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Nicola Rizzoli Champions League final referee 2013-2014
Nicola Rizzoli is appointed as Champions League final referee. He’ll officiate the match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich Saturday 25th of May at Wembley. Nicola Rizzoli will be assisted by Renato Faverani and Andrea Stefani. On Uefa.com: “The fourth official will be Damir Skomina from Slovenia and the two additional assistant referees, Gianluca Rocchi and Paolo Tagliavento, are from Italy. An Italian reserve assistant referee – Gianluca Cariolato – completes the refereeing team lineup.” Rizzoli after getting the appointment: “I feel very proud of getting appointed for the CL final.” Nicola Rizzoli always wants to know how football players behave during the matches – even when he doesn’t have…
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Guessing Champions League final referee 2012/2013
Guessing the Champions League final referee: who will officiate this European top match? A prediction, based on previous tournaments. Last few years Martin from blog “Law 5 – The Referee” made good predictions about the CL final, but he stopped with his refereeing blog. So I thought, why not make my own prediction on who will officiate the CL final between Bayern Munich and Dortmund at Wembley. Reasons te eliminate referees for getting the final: The referee should be on Uefa’s Elite List. That leaves us with 22 referees who are available. Check Uefa’s international referee lists. Uefa has never appointed a referee who also officiated during a semi-final. Bjorn…
