PSG HAS NEVER LOST WITH THIS REFEREE
The PSG-Barça referee, an infallible amulet for Parisians
Published:8/04/2024 - 14:33h
Updated:8/04/2024 - 14:33h
Anthony Taylor will be in charge of refereeing the match between PSG and FC Barcelona next Wednesday. The English referee has already officiated matches in which both clubs have participated, and the Parisians have shown a good record of victories in those matches
The UEFA has announced who will be the referee commissioned to give justice in the important commitment of gone of the quarter-finals of the Champions League between Paris Saint-Germain and the FC Barcelona, that will carry out next Wednesday 10 April in the Park of the Princes (France) to the 21:00 hours. In this occasion, Anthony Taylor will be the attendant to direct this clash, with the assistance of the VAR to charge of Stuart Attwell.
Under this premise, it is necessary to mention that both groups already have confronted in more than an occasion with this judge of 45 years, the one who to date has pitado in 727 duels in his professional career. In fact, the native of Manchester already has participated in a meeting between the PSG and the Barça, that took place on 10 March 2021 in the feudo of the combined French and corresponded to the turn of the eighth of final of the League of Champions. This crash finished 1-1 and, by the way, sanctioned two penaltis: one in favour of the French, transformed in goal by Kylian Mbappé, and another in favour of the Catalans, that Lionel Messi could not invoice.
The antecedents of the PSG and the FC Barcelona with Anthony Taylor
Speaking in individual terms, Paris Saint-Germain definitively have a much more favourable balance that the FC Barcelona when they confront with Anthony Taylor like referee. Of the six commitments in which the English has directed to the cast of the French capital, only have empatado one, the mentioned in front of the picture culé. Besides that, they have attained five victories: one in the season 2015-16 against the Shakhtar Donetsk (2-0), three in the campaign 2019-20 against the Real Madrid (3-0), the Borussia Dortmund (2-0) and the Atalanta (1-2), and one in the course 2022-23 against the Juventus (2-1). It fits to stand out that all these meetings correspond to the League of Champions.
Regarding the balance of the FC Barcelona with Taylor, considered one of the best referees of the Premier League, as well as of the UEFA and the FIFA, is a bit more balanced. In the four clashes in which this judge has given justice to the picture culé, have attained two ties, a victory and a defeat. The most recent antecedent for the Barça occurred in this season 2023-24, with a marker of 0-1 in the Stadium Do Dragao against the Port wine. In this duel, the English expelled to Pablo Gavi by double caution and showed a total of seven yellow cardboards for the culés.
Before this crossing in Portugal, the first meeting that Taylor directed against the Barcelona cast was in the course 2017-18, specifically on 31 October 2017, in a party against the Olympiacos in Athens that finished 0-0. After this, participated in the mentioned parity in front of the combined Parisian in the campaign 2020-21 and afterwards was present in the defeat by 0-3 on 26 October 2022 against the Bayern Munich in the Camp Nou, with the Barcelonan picture already deleted of the phase of groups.
