The 39 -year -old referee was appointed by UEFA to officer during the final which will take place at the Stade de France on May 28.
Le Monde with AFP
Clément Turpin was appointed to arbitrate the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid on May 28 at the Stade de France, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced on Wednesday May 11, a first in Thirty-six years for a French.
The almost 40 -year -old referee will be accompanied by his compatriots Nicolas Danos and Cyril Gringore, as assistants, and by Benoît Bastien as the fourth referee. Video assistance (Var) will be headed by Jérôme Brisard, another French referee. His assistants will be Willy Delajod, also of French nationality, and the Italians Massimiliano Irrati and Filippo Meli.
International referee for a dozen years, Turpin will be at the whistle of a Champions League final for the first time in his career, after being fourth referee in the 2018 final which had already put Taken Real Madrid and Liverpool (3-1 victory of the Spanish). The one who had become in 2008 the youngest Ligue 1 referee, at 26, had already officiated last season during the Europa League final, won on penalties by Villarreal against Manchester United.
“Recognition of the constant progress of French arbitration”
On May 28, he became the sixth French to arbitrate the final of the European Cups, after Robert Héliès (1972), Michel Kitabdjian (1975), Robert Wurtz (1977), Georges Konrath (1982) and Michel Vautrot (1986), according to the French Football Federation (FFF).
“This is excellent news for French arbitration, which progresses from year to year in the international hierarchy. Our referees are now present with each major competition”, welcomed the president of the FFF, Christmas Christmas Le Graët, in a press release .
Pascal Garibian, technical director of arbitration, sees in this designation “recognition of the excellent season made by Clément Turpin” and “recognition of constant progress made by French arbitration”. “France now has three referees Elite UEFA, the highest European level, with Clément Turpin, Benoît Bastien and François Letexier. It’s unheard of,” he said.