Jan Oblak will be aiming for the Champions League semi-finals in Dortmund: Slovenian referee Slavko Vinčić will officiate Atletico’s star and his teammates in Germany
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In Tuesday, the Champions League returns to the scene, with the first-leg matches of the quarter-finals being played. In Catalonia, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain will face off (first leg 3:2), while on the Westfalen, Borussia will host Atletico. The captain of the Slovenian national team, Jan Oblak, and his teammates won the first leg in Madrid with 2:1, meaning that everything is still open before the return match. Interestingly, Jan Oblak will not be the only Slovenian in action in Dortmund.
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has decided that the match between the Germans and the Spaniards will be officiated by referees from Slovenia. The main referee at the legendary Slavko Vinčić stadium in Dortmund, who will be officiating for the first time since March 2018, when he officiated a match between Borussia and RB Salzburg.
The referee from Maribor, who is facing his milestone 30th Champions League match, will be assisted by his compatriots Tomaž Klančnik and Andraž Kovačič (assistant referees), Matej Jug (fourth official), and Nejc Kajtazović and Rade Obrenović, who will be carefully monitoring the proceedings in the VAR room.
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