Champs Lge Group Stage MD One: Match Officials
- adamhigginsuk
- Sep 15, 2014
- 2 min read
SPANISH referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco will take charge of Manchester City's Champions League Group E opener against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
Chelsea’s Group G clash with Schalke at Stamford Bridge will be officiated by Croatia's Ivan Bebek - a late replacement for Milorad Mazic (Serbia) - on Wednesday night.
On Tuesday, Portuguese whistler Olegario Benquerenca will be in the middle for Arsenal’s trip to Borussia Dortmund in Group D while Liverpool against Bulgarian debutants Ludogorets Razgrad at Anfield will be overseen by Matej Jug of Slovenia.
There will be no English officials on Champions League duty in midweek with Mark Clattenburg and Michael Oliver, the Premier League’s two elite category officials, both overlooked.
Elsewhere, Poland’s Szymon Marciniak makes his debut in Europe’s elite competition when handling Juventus at home to Malmo, as will Greece's Tasos Sidiropoulos, who takes charge of Athletic Bilbao v Shakhtar Donetsk.
In Tuesday night’s other Group A encounter, Pedro Proenca of Portugal, who took charge of the 2012 final in Munich when Chelsea beat Bayern on penalties, has been assigned to last season’s finalists Atletico Madrid away at Olympiakos.
Slovenia's Damir Skomina will referee holders Real Madrid's opening Group B clash with Basel, Monaco against Bayer Leverkusen will be overseen by Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic) while Svein Oddvar Moen of Norway will take control of Benfica's Group C showdown with Zenit.
Istvan Vad (Hungary) has been assigned to Galatasaray against Anderlecht in Group D and Spain's David Fernandez Borbalan will handle Roma's Group E clash with CSKA Moscow.
Meanwhile, Barcelona's Group F opener at home to APOEL Nicosia will be refereed by Germany's Deniz Aytekin with compatriot Wolfgang Stark on duty when Dutch champions Ajax host French champions PSG.
Frenchman Clement Turpin will oversee Maribor against Sporting Lisbon in Group G and Bas Nijhuis, the experienced Dutch official, will have the whistle for the Group H encounter between Porto and BATE Borisov.
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