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Written by Nathan Mattick


Friday 7th August

Manchester City v Real Madrid

Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referees: Mark Borsch (GER) and Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:  Marco Fritz (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Danilo Filacchione (ITA)

Juventus v Olympique Lyonnais 

Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referees: Thorsten Schiffner (GER) and Marco Achmueller (GER)
Fourth Official: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Blackbourne (ENG)

Saturday 8th August 

FC Barcelona v SSC Napoli 

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referees: Bahattin Duran (TUR) and Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
Video Assistant Referee: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ali Palabiyik (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)
UEFA Delegate: Nils Fisketjonn (NOR)

FC Bayern München v Chelsea FC 

Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hațegan (ROU)
Assistant Referees: Octavian Șovre (ROU) and Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis (CYP)
UEFA Delegate: Philippe Prudhon (FRA)

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