Clément Turpin picked for Atlético v Barcelona, Champions second leg | OneFootball

After the defeat at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, Atlético de Madrid is already preparing for the Champions League quarter-final second leg against Barcelona, who now know who the referee in charge will be. Frenchman Clément Turpin, a more than well-known referee in the Champions League, will be the man in charge of officiating this Tuesday’s Atlético – Barcelona. A referee with a high level of experience at Europe’s elite level and one who knows Simeone’s side quite well.

Referee Turpin will officiate the Atlético – Barcelona match in the Champions League. A referee whose track record favors Atleti. Every previous result with the Frenchman in charge would be enough for Atlético to reach the semi-finals. As for Barcelona, of their five previous results with Turpin as referee, only one would work for them, and that would send the tie to extra time.

A familiar referee at the Metropolitano

This quarter-final will not be the first time Turpin has officiated Simeone’s Atlético de Madrid. The Frenchman has refereed the red-and-whites on as many as eight occasions, with a record of three wins, three draws, and two defeats. The most recent of those matches came in this very edition of the Champions League. It was against Club Brugge, in a game that ended 4-1 at the Metropolitano and sent Atlético through to the round of 16.

Last season he officiated Atlético’s 2-1 defeat at the Bernabéu, which ended with the historic robbery they suffered in the round-of-16 second leg. Also in the European Cup, he refereed Atlético 2-2 Leverkusen in the group stage (22/23), Porto 1-3 Atlético in the group stage (21/22), and Atlético 1-1 Bayern Munich, also in the group stage (20/21).

The most disgraceful officiating by Turpin involving Atlético dates back to the 2017/18 season, in the Europa League. It was the first leg of the semi-finals, which ended in a historic 1-1 draw for Simeone’s side, with Vrsaljko sent off in the 10th minute. The other two matches were a 1-0 defeat in the 2016/17 Champions League against Bayern Munich and a 2-0 win over Vitória Guimarães in the first leg of the qualifying round for the Europa League.

For their part, Barcelona have played under this referee on five occasions, with a record of two wins, one draw, and two defeats. The most striking thing about these figures is that in every knockout tie in which the French referee has been in charge, Barcelona have been eliminated from the competition.

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