The referee teams that will officiate the matches of Ukrainian clubs in the second round of the UEFA Conference League have become known. According to the official website of the organization, the match between Shakhtar and Polish Legia will be officiated by the Portuguese Gustav Correia. He will be assisted by compatriots Andre Filipe Nogueira Dias and Thiago Costa. Fourth referee - Claudio Pereira. The main VAR will also be the Portuguese Andre Narcisos, and his assistant will be Bruno Esteves. Previously, Correia had not worked at matches of Ukrainian clubs, but in 2023 he officiated the match of the Ukrainian youth team against England in the Euro 2025 U-21 qualification, in which the “blue-yellows” won 3:2. For another match of the day with the participation of the Ukrainian team, in which Dynamo will play away against Turkish Samsunspor, Icelander Ivar Orri Kristjansson was appointed as the chief referee. His assistants will be compatriots Birkir Sigurdarson and Gylfi Mar Sigurdsson, and the fourth referee will be Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson. Austrians Manuel Schuttengrubberg and Alexander Harkam will be in charge of the VAR system.

Before this, Kristjansson had not crossed paths with the Ukrainian team. Both matches will take place on Thursday, October 23. The Shakhtar - Legia match will start at 19:45 Kyiv time, and the starting whistle in the Samsunspor - Dynamo match will sound at 22:00. Let us remind you that Shakhtar figured out the situation with Hemp after an internal investigation. Shakhtar set the transfer price of Maicon for the Brazilians News on Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp.