Gianluca Rocchi assigned to Real Madrid-PSG first leg
The Italian referee was in charge when Zinedine Zidane's side beat Manchester United in the European Super Cup last august.
![Gianluca Rocchi amonesta a Arnold en presencia de Bale durante el Wolfsburgo-Real Madrid de la temporada 2015-2016.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/P6BN5AYPQBO7TIAOBXKWLHKHNI.jpg?auth=1d6aab26614fb3f53db2121f2281e40011ef5c9fd2dbed35e3feaaa34d38c529&width=360&height=203&smart=true)
Italian referee Gianluca Rocchi has been selected to officiate the opening leg of the Champions League tie between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain in the Bernabéu on Wednesday.
The 44-year-old is a protégé of universally admired referee Pierluigi Collina and has been overseeing Champions League games since the 2010-11 season. He has already taken charge of a Madrid game this season, the European Super Cup victory over Manchester United in Skopje in August.
In total, Rocchi has refereed four Madrid fixtures. His most recent was the 5-2 victory over Apoel in the 2012-13 Champions League quarter-finals at the Bernabéu, his only previous match at Real’s home ground. He also oversaw the 1-1 draw with Manchester City in the 2013-14 group stage and the 2-0 defeat at the hands of Wolfsburg in the quarter-finals in 2015-16.
Rocchi has only taken charge of one PSG game, in 2008-09, a 3-1 Champions League group stage defeat by Schalke in Gelsenkirchen.
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