D. Rumšas appointed to lead the Europa League knockout stages with the brigade

2024-02-14 22:22 © lff.lt

This month, the knockout stage of the UEFA tournaments is starting, and one of the first matches invited to work is the Lithuanian referee brigade.

In the first match of the UEFA Europa League knockout stage in Portugal on February 15, the hosts Lisbon's "Benfica" and the team "Toulouse" from France will meet, with the referee brigade from Lithuania officiating this match.

The main referee will be Donatas Rumšas, the assistants - Aleksandras Radiušas and Dovydas Sužiedėlis, the reserve referee - Robertas Valikonis.

The match at the "Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica" stadium will start at 22:00 Lithuanian time, we remind you that all UEFA Europa League matches can be watched in Lithuania on the VIAPLAY platform.

The Lisbon club started their international season in the Champions League, but finished third in the group stage and had to continue their performance in the Europa League, while the "Toulouse" club started in the Europa League and in the group with "Liverpool" (England), "Union SG" (Belgium) and LASK (Austria) clubs collected 11 points and finished second.