The final match of the UEFA Cup will be judged by Graham Polell

The final match of the UEFA Cup between the Moscow CSKA and the Portuguese "Sporting", which will be held on Wednesday in Lisbon at the Zhose Alvalada stadium, will be judged by the English referee Graham Polle.

Earlier, the 41-year-old sales manager from the suburbs of London never served the finals of tournaments under the auspices of UEFA. Paulla will help his compatriots - Linesmen Glenn Turner and Mike Tinja. Steve Bennett was appointed the fourth referee.

“I am immensely happy,” said Polle in an interview with UEFA.com . “In England, you try to achieve a large competition, such as the Cup of the country. When the goal is fulfilled, your main task is to add from the game to the game, and the rest is already for the sweet. This season has developed very well for me, and the UEFA Cup final is excess of this.”

Polle worked as an arbitrator on the line for five years, in 1991 he became the chief judge, and in 1993 he debuted in the Premier League. Three years later, the Englishman received the degree of an arbitrator of the international category and in the same year worked at the European Championship among young men (up to 16 years old) in Austria.

Polel sued two fights of the final part of Euro 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands, after which it began to regularly invite it to the highest level matches. In his homeland, the referee served the fights of national championship and the finals of cup tournaments.

“Usually, I do not feel unrest before the matches, but a couple of hours before this game, the nerves will probably still make yourself felt,” Poll admitted. “But I don’t think it is so bad. If you are able to control your emotions, it can give you strength to work out so that the game will be honest and deliver joy to all the audience.”

In the 2003/04 season, Paulla was entrusted to judge four meetings of the Champions League and one UEFA Cup. He also served a butt match of Euro 2004 between Spain and Norway. This season, the Englishman succeeded six champions League Games, starting from the matches of the qualifying round and ending with the playoffs of the playoffs. In addition, he worked at the meeting of the qualifying campaign of the World Cup -2006 Latvia - Portugal.