ExclusiveChampions League: "I advised Clément Turpin (referee) to remain as natural as possible" (M. Vautrot)

"The UEFA Referees Committee has appointed Clément Turpin (FRA) to referee the 2022 UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool FC (Premier League) and Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander), which takes place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis (Paris), France, on Saturday 28/05/2022 at 21:00 CET," announced the European body on 11/05/2022.

Clément Turpin will be the sixth Frenchman to referee the final of the most prestigious European Cup, after Robert Héliès (1972), Michel Kitabdjian (1975), Robert Wurtz (1977), Georges Konrath (1982) and Michel Vautrot (1986).

1986-2022: it has been 36 years since a French referee has officiated this major European event. Clément Turpin, who has just turned 40, phoned his distant predecessor Michel Vautrot, who was the same age in May 1986. To share his joy and not to ask him for advice: "I told him that it was up to him to give me some advice, so that I could understand modern refereeing, which has changed so much. The only advice I gave him was to remain as natural as possible, even if it is very difficult in this type of match," said Michel…