With Kuipers, Real Madrid has achieved 5 victories in 8 games. Among others, the Lisbon Final against Atlético de Madrid
Björn Kuipers, in charge of refereeing the Liverpool-Real Madrid tonight at Anfield Road could be classified as a “collegiate talisman”, both for Los de Zidane and for those of Klopp and, for this, since both teams have done quite well with him when this Dutch referee, international since 2006, has crossed their respective paths.
Considering what is data and only that, tonight will be the eighth time that this referee takes charge of a Real Madrid match and, so far, the balance has been more than positive, since the whites register a total of five wins, some of them of utmost importance, such as the one registered in Lisbon, on May 20, 2014, in which the merengue team was proclaimed European champion for the tenth time in its history, in an exciting final in which they beat Atlético de Madrid, with the goal of Sergio Ramos absent today in the minute. 92:48.
Madrid’s only defeat that counts to its credit was in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals of the 2012/2013 season, against Borussia Dortmund by a certain Robert Lewandowski. That night, the Whites relived a nightmare in Germany and were defeated 4-1.
He is not a referee nor of bad memories for him Liverpool as He has refereed them in up to six games with a balance very similar to that of Real Madrid. Four wins, one draw and only one loss, which is not of bitter memory for them. That defeat was 3-0 at the Camp Nou, the prelude to the historic comeback against Barça at Anfield in the 2018/2019 season in which the English would end up lifting the title at the Wanda Metropolitano after defeating Tottenham.
Kuipers will be assisted by his compatriots Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra.
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