The referee appointed by UEFA for Barça's 'final' against Inter

The UEFA has announced that Szymon Marciniak will be the referee that will direct the transcendental party of the FC Barcelona against the Inter of Milan in the Camp Nou of this next Wednesday. The Polish referee will be in the party that corresponds to the fourth day of the phase of groups of the Champions League and his result will determine, largely, the one who will access to the eighth of final.

With the Bayern of Munich in way to classify to eighth as first of group, the Barça needs to add the three points to be able to contest the second square with the Italian team in the others two days that will subtract. The Inter arrives with an important advantage on the Barcelona after they won the direct duel in the stadium Giuseppe Meazza the past week, so the ones of Xavi Hernández have to achieve the triumph to equalise the things, preferably by a difference of two goals.

After two controversial arbitrations consecutive against of the Barça in the Champions League, Marciniak neither is a name that carry good memories to the Barcelona. The Polish referee has directed two of the worst defeats of the culés to Europe in the last years: the 4-0 against the Paris-Saint Germain in the Park of the Princes and the 3-0 against the Juventus of Turín in the Allianz Stadium of the League of Champions of the season 2016-2017.

In total will be the fifth time that pite to the Barça in Europe with a balance of a victory, a tie and two defeats. Also it was the main in the eighth of final of the season 2018-2019 where the Barcelona golearon 5-1 to the Olympique of Lyon. The only tie was precisely in front of the Inter of Milan in the phase of groups of the campaign 2017-2018. The meeting finish in tie to one in the duel that confronted to both in Milan.

Situations repeated

In any of these two parties could comment that the arbitration was determinant for the Barcelona defeat, but does not leave to be surprising that, in the middle of so much controversy, the UEFA designate a referee of so bad memory for the Barça. The Catalan group has been clearly prejudiced by the arbitrations of the two last parties of Champions, with transcendental decisions especially in the subject of the penaltis.

In the duel against the Bayern did not signal a penalti by an entrance on Ousmane Dembélé, whereas against the Inter happened the same with a hand, as well as a goal cancelled to Pedri González. In both occasions, the referee of the VAR was Pol go Boekel. This time, the UEFA has not chosen him to him, but the chosen is another Pole: Tomasz Kwiatkowski.