The “central” Istvan Kovacs, 40 years old, arbitrates on Wednesday, from 10 pm, Real Madrid-Manchester City, the match of the moment in football, the incendiary return of the Champions League play-off. In the tour, in England, Real won 3-2, although City led by 1-0 and 2-1.
Istvan Kovacs
Istvan Kovacs, the best -rated Romanian referee, was delegated by UEFA to the match of the week in the Champions League. He will be at the center on “Santiago Bernabeu” in the match where Guardiola’s students will try to overthrow the defeat in the tour.
Kovacs will be assisted by assistants Mihai Marica and Ferencz Tunyogi, and the fourth official will be a fennel. In the Var room will be located, from the Netherlands, Paulus von Boekel and Rob Dieperink, FRF announces.
For Kovacs, it will be for the third time when it is involved in a duel between the two teams. In 2022, in the UCL semifinals, he was at the center in the match won by Manchester City, 4-3. Then, a year later, he was reserved at the same duel, when Szymon Marciniak was at the center.
Kovacs is international with full rights for FIFA in 2018 and UEFA elite referee in 2019.
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