Merk set for Stamford Bridge
UEFA have appointed one of their top referees to take charge of the first leg of Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final against Liverpool.
Markus Merk will be the man in the middle at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday in a repeat of the controversial last-four clash in 2005.
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