Daniele Orsato (above) will referee the Coppa Italia (TIM Cup) final between Fiorentina and Napoli, Saturday May 3. His assistants will be Elenito di Liberatore (who assisted Nicola Rizzoli in the Champions League this past week) and Andrea Padovan. Paolo Valeri and Daniele Doveri are added officials, with Davide Massa as fourth official. Even the Pope gets into the Coppa Italia action,
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Here are Serie A referees for the weekend of March 29 and 30, and Monday, March 31. The spotlight game is no doubt Napoli v Juventus. Napoli are in third place and Juventus lead the league, so this is a big game for Daniele Orsato (above). Orsato is beginning to get a lot of the big games. To this point, I’d
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The Juventus v. Fiorentina derby – at least it’s a derby for Fiorentina fans – is probably this week’s showpiece. Daniele Orsato (above) will be in the middle. Orsato is part of the triad of top Italian referees, along with Nicola Rizzoli and Gianluca Rocchi. I’ve noticed that Orsato has been taking several big games lately as his profile rises. This could also
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