The history of European arbitration has been selected by UEFA for next Sunday’s duel Spain before the Czech Republic and the latest in the League of Nations. This is Turkish Cüneyt Cakir, 45 years old. We are talking about one of the most expert referees in the current UEFA arbitration. Cüneyt referred to the Super League, Turkish Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Intertoto Cup, UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2007, Euro 2008 qualifiers, 2012, as well as qualifiers to the 2010 World Cup and several international friendly matches.
Surprisingly, this season he is hardly at the forefront of European games. His absence was due to the fact that he was suspended by the Turkish Federation but eventually won the Appeal, a situation that allowed him to whistle again and return to UEFA. That explains that he has only whistled for two games in the Champions League and two in the Europa League. They were all in the opening rounds. In the case of the Champions League, he whistled for two Spanish teams: Atlético de Madrid and Sevilla. To the rojiblanco team on their visit to Milan and to the Sevillian club on their visit to Wolfsburg
He managed the Spanish team four times
He has whistled four times against Spain so far with a balance of three wins and one loss. This was clearly associated with Spain in the last European Championships. Without further ado, last summer he whistled in a round of 16 match against Croatia that was decided in favor of Spain in extra time 3-5. In 2016 he became the referee of the round of 16 tie which the team ended up with after a 2-0 defeat by Italy. The same has not happened in the past one, four years before in Poland. The Turkish referee was the referee of the historic semi-final against Portugal that ended in deciding on a penalty shootout for Vicente del Bosque’s team. Step before the grand final against Italy, which means the second consecutive continental title and for which, surprisingly, he is the fourth referee. The final precedent was in the qualifying phase for the 2016 European Championship, which ended in a 1-0 victory for Spain against Ukraine.
He has twice whistled in the Czech Republic so far with a win and a draw. The last was in 2014 against Norway. The victory was on November 18, 2020 against Slovakia 2-0 in the Nations League B
Source: La Verdad
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