The European Football Association's referees committee announced the appointment of French referee Clement Turbin to manage the first leg of the elimination role in the Champions League, which will bring together Manchester City and Real Madrid at Al -Ittihad Stadium, on Tuesday at ten o'clock in the evening Cairo time.

This meeting is the eighth in which Torbin is taking over a match for the Real Madrid team in the Champions League, where he previously led seven previous confrontations, which witnessed a great superiority of the Royal Club.

The matches managed by Clement Turbin for Real Madrid in the Champions League:

Real Madrid against Ludogorets in the group stage of 2014/2015, which ended with the victory of the Real 4/0, and the face of Real Madrid and Rome in the 2018/2019 season in the group stage, which ended with the Real 2/0 victory.

In addition to confronting Real Madrid and Chelsea in the first leg of the quarter -finals of the 2021/2022 season, in which the riyal won 3/1, and the face of Real Madrid and Liverpool in the final for the 2021/2022 season, which ended with the Real winning 1/0, and the face of Real Madrid and Naples in the role of groups The 2023/2024 season, which the riyal won 3/2.

The last confrontation managed by Clement Turbin for Real Madrid in the Champions League was to face Real and Bayern Munich in the semi -final of the 2023/2024 season, which ended in a 2/2 draw.

Clement Turbin is considered a referee with experience in the major European championships, as he previously managed many decisive matches in the Champions League, including the 2021/2022 final, between Real Madrid and Liverpool, which ended with the royal victory with a goal without a response.

The confrontation of Manchester City and Real Madrid is one of the strongest confrontations of the role of exclusion, as the two teams seek to achieve a positive result in going before the return match in the Santiago Bernabeu, and it is expected that the arbitration of the match will be under the spotlight due to its great importance in the two teams' journey towards the European title.