Umut Meler will take cost of England’s last-16 conflict towards Slovakia at Euro 2024 tonight.
The 37-year-old Turkish referee, who has been a FIFA-listed official since 2017 and a member of the UEFA Elite group for 2 years, was the person within the center for Belgium’s group sport towards Slovakia and Poland’s group stage conflict with Austria.
Meler returned to refereeing this yr regardless of being attacked and hospitalised by MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca following a sport within the Turkish Tremendous Lig in December 2023. He sustained a facial fracture and bleeding to the attention, however no everlasting harm.
Meler took cost of Liverpool’s first-leg conflict towards Atalanta within the Europa League in April. Euro 2024 is his first main worldwide match.
See beneath for the officiating crew in full for England vs Slovakia:
Referee: Umut Meler (TUR)
Assistant Referees: Emre Eyisoy (TUR) and Kerem Ersoy (TUR)
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
Assistant VAR 1: Christian Dingert (GER)
Assistant VAR 2: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Fourth official: Rade Obrenovic (SVN)
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What TV channel is it on?
England v Slovakia can be proven on ITV1 with protection beginning at 3.30pm. The match may also be streamed stay on-line through the ITVX platform and app. Yow will discover a full listing of which channel is displaying every match right here.
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