The French referee Clément Turpin, in charge of directing the final of the 2021-2022 Champions League in Paris in which Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0has been chosen to referee the semi-final first leg of the competition between the white team and the German Bayern in Munich.
Turpin, 41 years old and international since 2010, was also present in the duel in which Carlo Ancelotti’s team beat Napoli away in the group stage by 2-3. To those two clashes we must add another four in the tournament featuring the Spanish team, who has always won with him on the field.
Thus, also in 2021-2022, he whistled the first leg of the quarterfinals in which Real Madrid beat Chelsea 1-3. He was also responsible for the Real Madrid-Inter 2020-2021 (3-2); in the Roma-Real Madrid in 2018-2019 (0-2); and in the Real Madrid-Ludogorets of 2014-2015 (4-0).
As for Bayern Munich, he has met him eight times. The first of them was in the group stage against Atlético de Madrid in the 2016-2017 season, with a 1-0 victory. He later witnessed the Germans’ visit to Ajax in a 3-3 draw in 2018-2019.
Already in 2019-2020 he participated in two away matches for Bayern against English teams, the 2-7 against Totteham in the opening phase and the 0-3 against Chelsea in the round of 16. In 2020-2021 he would referee again against Atlético in Madrid (1-1); in 2021-2022 against RB Leipzig in the round of 16 (7-1); and in 2022-2023 against Inter in Milan in their group (0-2) and against Manchester City at home in the quarterfinals (1-1). The general record is 5 wins and 3 draws.
Of the rest of Turpin’s career, the 2020-2021 Europa League final between Villarreal and Manchester United stands out, among others.; three duels in the 2022 World Cup, including the round of 16 between Brazil and South Korea, and two in the 2018 World Cup; two in the 2016 Euro Cup and another two in 2020; or the fight for third and fourth place in the 2022 Club World Cup between Al-Hilal and Al Ahly.
On this occasion He will be assisted on the wings by Nicolas Danos and Benjamin Pages; with Jérôme Brisard as head of the VAR room; all of them French. The fourth referee will be the Swiss Sandro Schärer.
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