Atkinson to referee Juventus v Real Madrid

The 41-year-old English referee has already overseen games involving both Champions League semi-finalists in this season’s competition

Uefa has revealed Martin Atkinson will take charge of Tuesday’s Champions League clash between Juventus and Real Madrid .

The English referee will be a familiar face to the two sets of players, as the 41-year-old has overseen continental clashes involving both semi-finalists this season.

Atkinson was the man in the middle for Juventus’ 3-2 win over Olympiakos in Turin during the group stage, while he also officiated Madrid’s 2-0 win at Schalke in the first leg of the Spanish club’s last-16 tie.

The Bradford native, who has refereed a total of six games in this season’s Champions League, was most recently involved in Bayern Munich’s 6-1 rout of Porto in the second leg of their quarter-final.

Former English referee chief Keith Hackett branded Atkinson “incompetent” after he controversially sent off Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic for pushing Burnley’s Ashley Barnes earlier this season after a potentially dangerous tackle from the latter player.

Atkinson will be assisted in Italy by Michael Mullarkey and Stephen Child.

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