UEFA appointed Russian representative by Shakhtar match in the Champions League

Serb Milorad Mazhich moved to Russia and signed a contract with the Russian Federation after the war in Ukraine. At Shakhtar - Antwerp match, he will control the work of the entire judicial team. The Serbian football referee Milorad Mazhich, who was headed by the Russian Football Union (RFS) last summer, will work in the next match of Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League against Belgian Antwerp.

The match of the second round of the Champions League will take place in the Antwerp Arenalesstadion arena on Wednesday, October 4, at 19:45. Information on the appointment of Mazhich is published on the website of the European Football Union (UEFA) former Arbiter FIFA, 50-year-old Serb Mazhich will monitor the work of a judicial brigade from Slovenia, headed by Rade Obrenovich. The judicial brigade includes Linsmen Yuri Praprotnik and Greg Cordezh, the fourth arbiter will be Slavko Vinych.

Also on the game "Antwerp" - "Shakhtar" involves the system of video relevant, which will be controlled by Netz Kaitazovich. UEFA delegate was assigned to this match Jana Willem van Dop from the Netherlands. Mazich was one of the strongest Serbian arbitrators. In his track record, work in two world championships in 2014 and 2018. In 2018, he, in particular, judged the Champions League finals.

In 2022, after the start of a full -scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mazhich moved to Russia and headed the Department of Judicial RFS, signing a contract for two years, with the possibility of extending for another year. We will remind, in the first match of the group stage "Shakhtar" - "Port" in the German Hamburg the Ukrainian team lost with a score of 1: 3. Antwerp also defeated Barcelona with a score of 0: 5. Earlier, Focus wrote that Shakhtar had decided on a new head coach.