Monday, 20 January 2025

Champions League 2024/25 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 7 (II)

Second set of Matchday 7 games, to be played 22 January 2025.



Wednesday 22 January 2025

18:45 CET - Leipzig (Red Bull Arena)
RB LEIPZIG (GER) - SPORTING CP (POR)
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Mangirdas Mirauskas LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas LTU
Fourth Official: Vilius Paulauskas LTU
Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA 
UEFA Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec FRA
UEFA Delegate: Desislava Ralkova BUL 

18:45 CET - Gelsenkirchen (Veltins Arena)
SHAKHTAR DONETSK (UKR) - STADE BRESTOIS 29 (FRA) 
Referee: Sandro Schärer SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Erni SUI 
Fourth Official: Lionel Tschudi SUI
Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink NED 
UEFA Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB 
UEFA Delegate: Paul Lyon GIB

21:00 CET - Madrid (Estadio Santiago Bernabéu) 
REAL MADRID CF (ESP) - FC SALZBURG (AUT)
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE 
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck SWE
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED 
UEFA Referee Observer: Stavros Tritsonis GRE
UEFA Delegate: Duncan Fraser SCO 

21:00 CET - Paris (Parc des Princes) 
PARIS SAINT GERMAIN (FRA) - MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL 
Fourth Official: Damian Kos POL
Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR 
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER
UEFA Delegate: István Huszár HUN

21:00 CET - Prague (Stadion Letná)
AC SPARTA PRAHA (CZE) - FC INTERNAZIONALE (ITA) 
Referee: Alejandro Hernández ESP
Assistant Referee 1: José Naranjo ESP 
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Fourth Official: César Soto Grado ESP 
Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Gómez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk EST 
UEFA Delegate: Kimmo J. Lipponen FIN

21:00 CET - London (Emirates Stadium)
ARSENAL FC (ENG) - GNK DINAMO (CRO)
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager GER
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: João Ferreira POR
UEFA Delegate: Andrey Medintsev BUL

21:00 CET - Glasgow (Celtic Park)
CELTIC FC (SCO) - BSC YOUNG BOYS (SUI)
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Morten Jensen NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Anders Olav Dale NOR
Fourth Official: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand GER 
UEFA Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras GRE 
UEFA Delegate: Bert Andersson SWE

21:00 CET - Rotterdam (Stadion Feijenoord "De Kuip") 
FEYENOORD (NED) - FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER)
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Willy Delajod FRA 
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz TUR 
UEFA Delegate: David Findlay SCO

21:00 CET - Milan (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza) 
AC MILAN (ITA) - GIRONA FC (ESP) 
Referee: Tobias Stieler GER
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Gittelmann GER
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Borsch GER
Fourth Official: Matthias Jöllenbeck GER
Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Jørn West Larsen DEN
UEFA Delegate: Radenko Mijatović SVN
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  1. Chefren20 January 2025 at 10:52

    Early note on the observers: all confirmed (appointed a month ago) unless the game in Madrid, where Tritsonis (GRE) has replaced Skjervold (NOR), but the Norwegian was appointed twice, so maybe a mistake by UEFA. The only late appointment of this MD7 was Celtic - Young Boys, Vassaras added later than all the others, and we can think this one could be a more important test for Saggi regarding his development. But the game isn't for sure a big one.

    Second remark about the VARs: they are from Nyon indeed, the officials appointed for Tuesday will be in charge also Wednesday. An excellent work by committee, if you ask me, for Tuesday's clashes, where all the VAR pairings have officials from the same nation of field referees, this was not easy to arrange.

