A Ukrainian team of referees will have the opportunity to officiate the first match of the second qualification round of the Champions League 'Paphos' (Cyprus) – 'Maccabi' T-A (Israel), which will take place on July 22. This was reported by 'Glaikom' referring to the official UEFA website.
The main referee will be Mykola Balakin. His line assistants will be Oleksandr Berkut and Dmytro Zaporozhenko. The fourth official is Vitaliy Romanov.
The VAR system will be overseen by Oleksiy Derevinsky and Viktor Kopyevsky.
Interesting prospect for the winner
Interestingly, the winner of the 'Paphos' - 'Maccabi' pair will meet in the third qualification round of the Champions League with the best team from the 'Dynamo' - 'Hamrun Spartans' match, according to the draw.
Recall that the potential opponents of 'Dynamo' in the Champions League qualification have become known.
Third round of the Conference League qualification
'Alexandria' (Ukraine)/'Partizan' (Serbia) - 'Midtjylland' (Denmark)/'Hibernian' (Scotland)
'Polissya' (Ukraine)/'Santa Coloma' (Andorra) - 'Paks' (Hungary)/'Maribor' (Slovenia)
'St. Patrick's' (Ireland)/'Nõmme Kalju' (Estonia) - 'Beşiktaş' (Turkey)/'Shakhtar' (Ukraine)
The matches of the third qualification round of the Conference League will take place on August 7 and 14. The winners of the pairs will advance to the playoff round, and the clubs that lose will finish their European cup campaigns.
Ukrainian referees have the opportunity to demonstrate their professionalism in the Champions League match, and the winners will meet potential opponents of 'Dynamo' in the next qualification round.