Champions League final: Live stream, TV channel, odds, how to watch, who is referee Slavko Vincic?

Slovenia’s Slavko Vincic has been appointed as the referee for this season’s UEFA Champions League final, which will see Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid compete for Europe’s top prize at Wembley Stadium on 1 June.

Vincic, 44, will take charge of the match two years after refereeing the 2022 Europa League final in Seville, when Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Rangers on penalties after a 1-1 game. concerns the distribution of cards and penalties this season, which includes games he officiated in various European competitions as well as in his native Slovenia.

Vincic will be assisted by several other referees from Slovenia, as well as referees from France and Italy.

Here’s what you need to know about the referees responsible for the 2024 Champions League final.

How to watch the Champions League final and odds

• Date: Saturday, June 1st | Time: 3pm ET
• Location: Wembley Stadium – London, England
• TELEVISION: CBS | Live broadcast: Paramount+
• Chances: Borussia Dortmund +420; Draw +330; Real Madrid -165

Champions League final broadcast schedule

All times US/East

• Morning Footy, 11am (CBS Sports Golazo Network)
• We Need to Talk, 12:30 p.m. (CBS, Paramount+)
• UEFA Champions League today, 1pm (CBS Sports Golazo Network, Paramount+)
• UEFA Champions League Pre-game today, 1:30 p.m. (CBS, Paramount+)
• CBS Sports Golazo Day, 1:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Golazo Network)
• Borussia Dortmund x Real Madrid, 3pm (CBS, Paramount+)
• UEFA Champions League Today post-match, 5:30pm (CBS Sports Network, Paramount+)
• Result, 5:30 pm (CBS Sports Golazo Network)
• The Champions Club, 6:30 pm (CBS Sports Golazo Network)

Who are the referees?

Vincic will be the first referee, while Slovenians Tomaz Klancnik and Andraz Kovacic will be his assistants. Frenchman François Letexier will be the fourth referee and Cyril Mugnier, another Frenchman, will be the reserve assistant referee.

Another Slovenian, Nejc Kajtazoovic, will be the video assistant referee for the final and compatriot Rade Oblenovic will be the assistant. Italian Massimiliano Irrati was given the responsibility of supporting VAR.

What is the first officer’s record?

Vincic has refereed 23 games this season in Slovenian and European competitions, handing out 91 yellow cards, one red card and two penalties. The vast majority of those yellow cards have come in Slovenia’s Prva Liga, handing out 55 yellow cards in 13 games this season. The two penalties he has scored this season also came in Slovenia’s top flight.

He has been assigned to five Champions League matches this season, handing out 19 yellow cards in the process. Vincic has already refereed two knockout stage games – Bayern Munich’s 3-0 victory over Lazio in the second leg of the round of 16, when three Lazio players were booked, and Dortmund’s 4-2 victory over Atlético de Madrid in the second leg of the game. quarter-final, when he also handed out three yellow cards.

What happened in the last final commanded by the first referee?

Vincic took charge of the 2022 Europa League final, which Frankfurt won on penalties over Rangers. Fortunately, that match had more to do with the players than the referee, as Vincic only handed out two yellow cards to Rangers players and the only penalties of note were shootouts.