{"id":5709,"date":"2025-09-29T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/michael-oliver-will-be-referee-for-barca-psg-champions-league-match_314880_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:29:24","slug":"michael-oliver-will-be-referee-for-barca-psg-champions-league-match_314880_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/michael-oliver-will-be-referee-for-barca-psg-champions-league-match_314880_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Michael Oliver: an old &#8216;friend&#8217; of Real Madrid will referee the Bar\u00e7a-PSG Champions League match"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UEFA has appointed Englishman Michael Oliver as the referee for the Bar\u00e7a-PSG match of MD2 of the Champions League. The experienced referee has a favorable record with Real Madrid<\/h2>  \r\n<div class=\"article-addons\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/calendar-fc-barcelona.html\"\r\n       target=\"_self\"\r\n       title=\"Calendar of FC Barcelona\"\r\n       class=\"blue-gredient-btn\">\r\n       \r\n        Calendar of FC Barcelona    <\/a>\r\n<\/div>   <p><strong>FC Barcelona<\/strong> will face <strong>Paris Saint-Germain<\/strong> this Wednesday, October 1st, at Montju\u00efc (9:00 PM CEST) with <strong>Michael Oliver<\/strong> as the referee. UEFA has appointed the English referee for the match corresponding to matchday 2 of the league phase of the <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/champions-league\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/football\/champions-league.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Champions League\">UEFA Champions League<\/a> 2025\/26, which will be the 40-year-old referee&#8217;s second appearance in this edition of the tournament.<\/p>  <p>The Ashington native was also the main referee in the match between <strong>Ajax and Inter Milan (0-2)<\/strong>, where the &#8216;Nerazzurri&#8217; team won with a double by Marcus Thuram. For the Bar\u00e7a-PSG match, Oliver will be accompanied by Austrian <strong>Jarred Gillett<\/strong> from the VOR room.<\/p>  <h2>The referee who put Real Madrid in the &#8216;semis&#8217; of the Champions League in 2018 returns to referee Bar\u00e7a<\/h2>  <div class=\"media media-image\" data-ck-asset-wrapper=\"\"> <div class=\"media-item\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Oliver awarded a penalty in favor of Real Madrid against Juventus in 2018\" data-id=\"1524173\" data-resize=\"9\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/fcbn-5da664b74ebb89921d9dc33c7d16ced9.webp\" title=\"Michael Oliver awarded a penalty in favor of Real Madrid against Juventus in 2018\" width=\"1000\"><div class=\"media-title\">Michael Oliver awarded a penalty in favor of Real Madrid against Juventus in 2018<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>  <p>In the Champions League, Michael Oliver is remembered as a &#8216;friend&#8217; of Real Madrid, a club he has refereed on three occasions. The most famous one was the second leg of the quarter-finals of the 2017\/18 Champions League, <strong>against Juventus (1-3)<\/strong>, where the English referee &#8216;saved&#8217; the Whites with <strong><a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/the-explanation-of-mehdi-benatia-on-the-penalti-to-lucas-vazquez_211802_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/champions-league\/la-explicacion-de-mehdi-benatia-sobre-el-penalti-a-lucas-vazquez_211802_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/the-explanation-of-mehdi-benatia-on-the-penalti-to-lucas-vazquez_211802_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The explanation of Mehdi Benatia about the penalty to Lucas V\u00e1zquez\">an invented penalty by Mehdi Benatia on Lucas V\u00e1zquez<\/a><\/strong> in the 90+1 minute.<\/p>  <p>Madrid had the tie in their pocket after thrashing Turin (0-3), but Juve equalized the aggregate score at the Bernab\u00e9u with a double by Mario Mandzukic and another goal by Blaise Matuidi. The match was about to go to extra time, with Real on the verge of a KO, until Oliver appeared in added time to award a penalty for <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/real-madrid\/dardo-of-benatia-by-the-theft-of-the-madrid-to-the-juventus-in_257492_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/real-madrid\/dardo-benatia-por-robo-madrid-juventus-en-2018_257492_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/real-madrid\/dardo-of-benatia-by-the-theft-of-the-madrid-to-the-juventus-in_257492_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Dart of Benatia for the controversy of Madrid with Juventus in 2018\">a slight push by Benatia on Lucas<\/a>.