Felix Zwayer will be the referee who will referee Italy’s debut match at Euro2024 against Albania: in Europe he has made many mistakes against Italian teams.
L’Italy is ready to make her debut at the European Championships 2024 as reigning national champions: the first match of Group B will be againstAlbania, today at 9.00 pm, a very important test for Luciano Spalletti. He will be there to direct the match Felix Zwayera referee who in recent years has not awakened pleasant memories for the Italian teams involved in European competitions.
The German referee has a very recent precedent with the Azzurri, dating back to last November: he took charge of the Euro 2024 qualifying match against North Macedonia, where he disallowed Raspadori’s goal for offside and conceded a penalty for a touch hand in the area by Serafimov.
Who is Felix Zwayer, the referee of Italy-Albania
The German referee, born in 1981, has already had several international matches under his belt, including the last Nations League final between Spain and Croatia. Since 2015 he has regularly refereed Champions League matches, where he has played with several Italians during his career, and at the 2018 World Cup in Russia he was chosen by FIFA to carry out the role of VAR. He will be part of the large team of German whistlers who will participate in these European Championships.
Where Italy-Albania will be played at the 2024 European Championships: the stadium of the Azzurri’s first match
In reality his past hides some blemishes: in 2004, when he was just a linesman, he was put under investigation because of the referee Hoyzer, sentenced to two years and five months in prison for having fixed some matches of the German second series in exchange for money, 300 thousand euros in total. Zwayer was banned for six months the following year, when he also admitted involvement in the fix, but in 2009 he was promoted to referee matches in the Bundesliga.
He does not have an idyllic relationship with Italian teams: Sarri’s Juventus remembers this well, being eliminated in 2020 in the round of 16 of the Champions League due to a non-existent penalty kick awarded to Rudi Garcia’s Lyon, while in the last Europa League he managed with many errors in the return match between Brighton and Roma (irrelevant to the Giallorossi’s progress to the first round already archived in the first leg) canceling out a regular goal for Azmoun
The full designation for Italy-Albania
Helping Felix Zwayer will be an entire team from Germany: assistants Stefan Lupp and Marco Achmüller will take the field alongside him, the fourth official will be Daniel Siebert and Bastian Dankert will be present at VAR.
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistants: Stefan Lupp GER Marco Achmüller GER
Fourth official: Daniel Siebert GER
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
