A familiar referee for the Galatasaray-Liverpool match!
The referee for the critical UEFA Champions League Round of 16 match between Galatasaray and Liverpool has been announced.
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According to the referee appointment announced by UEFA, Spanish referee Jesus Gil Manzano will officiate the Galatasaray-Liverpool match to be held in Istanbul on Tuesday, March 10. The experienced referee has previously officiated various matches involving Turkish teams.
The results of the matches involving Turkish representatives that Manzano has officiated in the past are noteworthy. Most recently, in the Ajax-Galatasaray match on January 30, 2025, the yellow-reds left the field with a 2-1 defeat under Manzano's officiating.
Some important matches involving Turkish teams in the Spanish referee's career are as follows:
- January 30, 2025: Ajax 2-1 Galatasaray
- August 25, 2022: Fenerbahçe 4-1 Austria Wien
- August 19, 2021: Copenhagen 1-1 Galatasaray
- October 20, 2020: RB Leipzig 2-0 Başakşehir
- February 14, 2019: Galatasaray 1-2 Benfica
- September 10, 2018: Turkey 3-2 Sweden
- March 24, 2017: Turkey 2-0 Finland
- July 27, 2016: Fenerbahçe 2-1 AS Monaco