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The referee for our next Champions League match will be Dr Felix Brych of Munich, Germany. This will be his debut in the competition having refereed just one qualifying match last season between IF Elfsborg and Linfield in July of last year. Brych is a doctor in law and wrote his paper about sports, the 33-year old is still single and still lives in the town of his birth. He has been refereeing in top level since 2004 having spent the previous 5 seasons in the lower German leagues. In October 2003 he was invited to referee a game in the Korean K-League. He was awarded his FIFA badge last year and was soon refereeing top flight games. This year one his appointments was England's 2-1 friendly win over Switzerland in February. He then refereed two more friendlies, Poland's 1-1 draw with Macedonia and Holland's 2-0 win over Wales. Last month he was in Kazakhstan for Ukraine's 3-1 World Cup qualifier win. Just over a year ago he refereed VFB Stuttgart's 2-1 German Cup win at SV Wehen Wiesbaden, a match that saw him dish out 5 yellows and 4 reds, with Stuttgart's winner coming from a last minute penalty. Then last month he returned to SV Wehen Wiesbaden for a second tier German league match against MSV Duisburg and he was again getting the cards out with 8 yellows shown, six to the home side. Over the weekend he refereed Borussia's Dortmund's 3-0 win over VFB Stuttgart, only 3 yellows shown in this game, but one of them was to ex-Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann in the Stuttgart goal. Felix has had a book published, titled - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der gemeindlichen Förderung des Berufssports aus rechtlicher Sicht which was a follow up to his sports paper for his degree. His assitants are Volker Wezel and Mark Borsch with Gunter Perl as the fourth official. Some memorable matches involving German officials and Liverpool. 2nd October 1968 (K.Tschenscher) - Emlyn Hughes' first European strike for Liverpool cannot stop Liverpool going out of the Fairs Cup to Athletico Bilbao on the toss of a coin after both legs ended up 2-1 home wins. 28th April 1976 (F.Biwersi) - Liverpool come back from a 2-0 deficit at half time to beat FC Bruges 3-2 in the first leg of the UEFA Cup Final. 31st October 1996 (H.Strampe) - A high scoring Cup Winners' Cup game at Anfield as Sion are beaten 6-3. 5th February 2001 (M.Merk) - Two goals from Michael Owen in Italy saw us win at AS Roma in the 4th round 1st leg of the UEFA Cup. 17th September 2002 (H.Fandel) - Liverpool lose their first game of the Champions League group stage 2-0 to Rafa Benitez' Valencia. 20th March 2003 (M.Merk) - Celtic end Liverpool's participation in the UEFA Cup with a 2-0 second leg win at Anfield. 6th December 2005 (H.Fandel) - A goalless draw at Stamford Bridge ensures we secured top spot in the Champions League group stage. 9th August 2006 (W.Stark) - Bellamy and Gonzalez open their Liverpool accounts with a 2-1 win over Macabbi Haifa. 6th March 2007 (H.Fandel) - Barcelona come away from Anfield 1-0 winners but lose on away goals. 23rd May 2007 (H.Fandel) - AC Milan gain revenge for Istanbul and lift the trophy after a 2-1 win in Athens. 6th November 2007 (M.Merk) - Liverpool achieved the record victory in Champions League history by beating Besiktas 8-0 at Anfield.