Barça already knows who will deliver justice in the duel against Shakhtar in the Champions League

Published:23/10/2023 - 17:18h

Updated:23/10/2023 - 17:19h

Barça already knows who will be in charge of refereeing their match against Shakhtar. Referee Ivan Kruzliak will have the opportunity to coach the Catalan team for the first time, while he has already refereed the Ukrainians on four occasions, with a favorable record

THE FC Barcelona will confront to the Shakhtar Donetsk this Wednesday in the Monjtuïc, in the frame of the party of the third day of the UEFA Champions League. The Barça will look for to extend his victorious series in the competition after the victory by goleada in his debut against the Amberes (5-0) and the positive result against the Port wine (0-1) in the Stadium Do Dragao.

Recently, it has revealed the referee's triple for this important meeting between Ukrainians and Catalans. The main referee will be the Slovakian Ivan Kruzliak, the one who will be accompanied by the judges of line Branislav Hancock and Jan Pozor, both also Slovakian. Peter Kralovic will be the fourth judge. In the VAR will be the Polish Tomasz Kwiatkowski and Piotr Lasyk.

Kruzliak Still has not arbitrated a meeting of the Barça

The Slovakian referee has directed more than 379 parties up to now, but still has not arbitrated any duel of the FC Barcelona. Nevertheless, it has given him justice to the Shakhtar in several occasions, being east the cast to the that more times has arbitrated (4), with a balance of two victories, a tie and a defeat.

In the crosses in which it has arbitrated to the Ukrainians, has showed them eight yellow cards in favour and a red card. Against, it has showed a total of five cartelones yellow and two red. Along his career, Iván Kruzliak has showed a considerable quantity of yellow cards (1823), but no so many red cards, since only it has showed a total of 36 according to the statistics of 'Transfermarkt'.

His last performance was the past three October in the clash between the Manchester United and the Galatasaray, valid by the day two of the UEFA Champions League. In this careo, expelled to Casemiro by double caution and the meeting finished 2-3 in favour of the combined Turkish.