This Wednesday, Tottenham will face AC Milan, the Italian giant in their Champions League fixture to reach the next level. However, in the match, the London side will be in a small disadvantage as they will have to overturn their one-goal disadvantage against AC Milan.
Now, if you are a fan of either of these teams, you should know that Clement Turpin, an experienced match official will take charge of the match as the on-field referee. The ref is FIFA listed since 2010 and he has the experience of officiating two world cup matches and two Euro cup matches. He was in charge of the Euro 2021 final. He has also been in charge of the CL final of 2022.
Tottenham Vs Milan: Clement Turpin:
Clement Turpin was the referee of 542 games in his career so far. He has been the referee for 257 French League games and forty Champions League games. However, Turpin has officiated only three Tottenham games and Spurs only won one among these games.
This will be a tough match for Turpin as Tottenham and Milan, the two teams have had some bitter encounters in the past. Once it was so out of the line that the then Tottenham coach almost threw blows with then Milan player Gennaro Gattuso.
This Wednesday night is going to be the third time for Turpin to officiate a Milan game as well. Previously he officiated rossoneri matches when they were facing Porto and Arsenal in their previous CL and Europa League games.
In these three games that Turpin officiated Tottenham only won once losing in the other two encounters. They Tottenham team received five bookings in these three matches from the referee. However, Milan has not done great either. The red and blacks from Italy lost one of their two matches officiated by Turpin, and ended up drawing the other game.