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Who Is The Referee For Arsenal vs PSG In The Champions League Semi-Finals On Tuesday Night?
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Arsenal host PSG in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday evening, and UEFA have confirmed the full set of match officials, with Slavko Vincic set to take charge at the Emirates.
Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal side return to continental action for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final tie against French giants PSG on Tuesday night, where they’ll be aiming to extend their impressive unbeaten run.
The Gunners are now unbeaten in 12 consecutive matches across all competitions and made slight work of the competition’s record winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, prevailing 5-1 on aggregate.
Last time out though, they were held to a 2-2 draw by Crystal Palace in the Premier League, where the North Londoners occupy second place, meanwhile the Parisiens fell to a 3-1 defeat at home to Nice in the French top-flight.
In the grand scheme of things, that result means very little to Luis Enrique and his side, as they have already been crowned Ligue 1 champions. However, it will raise some alarm bells ahead of their trip to the Emirates.
Tuesday night’s clash won’t be the first time that the pair have met this term either. Back on MD3 of the league phase, Arsenal sealed a 2-0 win over Enrique’s men courtesy of goals from Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka.
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Who Is The Referee For Arsenal vs PSG On Tuesday?
- Referee: Slavko Vincic (SLO)
- Assistants: Tomaz Klancnik (SLO) and Andraz Kovacic (SLO)
- Fourth Official: Matej Jug (SLO)
- VAR: Alen Borosak (SLO)
- Assistant VAR: Dennis Higler (NED)
Slavko Vincic 2024/25 Statistics
- Matches: 28
- Yellow Cards: 123
- Red Cards: 3
- Penalties: 8
Slavko Vincic has officiated a total of 28 matches across all competitions this term. The 45-year-old has taken charge of 10 matches in his home nation’s domestic league – the Slovenian Prva Liga – as well as 10 Champions League matches.
Vincic has also been appointed to referee in other nations’ domestic leagues, having refereed twice in the Greek Super League this season, once in the Turkish Super Lig, once in the Saudi Pro League and once in the UAE Pro League.
Across all of his matches this term, the Maribor-born official has brandished 123 yellow cards, which is an average of 4.39 per game, along with three red cards, and has awarded a total of eight penalty kicks.
Notably, he was appointed as the referee for last year’s Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid at Wembley and was also the man in the middle for Rangers’ Europa League final vs Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022.
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Funnily enough, Vincic was the referee for this exact fixture back on MD3, which was also played at the Emirates.
As previously mentioned, the Gunners claimed a 2-0 triumph over the Parisiens in that one thanks to goals from Havertz and Saka, however they’ll have to make do without the former in this one as he remains out injured.
In that match, Vincic handed out a total of two yellow cards. Riccardo Calafiori was booked for Arsenal on the 76-minute mark, and Fabian Ruiz was cautioned for Paris Saint-Germain, also in the 76th minute.