EURO semi-final referees appointed
Monday, June 25, 2012
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Turkey's Cüneyt Çakır and Frenchman Stéphane Lannoy have been appointed to take charge of the UEFA EURO 2012 semi-finals in Donetsk and Warsaw respectively.
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UEFA has announced the referee teams for this week's UEFA EURO 2012 semi-final encounters.
Turkish referee Cüneyt Çakır will take charge of the first semi-final between Portugal and Spain in Donetsk on Wednesday. He will be accompanied by assistant referees Bahattin Duran and Tarik Ongun, and additional assistant referees Hüseyin Göcek and Bülent Yildirim – all from Turkey – and Damir Skomina (Slovenia) will be fourth official.
Frenchman Stéphane Lannoy has been appointed to referee the second semi-final between Germany and Italy in Warsaw on Thursday. The rest of the referee team comprises Lannoy's compatriots Frédéric Cano and Michael Annonier as assistants, and Fredy Fautrel and Ruddy Buquet as additional assistant referees. Howard Webb (England) has been named fourth official.