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Roberto Rosetti moves into Russian football

by Martin Rødvand on June 29, 2011

Roberto Rosetti has been employed as the head of Russian refereeing. The Russian football union has acquired his services until 2015, and this appointment is a part of their preparation for the 2018 World Cup. Rosetti comes from administrative work with the Italian Football Federation where he was responsible for the referees in Serie B.

Rosetti retired last year after having refereed in the 2010 World Cup. He was involved in the round of 16 match between Mexico and Argentina where the referees were criticised for allowing Argentina’s 1-0 goal to stand. In 2008 Rosetti was selected to referee the Euro 2008 final between Spain and Germany. In 2006 he got to go to the 2006 World Cup in Germany as a result of another official failing their fitness test.

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Roberto Rosetti retires from refereeing

by Martin Rødvand on July 8, 2010

Forty-two-year-old Roberto Rosetti has decided to end his career as a referee after eight years on the international list. The accomplished Italian refereed the final between Spain and Germany in Euro 2008, and has participated in the last two World Cups.

Having refereed numerous matches in Champions League, and handled 13 seasons of Serie A football, Rosetti will now take on an administrative role in the association of Italian referees.

In South Africa, Roberto Rosetti was in charge of two matches, Ghana – Australia and Argentina – Mexico. Rosetti and his assistant came under critisism after allowing an offside goal to stand, and Fifa president Sepp Blatter apologised to the Mexican team after this error. The Italian refereeing team was not retained after this match.

The Italian refereed his first international match in 2002, and would have been age-eligible until 2012. Nicola Rizzoli will now be the number one ranked Italian referee in Europe.

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Blatter with apology for refereeing errors

June 29, 2010

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has issued an apology to Mexico and England after Sunday’s refereeing mistakes. In a round table discussion he also talked about re-opening the question about using technology to assist referees. The Ifab, with Fifa spearheading it, said a definite no to technology earlier this year. Neither the Uruguayan nor the Italian [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Semi-final, Leg 1

April 19, 2010

21/4/10 Bayern – Lyon Referee: Roberto Rosetti (ITA) Assistant referees: Paolo Calcagno, Stefano Ayroldi Fourth official: Andrea De Marco Uefa delegate: Wolfgang Thierrichter (AUT) Uefa referee observers: Vladimir Sajn (SVN), Nicolaus Marshall (SUI), Josef Maier (GER)

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Roberto Rosetti video interview

August 3, 2009

The latest edition of the UEFA.com magazine gives us a video interview with Roberto Rosetti. Rosetti speaks about the pinnacle of his career, the EURO 2008 final and more. The interview is in the same fashion as Busacca’s, and I can’t really say it is very interesting. However, you can find it here.

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Italian ref to control the English on Tuesday

May 3, 2009

UEFA announced today that Italian referee Roberto Rosetti with assistants Paulo Calcagno and Stefano Ayroldi, and Nicola Rizzoli as fourth official will be in charge of Tuesday’s semi-final in the Champions League. The match will be played on Emirates Stadium in London between Arsenal and Manchester United. Roberto Rosetti last summer refereed the final in [...]

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