The referee who will blow the whistle this coming Tuesday for the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League in between Bavaria and real Madrid in Munich. And where UEFA appointed the veteran Clement Turpin, and one of the best considered on the European continent. It is not for nothing that he is the best European referee of the 2021-2022 season. It’s about French Clement Turpinan old acquaintance of the white team.
In fact, the Frenchman is the referee of the fourteenth Champions League of the white team played on May 28, 2022 at Sant-Dennis between Real Madrid and Liverpool. The last continental title for the whites. The Frenchman has already been selected in the 2020-2021 season to whistle in the Europa League final played at the Gdsansk Stadium in Poland and where Manchester United and Villarreal face off. Last season, he also whistled in the semi-final second leg between Inter and Milan.
It was his fifth game this season in the Champions League and his second with the white club. Because Turpin already whistled this season in the group stage for the whites with a 2-3 victory in Naples.
Six games, six wins for Real Madrid
The truth is that Turpin is a referee who is very good for the white team. So far he has whistled six times for Real Madrid in Europe and all six times have ended in victory. They have never drawn or lost with the Frenchman as match referee. Of the five times, four were away from home and two more at the Santiago Bernabéu. Away from home it was in Naples (2-3), Liverpool (0-1), Chelsea (1-3) and Rome (0-2). Overall, the whites scored 16 goals with the Frenchman and he scored just five.
Amazingly, Bayern Munich have never lost to the Frenchman in Europe on the previous eight occasions. The balance is five wins and three draws. The last precedent among the Teutons is now almost a year old. In the quarterfinal second leg on April 19, 2023 when Bayern tied at home against Chelsea.
Source: La Verdad
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