UEFA announcing the match officials for the Champions League Group Stage Group B Matchday 3 game Porto vs AC Milan on Tuesday 19 October 2021 at Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal at 21:00.
German Referee Felix Brych will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER) and Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER). The Fourth Official will be Daniel Schlager (GER). The VAR will be Marco Fritz (GER) and the AVAR will be Christopher Kavanagh (ENG). The Referee Observer will be Levan Paniashvili (GEO).
2021 – 2022 UEFA Champions League
Group Stage – Group B Matchday 3
Porto – AC Milan
Tuesday 19 October 2021
Estádio do Dragão
Porto, Portugal
21:00
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager (GER)
VAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
AVAR: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
Here are Matchday 3 – Match Officials for the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League Group Stage games on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 October 2021. The 4 Italian Serie A teams participating are Inter, AC Milan, Atalanta, and Juventus.
🏆 👉 Tuesday 19 October 2021 – UEFA Champions League Group Stage Games
Club Brugge – Manchester City
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marian Barbu (ROU)
VAR: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
AVAR: Fedayi San (SUI)
Referee Observer: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich (GER)
Beşiktaş JK – Sporting CP
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenović (SVN)
VAR: Matej Jug (SVN)
AVAR: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci (ALB)
Paris St. Germain – RB Leipzig
Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca (ITA)
VAR: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
AVAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Referee Observer: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP)
FC Porto – AC Milan
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager (GER)
VAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
AVAR: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
Atletico de Madrid – Liverpool FC
Referee: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Lasse Koslowski (GER)
Fourth Official: Sven Jablonski (GER)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
AVAR: Willy Delajod (FRA)
Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)
AFC Ajax – Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Jesus Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Inigo Prieto Lopez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Angel Nevado Rodriguez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jose Munuera Montero (ESP)
VAR: Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP)
AVAR: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoechea (ESP)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)
Inter Milano – Sheriff Tiraspol
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Joey Kooij (NED)
VAR: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
AVAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)
Shakhtar Donetsk – Real Madrid
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)
VAR: Christian Dingert (GER)
AVAR: Harm Osmers (GER)
Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)
🏆 👉 Wednesday 20 October 2021 – UEFA Champions League Group Stage Games
FC Barcelona – Dynamo Kyiv
Referee: Clement Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jeremie Pignard (FRA)
VAR: Willy Delajod (FRA)
AVAR: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)
SL Benfica – Bayern München
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marcel Birsan (ROU)
VAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
BSC Young Boys – Villarreal CF
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavirlin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
VAR: Vitali Meshkov (RUS)
AVAR: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis (CYP)
Manchester United – Atalanta BC
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Tomasz Musial (POL)
VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
AVAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Jorn West Larsen (DEN)
LOSC Lille – Sevilla FC
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Peter Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: David Coote (ENG)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
AVAR: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)
FC Zenit – Juventus
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
AVAR: Fedayi San (SUI)
Referee Observer: Emil Bozhinovski (MKD)
Chelsea FC – Malmö FF
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Thomas Leonard (FRA)
VAR: Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP)
AVAR: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 19 October 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 19 October 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, 19 October
👉Inter and Milan Champions risk at San Siro and Porto The Milanese just have to win Euro or never again
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 19 October 2021 .
Front Page Corriere dello Sport, Tuesday 19 October
👉The latest cases of the Olimpico, Udine and Torino shake the Serie A
Referees and VAR a defeat
AIA not stopping Orsato, but admits: It’s an error-non error
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Thursday 30 September 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 30 September 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Thursday 30 September
👉Champions, Juventus achievement beating the Champions
Lady of Europe
👉Atalanta
Gasperini’s gang is back
Pessina-goal and goes to the top
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 30 September 2021 .
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Thursday 30 September 2021
👉In Champions, the true Juve: defeat the Champions (1-0) and have full points
Chiesa super, Chelsea KO
Coach: “Now the turning point in the league too”
27% Ball Possession JUVENTUS and 73% Ball Possession CHELSEA Juventus 1 – 0 Chelsea
46′ Federico Chiesa Buy UEFA Champions League Tickets
Juventus with a prestige victory winning the UEFA Champions League Group Stage – Group H, Matchday 2 game against current title holders Chelsea on Wednesday 29 September 2021 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy. This is the fourth time Juventus have won their first two matches of the Champions League group stage without conceding a single goal: the last two (this year and 2018/19) have been under Allegri. Juventus have won 11 of their last 12 games in the Champions League group stage, losing only 0-2 in this partial to Barcelona in October 2020.
Juventus opening the score in the 46th minute. It is Federico Chiesa to defeat Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy with a left footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Federico Bernardeschi.
👉Juventus 1 – 0 Chelsea, 46th minute, goal by ⚽️ Federico Chiesa for @juventusfcen with a left footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Federico Bernardeschi.
✅ This will be the fifth match between Juventus and Chelsea in the Champions League: both have won one game each in the previous four (two draws). Juventus found success in the last match in chronological order, recording a 3-0 at home in the 2012-13 group stage.
Juventus have won 11 of their last 12 games in the Champions League group stage, losing only 0-2 in this set to Barcelona in October 2020. The bianconeri have collected seven clean sheets in this set and their latest victories have all been for 3-0 (against Dynamo Kiev, Barcelona and Malmö). Juventus have won seven European Cup / Champions League games against the reigning champions, only Real Madrid having won the most in history (11). Notably, they have won four of their five home games against the defending champions, but lost the most recent in April 2018 to Real Madrid (a 3-0 defeat).
📺 Click the video to watch Juventus – Chelsea highlights including all goals on Wednesday 29 September 2021
Spanish Referee Jesus Gil Manzano will be assisted by Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP) and Angel Nevado Rodriguez (ESP). The Fourth Official will be Jose Munuera Montero (ESP). The VAR will be Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP) and the AVAR will be Pol van Boekel (NED). The Referee Observer will be Vitor Melo Pereira (POR)