Last night, Aston Villa won 3-2 against Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena (Germany) in the 6th round of the Champions League group stage. With this result, Aston Villa climbed to third place on the rankings with 13 points. Meanwhile, Leipzig was definitely eliminated after losing all 6 matches.

The match was quite exciting, but the most notable highlight of this match was that assistant referee Alessandro Giallatini cried after the final whistle. According to the investigation, this was the last match Mr. Giallatini worked in his refereeing career. Therefore, he could not hide his emotions.

Leipzig coach Marco Rose went to console the Italian referee. On social media, many colleagues sent congratulations and thanks to referee Giallatini for his dedication to his profession over the years. Portugal coach Roberto Martinez praised referee Giallatini's great passion for football.

Referee Giallatini is 49 years old this year. He has had a very long refereeing career in Europe. He has officiated nearly 170 matches in Serie A, 31 matches in the Champions League, 11 matches in the Europa League. In addition, he has also officiated three matches in the 2022 World Cup and four matches in Euro 2024.

In the match between Aston Villa and Leipzig at Red Bull Arena, referee Giallatini was on duty with an Italian referee team consisting of main referee Maurizio Mariani, assistant Daniele Bindoni, table referee Matteo Marchetti and two video referees Daniele Chiffi and Aleandro Di Paolo.