UEFA pick Swiss referee for final

Swiss referee Massimo Busacca will take charge of the UEFA Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona.

According to uefa.com, Busacca has been handpicked by the UEFA Referees Committee to be the referee for Europe's showpiece club competition at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Wednesday.

The Swiss will be a familiar face for both United and Barca as he also officiated both teams in the Champions League Semi-Final, first leg match at Camp Nou last year.

Assistant referees Matthias Arnet and Francesco Buragina also hail from Switzerland as well as the fourth official, Claudio Circhetta.

Busacca, who has been an international referee since 1999, has officiated 77 UEFA matches.

He has taken charge of 32 UEFA Champions League matches, six this season.

Among others, he officiated at the quarter-final return leg between FC Porto and Manchester United in Porto and the knockout round return leg between Panathinaikos FC and Villarreal CF in Athens.

Busacca stats:

- He is a company director and keen skier

- Refereed various top national-team matches, including the EURO 2008 semi-final between Germany and Turkey

- Also officiated the 2006 World Cup Round of 16 match between Argentina and Mexico.
- He also refereed the 2006/07 UEFA Cup final in Glasgow between Espanyol and Sevilla.