Romanian Ovidiu Hategan will be the referee for Dinamo Kiev-Barcelona, corresponding to the fourth day of group E of the Champions League, as reported by UEFA. Hategan, international since 2008, has been a first-rate referee for UEFA since 2011, and He was the referee for Atlético de Madrid-Oporto (0-0) in the Champions League this season.
The Romanian referee has refereed Barcelona four times in the Champions League and in none of them did the Spanish team lose, scoring 10 goals and not receiving any. The last of them was against Borussia in Dortmund, in 2019, drawing 0-0. Romanians too Mircea Mihail Grigoriu and Sebastian Gheorghe will be his assistants.
Serdar Gözübüyük, a Dutch referee of Turkish origin, will be in charge of directing Villarreal-Young Boys, of the fourth day of group F of the Champions League. This season Gözübüyük has led Manchester City-Leipzig (6-3). The Dutch referee will be assisted by his compatriots Joost van Zuilen and Johan Balder.
Sevilla-LOSC, from group G, will be refereed by the also Romanian István Kovács with the assistance of his compatriots Vasile Florin Marinescu and Ovidiu Artene. Kovács, international since 2010, was the referee for Italy 1-Spain 2 of the Nations League on October 6, and also for Spain 1-France 2, the final of that competition, on October 10.