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Referee appointed for Sporting-Galatasaray Champions League match

From Hürriyet · () Turkish

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  • UEFA appointed Norway’s Espen Eskås as referee for Galatasaray’s Champions League match away to Sporting on Sept. 9.
  • The match will begin at 10 p.m. Turkey time at Lisbon’s José Alvalade Stadium.
  • Eskås previously refereed Galatasaray’s 1-0 home defeat by Young Boys.

Norwegian referee Espen Eskås will take charge of Galatasaray’s away match against Sporting in the first week of the UEFA Champions League.

The game will be played on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon and will start at 10 p.m. Turkey time. Jan Erik Engan and Alf Olav Rossland will serve as assistant referees, with Sigurd Kringstad appointed as the fourth official.

Germany’s Christian Dingert will work in the video assistant referee room, assisted by Belgium’s Bram Van Driessche. Eskås has previously refereed Galatasaray’s home match against Young Boys, which Galatasaray lost 1-0.

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