Finally, when you search, you find… Elite Spanish referee Carlos del Tero Grande will officiate the “eternal” derby next Sunday (04.09, 21:00) at Apostolos Nikolaidis, on the 4th game day of the playoffs.

The 47-year-old Iberian referee replaced Croat Fran Jovic, who declared himself unfit, citing injury. Del Tero Grande became an international in 2013 and the first major tournament of his career was Euro 2020 at the national team level and in 2019 he was a VAR in the US-Netherlands Women’s World Cup Final.

Announcement:

“Following the announcement of referee Fran Jovic, who was originally assigned to the Panathinaikos-Olympiacos match in the context of the 4th round of the Super League playoffs with KED, the Central Referee Committee is obliged to proceed with the immediate replacement of the refereeing team.

The Croatian international referee revealed on Thursday afternoon and after the rulings were handed over that due to his injury, he would not be available for the match in question.

After personal contacts between the chief referee Steve Bennett and the head of refereeing of UEFA Roberto Rosetti, the referee of the match Panathinaikos – Olympiacos will be a Spaniard, elite class Referee: Carlos DEL CERRO GRANDE

A. Referee 1: Guadalupe PORRAZ AUSO A. Assistant 2: Gonzalo GARCIA GONZALEZ VAR: Alejandro HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ

The referee in question, although initially, as the Spanish federation informed the EPO, was unavailable due to his obligations next Friday as a VAR in his national league, after consultation between the two federations and UEFA, he finally accepted the offer and will replace Fran Jovic , who, due to disability, will not be able to manage Panathinaikos – Olympiacos.

Source: RES-IPE