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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Real Madrid-Liverpool: who is the referee for the Champions League second-leg tie?

In the only previous meeting with the official, Real Madrid beat Galatasaray 6-0 on Matchday four of the group stage in the 2019-20 season.

11 March 2023, Hamburg: Soccer, 2. Bundesliga, FC St. Pauli - SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Matchday 24, Millerntor-Stadion. Referee Felix Zwayer (r) shows Pauli's Maurides the yellow card. Photo: Axel Heimken/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the requirements of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and the DFB Deutscher Fußball-Bund, it is prohibited to use or have used photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequence pictures and/or video-like photo series. (Photo by Axel Heimken/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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German referee Felix Zwayer will take charge of Real Madrid against Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday 15 March.

In Madrid’s only previous meeting with the official, they beat Galatasaray 6-0 on Matchday four of the group stage in the 2019-20 season.

Zwayer will referee the second leg of the Champions League last-16 tie between Madrid and Liverpool, which takes place at the Santiago Bernabéu, UEFA said on Monday.

Los Blancos lead 5-2 from the first leg at Anfield and will be confident of advancing to the quarter-finals of the competition with such a lead.

The European clash gets underway at 3.00pm ET on Wednesday and we will be providing live text commentary here on AS USA.

Taylor in charge

English official Anthony Taylor will referee Wednesday’s other Champions League match between Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples.

In Taylor’s most recent outing, he sent off Manchester United player Casemiro in United’s 0-0 draw with Southampton on Sunday.