Celtic's opening Europa League game against Ferencvaros will be refereed by a rookie, 31-year-old who once made five mistakes in one game in a Croatian Cup tie.
The Hoops begin the league phases of the competition with a tricky test against the Hungarian outfit at home.
Croatian whistler Patrik Kolaric will be the man in the middle for tonight's encounter and it will be his first-ever game at this level in the Europa League.
But he hit the headlines in his own country earlier this year after a chaotic Croatian Cup quarter final showdown between Rijeka and Hajduk Split.
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The Croatian FA ruled he had made a total of five major errors in the goalless draw.
Kolaric failed to send off Hajduk player Roni Racia for denying a promising goal-scoring opportunity and teammate Ante Rebic for violent conduct.
He then made three mistakes in penalty calls, where two of them were eventually overturned by VAR.
Croatian FA's head of the refereeing, Bertrand Layec, apologised to Rijeka and the young ref was not awarded any games the following week.
However, he has returned to action and has already taken charge of two Europa Conference League games this season and has flashed two red cards in his last four games.
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