French referee Clément Turpin has been tasked to officiate the mouth-watering Champions League play-off spherical first leg between Manchester Metropolis and Actual Madrid, has introduced. Pep Guardiola’s struggling Skyblues tackle Carlo Ancelotti’s Champions League winners this Tuesday on the Etihad Stadium. The 42-year-old has already overseen seven Champions League video games involving Actual Madrid, together with the 2022 last towards Liverpool FC at Saint-Denis’ Stade de France (1-0). Actual Madrid have by no means misplaced a Champions League recreation with Turpin because the referee.
Manchester Metropolis v Actual Madrid would be the fifth Champions League recreation that Turpin will officiate this season. The French referee notably oversaw the Skyblues’ league part 2-0 defeat towards Juventus final December. Jérôme Brisard and Willy Delajod will act as VAR and assistant VAR on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s all-Ligue 1 Champions League playoff spherical between Brest and PSG has been handed to Bosnian referee Irfan Peljto.
GFFN | Bastien Cheval