UEFA named the refereeing team for the first match of the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League between Dynamo Kyiv and the Austrian Sturm, which will be held next Wednesday, August 3, in Polish Lodz fights).
Francois Letexier. Photo - GettyAll judges represent France. The main referee of the upcoming match will be 33-year-old Francois Letexier. Cyril Munier and Medi Ramuni will help him on the lines. The fourth official is Jeremy Stinat.
Letexier has been a FIFA referee since 2017. For all the time he has already worked in 40 international fights. The Frenchman will officiate the Champions League match for the seventh time in his career.
The last international match in which Letexier worked was the meeting of the League of Nations of the division "A" Czech Republic - Spain (2: 2), which took place on June 5 this year.
Letexier has not previously served matches involving Dynamo Kyiv, but this referee is familiar with Ukrainian football. In the 2020/21 season, the Frenchman was the main referee of the match of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League between the Israeli "Maccabi" from Tel Aviv and Donetsk "Shakhtar" (0:2).
As for the degree of severity of the chief referee of the meeting between Dynamo and Sturm, Letexier shows an average of 4 yellow cards per match, and removals are noted in approximately every third match. With about the same frequency, the Frenchman awards a penalty.
Job statistics Francois Letexier at international matches
