At 3:00 on August 19th, , the semi-finals of the Champions League will officially start.
The game will be held at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, Portugal. The game will adopt a single-elimination system. Before the game, UEFA officials said that Dutchman Björn Kuipers (Björn Kuipers) will serve as the referee of the game.
Kuipers is 47 years old and is a referee from the Netherlands. He has whistled 4 games in the UEFA Champions League this season. Before that, he also served as the referee of the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League final.
Before this game, Kuipers had refereeed Paris Saint-Germain’s games 4 times. In the 4 games, Paris Saint-Germain had an unbeaten record of 1 win and 3 draws. The most recent one was the UEFA Champions League last season.
The group stage drew 1-1 with Naples.
For Leipzig, Kuipers has only enforced their Europa League game.
In addition to serving as a referee, Kuipers is also the owner of several supermarkets and a hair salon in his hometown of Oldenzaal.
The list of referees for this game is as follows:
Referee: Björn Kuipers
Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel, Erwin Zeinstra
Video referee: Pol van Boekel