Game of the second round of the group stage of the Champions League between the English "Manchester City" and the Donetsk "Shakhtar" was entrusted to the team of arbitrators from Portugal.

The main judge of this match is Georges Sousa. Help him will Alvaro Mesquita and Ricardo Santos. The fourth referee of this meeting is Nuno Pereira.

An interesting fact is that the ways of Souza and Shakhtar had already crossed - this referee served the game of "miners" in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League of the season 2015/16 against the Turkish "Fenerbahce", which ended in a goalless draw.

Recall that the confrontation between Manchester City and Shakhtar will be held on September 26, 2017 in England at the stadium "Etihad". The beginning of the game at 21:45 Kiev time. After the 1st round in the assets of both teams, three points scored.