The UEFA press service has announced that the Ukrainian refereeing team has been appointed for the first match of the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League between "Paphos" and "Maccabi", which will take place on Tuesday, July 22.
Nikolai BalakinIt is reported that Nikolai Balakin will be the main referee of the match. His assistants are Alexander Berkut and Dmitry Zaporozhenko. The fourth official is Vitaly Romanov.
A VAR system will also be in operation at the match. The main VAR referee is Viktor Kopievsky, and the VAR assistant referee is Alexey Derevinsky.
Remember, the winner of the pair "Paphos" - "Maccabi", according to today’s draw, will meet in the third qualifying round with the best team from the pair "Dynamo" - "Hamrun Spartans".
