The Swedish Glenn Nyberg is the referee who will manage the eighth-final of the Euro 2024 football between Belgium and France this Monday evening at 6 p.m. But who is this young Swedish referee? We tell you everything!
Who is Glenn Nyberg?
Glenn Nyberg is 35 years old and is a Swedish referee who began his career in 2008. He became an Allsvenskan referee in 2008, then was crowned FIFA referee in 2016. Glenn Nyberg explained, in 2021, that he had been inspired by his father, himself an assistant referee in Sweden.
The France-Belgium referee and Euro 2024
Nyberg has already managed two matches in this Euro, Romania/Ukraine (3-0), in the Red Devils’ group, and Albania/Spain (0-1). An international since 2016, the Swede is officiating for the first time in a major international tournament, but has already managed seven Champions League matches, including the quarter-final first leg between Arsenal and Bayern Munich this season.
The controversy between Glenn Nyberg and Bayern
During this Arsenal-Bayern match, he was strongly criticized by the Bayern coach whose team had been refused a penalty. The situation? On a six-meter kick, Raya sent the ball to his defender Gabriel, positioned a few meters from him, but the latter took the ball in his hand to replace it and hit this six-meter kick himself. The referee had let the game continue without whistling the foul.The referee told our players that it was a “childish mistake” and that he did not want to give a penalty for it in the Champions League quarter-final. It is a horrible explanation.” the coach got carried away.
Glenn Nyberg and the Red Devils
Nyberg will be refereeing a Red Devils match for the first time. The Swede has refereed two Genk matches in Europe: against Dinamo Zagreb in the group stage of the 2021/2022 Europa League (1-1) and against Olympiacos in the 3rd round first leg of the Europa League qualifiers in August 2023 (1-0 defeat). However, he has already officiated a Les Bleus match in November 2021 during a match against Kazakhstan that the French team won 8-0, notably thanks to a quadruple from Mbappé.
A new rule for the Euro
Did you know? This is a new rule for this edition of the Euro: in the event of a dispute or important decisions, the referee can only discuss with the captains of the two teams in play, in this case, for the match between the Blues and the Red Devils, Mbappé and De Bruyne.
