{"id":31103,"date":"2024-05-08T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/ucl-why-referee-daniele-orsato-cried-after-dortmund-eliminated-psg\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T19:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T19:00:51","slug":"ucl-why-referee-daniele-orsato-cried-after-dortmund-eliminated-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/ucl-why-referee-daniele-orsato-cried-after-dortmund-eliminated-psg\/","title":{"rendered":"UCL: Why referee Daniele Orsato cried after Dortmund eliminated PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Referee Daniele Orsato was caught on camera crying after blowing the final whistle in PSG\u2019s Champions League semi-final defeat to Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>Mats Hummels\u2019 header in the second half sealed a 1-0 win on the night and a 2-0 aggregate victory for the Bundesliga side.<\/p>\n<p>Orsato, who became a FIFA referee in 2010, was called upon to make some very tough decisions.<\/p>\n<p>He awarded a free kick and not a penalty to PSG after Hummels appeared to bring down Dembele millimetres before the edge of the home side\u2019s penalty box.<\/p>\n<p>But there were emotional scenes after the game, as that would be the last time Orsato, 48, would take charge of a Champions League match.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian official is set to retire after Euro 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Henry Winter, writing on X, said: \u201cItalian ref Daniele Orsato showing how to run a game. Supported by VAR rather than governed by it. Strong, applied advantage, and decisive (rightly, quickly changed pen to fk. And Mbappe one prob 50-50). Respected by players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UCL: Why referee Daniele Orsato cried after Dortmund eliminated PSG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Referee Daniele Orsato was caught on camera crying after blowing the final whistle in PSG\u2019s Champions League semi-final defeat to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,6066,15,1059,160],"tags":[15017,6067,180,15018,1060,201],"class_list":["post-31103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daniele-orsato","category-dortmund","category-news","category-psg","category-sport","tag-daniele","tag-dortmund","tag-news","tag-orsato","tag-psg","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UCL: Why referee Daniele Orsato cried after Dortmund eliminated PSG - 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