- Yuri Baskakov
Yuri Baskakov is a Russian football referee. He referees games in Champions League and the
Russian Premier League .He controversially oversaw the Champions League quarter-final in 2007 between
Bayern Munich andAC Milan over the objections of the German club [http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=270955] , who believed that they had suffered against Milan the previous year because of another Russian, Valentin Ivanov's refereeing. Baskakov, according toKarl-Heinz Rummenigge , was too inexperienced to manage the pressure-cooker environment ofSan Siro .The match itself seemed to reflect Rummenigge's concerns, as Baskakov awarded a dubious penalty toKaká after a challenge fromLucio [http://www.goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=271965] . Kaká converted the penalty to put Milan ahead.External links
* [http://www.referee.ru/referees/anketa/referees_anketa_baskakov.htm Profile]
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