<\/p>  <p>That was the last Champions League season without VAR and, therefore, there was no review of the action. <strong>Cristiano Ronaldo<\/strong> was in charge of taking the penalty, scoring the goal that qualified Real Madrid for the semi-finals (4-3 on aggregate). The current Bar\u00e7a goalkeeper, <strong>Wojciech Szczesny<\/strong>, had to come on to try to stop the penalty, after <strong>Buffon<\/strong> was sent off (for protesting).<\/p>  <p>Subsequently, Zinedine Zidane&#8217;s Madrid dispatched <strong>Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/strong> in the &#8216;semis&#8217; (4-2 on aggregate) and would lift their third Champions League in a row after defeating <strong>Liverpool<\/strong> in Kiev (3-1), in another final marred by <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/shame-sergio-bouquets-lesiona-to-mo-salah-in-a-dirty-action_213298_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/champions-league\/vergueenza-sergio-ramos-lesiona-a-mo-salah-en-una-sucia-accion_213298_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/shame-sergio-bouquets-lesiona-to-mo-salah-in-a-dirty-action_213298_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"SHAME: Sergio Ramos injures Mo Salah in a dirty action\">Sergio Ramos&#8217; controversial foul on Mohamed Salah<\/a> that injured the Egyptian and spared the Spanish center-back a clear sending-off.<\/p>  <h2>How Barcelona has fared with Michael Oliver in the Champions League<\/h2>  <div class=\"media media-image\" data-ck-asset-wrapper=\"\"> <div class=\"media-item\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lamine Yamal, during the Bar\u00e7a-Atalanta (2-2)\" data-id=\"1524202\" data-resize=\"9\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/fcbn-023038e35d4e55e0d0525c8328b02541.webp\" title=\"Lamine Yamal, during the Bar\u00e7a-Atalanta (2-2)\" width=\"1000\"><div class=\"media-title\">Lamine Yamal, during the Bar\u00e7a-Atalanta (2-2)<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>  <p>For Barcelona, Wednesday will be the fifth time they have played a Champions League match refereed by Michael Oliver. The balance so far is even for the &#8216;cul\u00e9s&#8217;, with <strong>one win, a couple of draws and one defeat<\/strong>.<\/p>  <p>The last time the Englishman refereed a Champions League match for Bar\u00e7a was on the last matchday of the 24\/25 league stage, <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/fc-barcelona-2-2-atalanta-thrilling-match-second-place-and-into-the-knockout-stage_310475_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/fc-barcelona\/fc-barcelona-2-2-atalanta-partidazo-segundos-y-octavos_310475_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/fc-barcelona-2-2-atalanta-thrilling-match-second-place-and-into-the-knockout-stage_310475_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"FC Barcelona 2-2 Atalanta: Great match, second place and into the Champions League round of 16!\">against Atalanta (2-2)<\/a>. The match, played in Montju\u00efc, ended in a draw with goals from Lamine Yamal and Ronald Araujo for the &#8216;cul\u00e9s&#8217;. \u00c9derson and Pasalic scored for the Italians, in a match that Hansi Flick&#8217;s team arrived at with their place in the round of 16 secured.<\/p>  <p>Previously, Oliver refereed the &#8216;azulgrana&#8217; team in the 19\/20, 20\/21 and 21\/22 editions, the first against <strong>Slavia Prague (0-0)<\/strong> and the other two against <strong>Dinamo Kiev (2-1)<\/strong> and <strong>Bayern Munich (0-3)<\/strong>, all three at the Spotify Camp Nou.<\/p>  <ol> <li>January 29, 2025: <strong>FC Barcelona 2-2 Atalanta<\/strong>, matchday 8 of the 2024\/25 Champions League.<\/li> \t<li>September 14, 2021: <strong>FC Barcelona 0-3 Bayern Munich<\/strong>, matchday 1 of the 2021\/22 Champions League.<\/li> \t<li>November 4, 2020: <strong>FC Barcelona 2-1 Dinamo Kiev<\/strong>, matchday 3 of the 2020\/21 Champions League.<\/li> \t<li>November 5, 2019: <strong>FC Barcelona 0-0 Slavia Prague<\/strong>, matchday 3 of the 2019\/20 Champions League.<\/li> <\/ol> <p><strong>\ud83d\udc49 <u>Follow all the latest news about the <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/tags\/fc-barcelona-vs-psg\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/tags\/fc-barcelona-vs-psg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/tags\/fc-barcelona-vs-psg.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"FC Barcelona vs PSG\">Bar\u00e7a-PSG Champions League match<\/a> at FC Barcelona Noticias.<\/u><\/strong><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UEFA has appointed Englishman Michael Oliver as the referee for the Bar\u00e7a-PSG match of MD2 of the Champions League. 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