Thanks TTFL for the green text for Irish officials! Much appreciated. Glad to see an Irish crew out, Harvey I think is behind Hennessy however after the latter's trouble in Malta (despite widely being praised on here for his actions) I fear his progression may be somewhat stalled. That said he did have a youth league and an U21 game since so perhaps UEFA aren't too unhappy. Best of luck to Harvey and team nonetheless, hopefully some further Irish appointments in the coming rounds!
Glad to see 3rd group referees used. Rarely seen outside of under age competitions to my knowledge it is good to see them in senior GS matches.
Interesting to see Kovacs here, an appointment to any Italian team under Rosetti is a sign of trust and I understand it is an important match however I think it would be better to see more trust placed in a 1st or even a top 2nd group referee to take charge of this game, it would be better IMO to see the in form Kovacs on a top CL fixture.