Cuneyt Çakir is set to officiate the clash between Juventus and Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals (Tuesday, 8:45pm CEST). It will be the ninth time the Turkish referee takes charge of a Whites game in the competition.



He has already officiated one match involving the European champions this season. It came in the group stages against Tottenham (3-1). Last season he was in charge of the clash with Napoli in Italy (1-3) and the semi-final meeting between Atlético and Real Madrid (2-1). In the 2015-16 campaign, he oversaw Malmö-Real Madrid 0-2) in the group stage and the first leg of the semi-finals between Manchester City and Real Madrid (0-0).



He also officiated for the Whites in the Champions League group stages in 2012-13 against Dortmund at the Bernabéu (2-2) and the second leg of the last-sixteen in Manchester against United (1-2). In 2011-12, he refereed Real Madrid-Lyon (4-0), also in the group stages.