    Marciniak with PSG - City, once again we can say that his treatment is definitely the most bizzarre one you can see by UEFA. Basically, not that much trusted and liked, but getting big game after big game just because it's him, and other referees are judged unable to officiate such clashes. One could write a very long analysis about that, I think we have now arrived at a point in which the contradiction has reached the maximum possible level.
    Nevertheless, one could say that with him, committee has nothing to lose and he is respected as one of the biggest referees ever, so they rely on this argument and they think it's a very wise choice for them.
    To follow, in my opinion, even if these games can be important for qualification, Nyberg and Schaerer don't seem to be in their best moments. Especially the Swiss, assigned to an Ukrainian team, when the choices for such teams have been always different. Still, one should mention Brest and their incredible season, but I think committee would have made another choice for this game.
    Real Madrid not in a good position, but at home against Salzburg makes it definitely an expected win on paper.
    Stieler in Milan and Siebert in London: I think that this is a very specific choice, and they wouldn't have made the contrary assignments. The game in Milan is seen as more delicate, as we know, involving an Italian team in a rather poor season, so a minimum of expeience with Stieler, they wouldn't have appointed Siebert for this one, the other German will be in London where a win by English team, third placed, can be largely expected.
    Hernandez finds room as referee in Champions, after the incredible mistake as VAR: this is just for assigning him in a game, Czech side too poor to think about a possible challenge against Inter. The other Italian team from Milan is surely in a very safe position and committee is not worried while making such appointment.
    Letexer continues with a rather important game for qualification, where maybe Dutch side (hard to believe, though) could dream to beat the famous German team.
    Lukjančukas with a n ormal assignment for him, with Leipzig believed to be one of the poorest team in this league. It's incredible to say that because if you read this game "Leipzig - Sporting" you can think about a totally different scenario, with a rather very open tie.

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  2. Ref0020 January 2025 at 11:24

    It seems impossible to find 20 other names in the Champions League next week, isn’t it?

    Marciniak in PSG City is no surprise. Vincic could have been there too, but we can guess the motivations by the RefCom; the Slovenian has “more to lose” (wants to attend 2026 World Cup) whereas the Polish already refereed almost anything…

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    1. Peter20 January 2025 at 11:35

      In the Champions League, only 18 matches are played per matchday. ;-) When I look at the table and the schedule, however, I think that matches like Young Boys - Red Star Belgrade or RB Leipzig - Sturm Graz would also be suitable for debutants.

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    2. Philipp S20 January 2025 at 11:38

      Well, there are 10 Elite referees without games this week (excluding the very unlikely ones) and it seems possible, that no more than 10 games will be still relevant. So it could work out.
      However it seems indeed more likely that there will be double appointments.
      Especially as some of the remaining Elite referees still could be in EL this thursday.

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  3. Chefren20 January 2025 at 11:51

    Missing Elite referees:

    Peljto
    Oliver
    Taylor
    Gil Manzano
    Sanchez Martinez
    Turpin
    Sidiropoulos
    Grinfeeld
    Guida*
    Mariani
    Eskas
    Pinheiro
    Jovanovic*
    Kruzliak
    Meler

    Guida is injured and Jovanovic out, so this leaves 13 referees with the chance to be appointed in Champions League MD8. However, it's hard to think that some names could get a game even if for a useless game.
    We are on the edge. There will certainly be second assignments in CL for some referees appointed on this week.
    Basically I would say that as far as possible, as a precaution, the committe could have tried to appoint the minimum possible number of Elite in the Europa League this week to keep them for next week, but this management basically wouln't be entirely fair.

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    1. Philipp S20 January 2025 at 12:13

      Speaking of it, some EL predictions

      Porto - Olympiakos: Taylor
      Fenerbahce - Lyon: Petrescu
      Alkmaar - Roma: Grinfeeld
      Malmö - Twente: Sanchez
      Qarabag - FCSB: Beaton
      Bodo - Maccabi: Dabanovic
      Viktoria - Anderlecht: Osmers
      Hoffenheim - Tottenham: Schnyder
      Frankfurt - Ferencvaros: Lambrechts
      ManUnited - Rangers: Pinheiro
      Lazio - Sociedad: Glova
      PAOK - Slavia: Oliver
      Saint-Gilloise - Braga: Gil Manzano
      Ludogorets - Midtjylland: Godinho
      Elfsborg - Nice: Minakovic
      RFS - Ajax: Papapetrou

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