MOSCOW, Aug 5 football federation Mehmet Buyukeksi, quoted by Anadolu agency. «He represented our country twice in the world championships and three times in the European championships. He refereed the semi-finals of the Champions League three times, worked in the final of the Champions League in 2015. He represented Turkish football in many tournaments. I hope we will be able to organize a farewell match for our teacher. We want to conduct it properly. I would like to thank Cuneyt Çakir for all the work he has done. I wish him good luck in his future work,» Büyükekshi said, noting that despite the many proposals from Abroad, Chakyr plans to improve the skills of referees in Turkey. Chakyr is 45 years old, he judged the 2015 Champions League final Barcelona — Juventus (3: 1), the 2018 World Cup semi-final in Russia between the national team Croatia and England (2: 1), the semi-finals of the 2014 World Championship Netherlands — Argentina (0: 0, 2: 4 on penalties). Also at the 2014 World Cup, Chakyr served in the final group stage match between the national teams of Russia and Algeria (1: one). In the 2010/11 season of the Champions League, he worked at the meetings Rubin — Barcelona (1: 1), Chelsea — Spartak (4: 1), and in the 2018/19 season — at the CSKA game — «Roma» (1:2).
