UEFA announces that Björn Kuipers will lead Barça-PSG

The FC Barcelona​ will receive to Paris Saint-Germain this Tuesday to the 21:00 hours to play the gone of the eighth of final of the Champions League. A tremendously interesting meeting that will arrive marked by the drops of one and another team. The Barça will not be able to have Ansu Fati, Philippe Coutinho and Sergi Roberto, and is slope of the recovery of Ronald Araújo and Gerard Poqué. By his part, the PSG will not have available to Neymar Jr neither Ángel Gave María, and has the doubt of Marco Verratti.

But in spite of the lesionados, some tremendously important as it is the case of Neymar, expects a duel competed and very attractive for the viewer. A party that, by the way, already has judge of field after the UEFA announced his designation this same Sunday. The referee commissioned to direct the crash will be the Dutch Björn Kuipers, an old known of the Barcelona.

The Dutch has arbitrated in 10 occasions to the Barcelona along his career. The balance of the Catalans with him is tremendously positive, since only they have lost once with him. It was in the season 2012/2013, with Tito Vilanova in the bench, when the barcelonistas fell against the Celtic of Glasgow in the phase of groups of the League of Champions by 2-1.

In total, the bagaje of the Barça with Kuipers is of 4 victories, 4 ties and only a defeat, the mentioned in Scottish earths. The last time that the Dutch arbitrated to the blaugrana was the past season in the phase of groups. It was in Giuseppe Meazza against the Inter of Milan, where the ones of Ernesto Valverde surpassed to the ones of Antonio Conte by 1-2 in spite of not to play at all for being already classified.

Also it is necessary to stand out that the Dutch was the referee in the gone of the semifinals of the Champions in the campaign 2018/2019. The ones of the City Condal played in the Camp Nou against the Liverpool of Jürgen Klopp and won by a conclusive 3-0, putting foot and half in the big final. Unfortunately, in the turn of these 'semis' arrived the remembered disaster of Anfield, where the 'reds' traced back the eliminatory winning 4-0.

Also it directed the Barça-Juve of chambers in 2017

Kuipers, besides, directed the Barcelona-Juventus of Turín of the turn of the quarter-finals of the League of Champions in 2017. The ones of the 'Txingurri' arrived to lose 3-0 in the gone and had to star another traced back epic like which did in eighth against the PSG. Unfortunately, to the bianconeros did not shiver them the pulse in the turn and held the tie to 0 to happen to the semifinals and take down to the culés of the competition.