At least one Italian has benefited from his country’s failure at the European Championship. Roberto Rosetti was announced yesterday as the referee for the final.

With his country losing to Spain in the quarter-finals, any chance of bias on Rosetti’s part was removed and UEFA put him in charge of Sunday’s match at Ernst Happel Stadium.

Switzerland’s Massimo Busacca will take charge of tomorrow’s semi-final match between Germany and Turkey, while Belgium’s Frank De Bleeckere will run the second semi-final game between Russia and Spain the following day.

The final will be the 40-year-old Rosetti’s fourth game at Euro 2008 and second at Ernst Happel Stadium. He took charge of the Czech Republic’s 1-0 Group A win over co-host Switzerland in the opening game of the tournament, Russia’s 1-0 victory against defending champions Greece in Group D, and then last week’s quarter-final match between Croatia and Turkey.