Slovenian Slavko Vincic has been appointed to lead the Atlético de Madrid-Milan match on Wednesday, corresponding to the fifth day of the Champions League, in so much so that Sheriff Tiraspol-Real Madrid will be refereed by Polish Szymon Marciniak.
Vincic, who will turn 42 on Thursday, will be assisted on the wings by his compatriots Tomaz Klancnik and Andraz Kovacic; the fourth official will be Nejc Kajtazovic; and in the VAR will be the Dutch Pol van Boekel and Jochem Kamphuis.
The Maribor referee, international since 2010, has once led each team, Milan on March 11 in the draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford (1-1), and Atlético on November 25 of last year against Lokomotiv Moscow, a match that ended with a 0-0 draw.
Marciniak will referee in Tiraspol with Pawe Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz as linesmen, Tomasz Musia as fourth official, and with Tomasz Kwiatkowski y Krzysztof Jakubik en el VAR.
Marciniak, 40 years old and international since 2011, was in charge of directing the recent momentous Greece-Spain meeting, in which Luis Enrique Martínez’s team won 0-1 and directed their qualification for the Qatar World Cup 2022.
The last Spanish club he led was the Atlético de Madrid in the quarterfinals of the 2019/20 Champions League. The rojiblanco team lost 2-1 at Jose Alvalade in Lisbon to RB Leipzig. Dani Olmo opened the account for the German team.
Among other matches refereed to Spanish teams, the 2018 European Super Cup, played in Tallinn, also stands out, in which Atlético de Madrid beat Real Madrid after extra time (4-2), a match in which Koke Resurrección closed the account , also cited for this occasion by
Luis Enrique.
He also led Real Madrid in the victory over Roma (2-0) in March 2016, the draw against Borussia Dortmund (2-2) in December of that year and against Tottenham (1-1) in March of 2018.
On the other hand, the Sporting-Borussia Dortmund match will be arbitrated by Carlos del Cerro Grande from Madrid, assisted in the bands by Juan Carlos Yuste and Roberto Alonso Fernández. César Soto Grado will be the fourth official and in the VAR will be Juan Martínez Munuera and Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea.