Former referee Mark Clattenburg reveals Michael Oliver had to move his family out of their home after Real Madrid-Juventus in 2018.
The official was targeted after awarding a last-gasp penalty to Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final against Juventus in the 2017-18 campaign.
Former referee Mark Clattenburg reveals Michael Oliver had to move his family out of their home after Real Madrid-Juventus in 2018.
The official was targeted after awarding a last-gasp penalty to Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final against Juventus in the 2017-18 campaign.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who was a Real Madrid player at that time, converted the spot-kick to allow the La Liga giants to qualify for the semi-finals.
Clattenburg has revealed the English official was forced to move his family out of their home after receiving death threats.
“Referees are human. They make mistakes in the heat of the moment,” he wrote in a letter published on the Mail Online.
“I made plenty myself. But there is a line. Unfortunately with social media, that line is crossed all too often.
“Michael Oliver had to move his family out of their home after the game in which Juventus were knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid in 2018.
It’s wrong but until social media companies decide to give a damn, the abuse Mike has suffered will not stop.”