Ukrainian referees will work at the 1/8 final match of the Europa League.


A Ukrainian refereeing team will officiate the 1/8 final match of the Europa League.
The main referee will be Mykola Balakin, with his assistants Oleksandr Berkut and Dmytro Zaporizhenko.
The fourth official will be Vitalii Romanov, and VAR assistant Marco Di Bello will be performed by Viktor Kopiyevskyi.
Today, Champions League matches will also take place. Benfica will play Barcelona, and Bayern will face Bayer. The match between PSG and Liverpool will also be interesting.
Champions League match schedule (March 5)
- Feyenoord - Inter (starts at 19:45)
- Bayern - Bayer (starts at 22:00)
- PSG - Liverpool (starts at 22:00)
- Benfica - Barcelona (starts at 22:00)
All matches will be broadcast live by the media service Megogo.
The 1/8 finals of the Champions League will take place on March 4-5 and 11-12, the quarter-finals on April 8-9 and 15-16, the semi-finals on April 29-30 and May 6-7. The tournament final will be held on May 31 in Munich.
The clubs of Lunin and Zinchenko secured victories in the first matches of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has stripped some athletes of their sports titles. Mykola Tymoshchuk and Serhii Karyakin were stripped of the titles 'Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine' and 'Master of Sports of Ukraine', while Kakha Kaladze lost his title of 'Master of Sports of Ukraine of international class'.
Rower Larysa Zhalinska was stripped of the titles 'Master of Sports of Ukraine of international class' and 'Master of Sports of Ukraine'.
The title 'Master of Sports of Ukraine' was stripped from the Chernivtsi karateka Yevhen Pyliypyuk, who did not return to Ukraine after the tournament in Venice, as well as his wife Daria Pyliypyuk.
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