The referee who will blow the whistle this coming Sunday in the grand final between Spain and Germany. It’s about French François Letexier, which confirms the extraordinary development of this young French referee who is almost 35 years old. He has played in the French League since 2016 and has had an international badge since 2017. He is inside the UEFA Elite group where the best referees on the European continent are.
In fact, he is at his best season, as seen in his five matches this season in the Champions League, four in the Europa League, in addition to the European Super Cup in August between Manchester City and Sevilla, which the English won the place of punishment. In the continental tournament he even refereed the quarter-final first leg between Manchester City and Real Madrid, which ended in a 3-3 draw. Competition in which Real Madrid 4 Naples 2 from the group stage and Atlético de Madrid 3 Feyenoord 2 has also whistled In the Europa League the semi-final between Bayern Leverkusen and Roma.
This is the fourth in this Euro Cup where Croatia 2 Albania 2 scored first on the second day of the group stage; Denmark 0 Serbia 0 in the last part of this first part of the continental tournament and the round of 16 duel between Spain and Georgia in the round of 16 ended in a 4-1 Spanish victory.
There are two precedents in Spain. In addition to this rivalry in the current Euro Cup, the previous one was the two-two draw with the Czech Republic in the group stage of the Nations League in June 2022. Then the team was led by Luis Enrique. This is the first time he whistled for the English team in his refereeing career. Before he only did it in England U20 and U21. The fourth referee was the Polish Marciniak and Willy Delajoud on VAR.
Source: La Verdad
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