Winner of Arsenal to the Emirates last week (0-1), PSG approaches its semi-final return from the Champions League in very favorable tank on Wednesday at the Parc des Princes. To direct this meeting, UEFA appointed a German arbitral body led by Felix Zweyer. An official preceded by a sulphurous reputation.
Aged 43, the latter is a benchmark across the Rhine, with nearly 250 Bundesliga matches on his credit-this weekend again between Leipzig and Bayern-and already 36 outings in the Champions League. It will however be for the interested party a first at the advanced stadium of the competition. And the third time he crosses the road to a PSG which has never lost under his orders.
However, Felix Zweyer drags a troubled past that has earned him a six -month suspension in Germany for corruption. The facts concerning him go back to 2004. Assistant then of the named Robert Hoyzer, he would have closed his eyes to the actions of a referee sentenced in 2005 for scam in an organized gang.
PSG-Arsenal, a referee with a troubled past
Robert Hoyzer admitted to having received money from bettors to influence several results of second and third German divisions. Involved in a game between Wuppertal and the Werder Bremen reserve, Felix Zweyer, for having covered his counterpart, would have received the modest sum of 300 euros …
Since then, the Berlin official has been refurbished, climbing the arbitration levels in Germany to become one of the sizes of his country. He will be associated next Wednesday with Robert Kempter and Christian Dietz, with the fourth referee Harm Osmers, specifies UEFA. Bastian Dankert and Benjamin Brand will be devoted to the video.
