Damir Skomina Directing a meeting of the past Eurocopa 2016

Mönchengladbach-FC Barcelona

The referee of the Gladbach-Barça, of bad memory for the culés

Published:26/09/2016 - 17:24h

Updated:26/09/2016 - 17:25h

The collegiate esloveno Skomina was chosen by the UEFA to arbitrate the Borussia Mönchengladbach-FC Barcelona of this Wednesday. A referee that, on the other hand, does not bring for nothing good memories for the Barcelona fans given the precedents

The UEFA gave to know this Monday to the referees that will give justice for the parties of the second day of the UEFA Champions League of this Wednesday. Between them it is a Borussia Mönchengladbach-FC Barcelona where the Barcelona will look for to follow with the good series initiated in the first meeting in front of the Celtic of Glasgow. The esloveno Damir Skomina is the one who will commission to arbitrate the meeting of the Borussia-Park.

A referee that does not bring very good memories since it was the attendant to direct the Barça-Bayern of Munich of May of 2013. That fateful party in which the culés certified his elimination of the maximum continental competition after falling by zero goals to three in front of the team of Jupp Heynckes that, to the dessert, would finish being the champion of the competition.

Skomina is 40 years old and is international from 2003. The referee directed four meetings of the past Eurocopa 2016: Russia-Slovakia (1-2), Switzerland-France (0-0) of the phase of groups, England-Iceland (1-2), of eighth of final, and Wales-Belgium (3-1) of quarter-finals. By what does to the past League of Champions, the arbitrated directed the triumph of the Borussia Mönchengladbach in front of the Seville (4-2) and the one of the Real Madrid against the Manchester City (2-0) in the semifinals.