This Thursday is the first important date of Villarreal at the present time. The yellow club contested the first leg of the qualifying round of Conference League. The first and important step to participate in the group stage of the third continental competition.
Meeting where Emery’s team faced off Hajduk Split of Croatia and that it is sin the presence of VAR. Although UEFA has implemented this technology since the third round of the Champions League, it has not yet been present in this club’s third competition and this 2022-2023 season will face the second since its launch.
The match will be presided over by the most important Bulgarian referee at the European level. Is about Alexey Kulbakov, 42 years old and with international status since 2007. He is currently part of the Elite group where the best referees in Europe are; although it was not included in UEFA’s list for the next World Cup in Qatar.
This season he has called the fight Europe. This is FC Shkupi – Shamrock Rovers from the third round of the Europa League.
This will be first time that the Bulgarian international referee whistled Villarreal in the Old Continent. Atlético de Madrid and Sevilla are the clubs that whistle the most in Europe. It is curious that his debut in the group stage of the Champions League took place in a Spanish club. It was on December 2, 2020 when he was appointed for the group stage match that Barça club played against Ferencvaros and in which Barcelona won 0-3. He has also managed the national team twice.
Source: La Verdad
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