Anthony Taylor will referee the quarterfinal match between Spain and Germany

England's Anthony Taylor will referee this Friday's Euro 2024 quarter-final between Spain and hosts Germany at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Stuttgart on Friday from 18.00 CET.
Taylor will be assisted on the sidelines by his compatriots Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn, the fourth official will be Slovakian Ivan Kruzliak and the VAR will also be English Stuart Attwell along with Polish Bartosz Frankowski and Italian Massimiliano Irrati.
Born in Wythenshawe on October 20, 1978 and an international since 2013, he will referee his third match in the current European Championship, after the Netherlands-France (0-0) and Ukraine-Belgium (0-0) and being the fourth official in the Spain-Croatia (3-0).
Taylor is the referee who officiated the Nations League final between Spain and France at the Giuseppe Meazza in Milan on October 10, 2021, in which the French side won 1-2 with a controversial goal by Kylian Mbappe.
He also refereed 'la Roja' in the friendlies in which they beat Argentina 6-1 in March 2017 and Wales in October of the same year (1-4) and in the defeat in an official match in Sweden (2-1) in September 2021.
Taylor was the referee of the Europa League final between Sevilla and Roma in Budapest in which the Andalusian team won the title after a penalty shootout, or the referee of the 2023 Club World Cup final in which Real Madrid defeated Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia 5-3.