Mateu Lahoz specializes in Champions semi-finals

The Valencian Antonio Mateu Lahoz (43 years old) will be in charge of directing the semifinal of this Wednesday between the Olympique Lyon and Bayern Munich. Will count on your regular assistants (Pau Cebrián Devis and Roberto del Palomar), while From Cerro Grande will be the fourth official and Hernandez Hernandez will assist you from the VAR, a role that has assiduously played in this first complete edition of the Champions with video arbitration.

International since 2011 and in the top flight a year later, this will be Mateu's third Champions semi-final after whistling the Monaco-Juventus (0-1) of 2017 and Tottenham-Ajax (0-1) from last year. In addition, last year MAteu had the privilege of being part of the refereeing team of the final in the Metropolitan Wanda, in which he served as fourth official for the Slovenian Damir Skomina.

With a reputation for excessively seeking to be the protagonist of matches, Mateu Lahoz is one of the most highly rated referees by UEFA. His style does not usually leave anyone indifferent: he likes to let play and stop the game a little, a very “English” way of refereeing. that has cost many detractors but also great admirers.