Matteo Simone Trefoloni is a top Italian

Italy

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 football referee, who has refereed many UEFA Cup

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 matches in recent years. He became well known to Scottish football fans when he controversially sent Rangers

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 goalkeeper Allan McGregor

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 off in a UEFA Cup

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 against Hapoel Tel Aviv played on 22 February 2007.

Trefoloni returned to Scotland on 17 September 2008 to take charge of the match between Celtic

Celtic F.C.

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 and Aalborg

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 in the UEFA Champions League. He once again courted controversy, when he sent off Aalborg defender Michael Beauchamp

Michael Beauchamp

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, despite the Australian not being the culprit of the foul that had been awarded.
Trefoloni consequently was demoted from the Elite to the Premier category by UEFA.