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Date: 29/04/2001 No. 62 - 2001

Referee appointed for UEFA Champions League semi-final

Hugh Dallas of to handle Tuesday’s match at Santiago Bernabéu stadium

UEFA has appointed the match officials for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid CF and FC Bayern München, to be played on Tuesday 1 May in the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, kicking-off at 20.45 CET.

43-year-old Scottish referee Hugh Dallas has been assigned to the game and his team is completed by Jim McBride and Jim Dunne, Assistant Referees, plus Stuart Dougal, who will act as Fourth Official.

Hugh Dallas made his international debut at a UEFA Cup match between Aalborg BK and Deportivo La Coruña in Denmark on 14 September 1993. Curiously, his third international game was outside Europe – a friendly between the USA and Bolivia played in…Dallas.

He was back in the United States for the 1996 Olympic Tournament and handled the Belgium v Mexico and Italy v France matches during the 1998 World Cup finals. At EURO 2000, he handled the Turkey v Italy and Norway v Yugoslavia matches.

Hugh Dallas has been the referee of five UEFA Champions League matches this season, among them Real Madrid CF’s fixture against RSC Anderlecht in the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. Two weeks ago, he was the referee of the UEFA Cup semi-final in Germany, when 1. FC Kaiserslautern were defeated 4-1 by the Spanish finalists, Deportivo Alavés.

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