UEFA Europa League (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
UEFA have announced the Match Officials for this Wednesdays Europa league final between Benfica and Chelsea. Clearly there is so little money to be made in the Europa league they have had to cut back on expenses as they have appointed a Dutch team.
Of course I am being flippant and well done to the the team.
Referee Björn Kuipers
Assistant Referee’s Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra from the Netherlands.
Fourth official will be Felix Brych from Germany
Additional assistant referees, Pol van Poekel and Richard Liesveld from the Netherlands.
Reserve assistant referee – Berry Simons –
Björn Kuipers took charge of the 2011 UEFA Super Cup game in Monaco between FC Barcelona and FC Porto and also officiated at two UEFA EURO 2012 matches. Kuipers is the first referee to officiate in a UEFA club final in his home nation since Italy‘s Tullio Lanese in the 1991 European Champion Clubs’ Cup final in Bari.
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