the commission. In short, we intend to consider several candidates who are ready to cooperate with the RFU within the framework of the ESC. We are talking about football referees with experience of working at matches of the final stages of European cups, international competitions of national teams at the level of the World Cup and continental competitions, “said Kamantsev.
Orsato is known for his work in Serie A, the Champions League, as well as World and European Championships. At the 2022 World Cup, Orsato played the semi-final match of the tournament between Argentina and Croatia. In 2020, he refereed the Champions League final between PSG and Bayern.
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