Learn about the referee of the Barcelona and Benfica match in the Champions League

UEFA announced the appointment of Dutch referee Danny Makele to officiate Barcelona's Spanish match against Portuguese Benfica in the Champions League, which will be held on Tuesday evening in the seventh and penultimate round of the group stage.

The Catalan team is seeking to achieve victory over Benfica in this important match in order to improve its position in the table, and this match is considered an ideal opportunity for Barca to restore balance in the competition, as it needs the three points to remain in the circle. To qualify.

The appointment of referee Danny Makele is good for Barcelona, ​​as he achieved positive results in the matches that Makele managed in the past, out of four matches that this referee managed for Barca, and he did not The team suffers only one defeat.

Barcelona's only defeat with Makele was at the Allianz Arena, against Bayern Munich with two unanswered goals in September 2022. As for In other matches, Barcelona achieved three victories, the most notable of which was the victory over Napoli 3-1, in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League in the 2023/2024 season, and the team also won over Roma and Juventus with scores of 4/1 and 2/0, in the 2017 seasons. /2018 and 2020/2021 respectively.