Kuala Lumpur (dpa)
The Asian Football Confederation has confirmed the list of referees for the second leg of the AFC Champions League final between Al Ain and its guest Yokohama at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, next Saturday.
The match will be officiated by Uzbek Ilgis Tantashev, who is considered one of the most prominent referees of the AFC. He was among the 74 referees who participated in officiating the Asian Cup matches earlier this year. He also participated regularly during the recent period in managing the AFC Champions League matches and the Asian qualifiers, according to the official website. The Asian Football Confederation.
Assistant referees Andrey Tsabenko and Timur Gayunullin from Uzbekistan will also participate in managing the match, along with their compatriots Rustam Latfulin, fourth referee, and Singer Shaisupov, reserve assistant referee.
He joins the team of referees in the “VAR” video operations room, the Chinese Fu Ming as an assistant video referee, and the Thai Sivakoron Bo-Odom as an assistant video referee.
The first leg, which was held at Yokohama International Stadium on May 11, was officiated by a Qatari team of referees, including arena referee Salman Ahmed Falahi, who participated in many major tournaments, including the Asian Cup earlier this year and the FIFA Youth World Cup. 20 years in Argentina in 2023.
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