The referee for the match that Galatasaray will play away against French representative Lille in the 3rd week of the UEFA Champions League league phase has been announced.
Slovenian referee Rade Obrenovic will officiate the match, which will be played on Wednesday, October 21, at 19.45. Jure Praprotnik and Matej Zunic will serve as Obrenovic's assistants.
Rade Obrenovic has previously officiated two matches involving Turkish teams in European cups. In one of the matches managed by the Slovenian referee, Trabzonspor was defeated 4-0 away by Ferencváros in the UEFA Europa League play-off round second leg on August 27, 2026. After the tie, in which the burgundy-blues also lost the first leg 1-0, they bid farewell to the UEFA Europa League and moved to the UEFA Conference League league phase.
In the other match where Obrenovic served, Sivasspor drew 1-1 away with Slavia Prague on November 3, 2022, in the final week of the UEFA Europa Conference League Group G. With this result, the red-white team finished their group as leaders and advanced directly to the round of 16.
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