Roberto Rosetti, a former referee who today chairs the UEFA Referees Commission, strongly condemned the linesman’s gesture Octavian Sovre, at the center of criticism for having asked for an autograph to Erling Haaland on the sidelines of Manchester City-Borussia Dortmund (first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League). “We have to be responsible. UEFA has tried to enforce the referees as much as the players, taking on the role: athletic, authoritative, respectful and professional. The signing gesture is unacceptable, it is a question of dignity and we cannot forget the number of players. cameras present at UEFA matches: they show everything. If you want to be respected as much as the players, why ask them for an autograph or the shirt? They do the same with you? “, the historic Italian whistle declares in an official note.
A public condemnation came before, however, the emergence of the beneficial nature of the “strange” request of Sovre to the yellow and black striker. According to reports from colleagues of gsp.roin fact, the Romanian lineman’s goal was to sell the aforementioned autograph in a charity auction intended to help people suffering from autism.
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