Referee for Sporting v PSG once penalised for bias against Lions 🦁 | OneFootball

Anthony Taylor is the man chosen to referee the match between Sporting and PSG, in the seventh round of the Champions League, announced UEFA in a statement released through its official platforms on the morning of this Sunday, January 18th.

The 47-year-old referee will have Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn as assistants, while Robert Jones will be the fourth official for the match between the Lions and the current European champions. Jarred Gillett will be the VAR for the UEFA’s prestigious competition clash, with Michael Salisbury as AVAR.

This will be only the third time Anthony Taylor referees the Alvalade club. The last time, he officiated Club Brugge - Sporting (2-1) last season. On that occasion, Jorge Faustino, a refereeing specialist, gave him a ‘grade 2’, considering his “confusing technical criteria with unbalanced game management.”

“Olsen hit Maxi Araújo’s right leg with his knee, bringing him down when he was in a clear goal-scoring opportunity. The contact was outside the box: direct free kick. Since it wasn’t a penalty, the yellow card should have been changed to red,” he pointed out, about the incident that occurred in the 26th minute, when the score was 1-1 (Recall the criticism HERE).

The green and white team will return to the pitch next Tuesday, January 20th, against Paris Saint-Germain. The match, counting for the seventh round of the Champions League, against the team led by Luis Enrique, will be played at 8:00 p.m., at Alvalade.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.