Like Paris Saint-Germain and Lille, Clément Turpin remains qualified for the rest of the Champions League. The tricolor referee learned that he was appointed to lead one of the shocks of the knockout stages of the competition since he will be at the whistle of the Madrid derby between Atlético and Real, during the first leg which will take place on Tuesday at Metropolitano.
A big piece for the French who will find Real Madrid for the second time in less than a month since it was he who was on the lawn on February 11 during the victory acquired by the Merengue on the lawn of Manchester City (2-3), in the go for the accession to the eighth. And Clément Turpin is now almost a lucky charm for a real who has never lost when he arbitrated him.
A complicated context on the side of Madrid
On Tuesday, it will be the ninth time that the forty-two man will arbitrate will real and until then, Madrid won seven victories and made a draw with Mr. Turpin at the whistle. The latter will have a lot to do in a particularly tense context around the arbitration on the side of Real Madrid. For several weeks, the club of President Florentino Perez has launched a campaign to denounce a so-called relentlessness of Spanish referees against the Merengue.
Even if it is not directly concerned by these controversies, Clément Turpin will inevitably find himself under the spotlight and under the threat of possible disputes of the Real camp. Unless the Frenchman holds all his world and the Madrid derby in the Champions League sauce does not take place without clashes or controversies.
