UEFA have confirmed the referees to take cost of Arsenal’s Champions League semi-final first leg match away to on Wednesday.
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have formally confirmed their officiating workforce for the Champions League semi-final first leg, with an all-Dutch set of officers each on the pitch and within the VAR room.
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would be the referee for the match, assisted by Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. Serdar Gozubuyuk would be the fourth official.
Then Dennis Higler will probably be on VAR, assisted by Pol van Boekel, to finish the workforce of officers engaged on the Madrid recreation.
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43-year-old Makkelie is an skilled Champions League official, refereeing a number of semi-finals prior to now.
The referee took on the Actual Madrid-Chelsea semi in 2021, the Villarreal-Liverpool semi in 2022, and Arsenal followers could bear in mind he refereed the Arsenal-Bayer Leverkusen second leg simply final month.
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That was one in all 4 Arsenal video games Makkelie has refereed, with the others being a 2-0 Champions League group win over Basel, a 4-2 Europa League semi-final win over , and a 1-0 Champions League quarter-final defeat to .
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However Atletico followers will probably be much more acquainted with the referee, as he’s taken their video games on seven events. Notably, he’s proven purple playing cards to Atleti gamers in two of their final three matches below him.
That being stated, Atletico’s most up-to-date match involving Makkelie was a routine 6-0 group stage win over Sparta Prague, so it’s not all unhealthy information.
Arsenal followers will hope the post-match speak is about their workforce’s optimistic efficiency, reasonably than in regards to the officiating.