Istvan Kovacs, the pride of Romanian refereeing: delegation to another big match in the Champions League

Istvan Kovacs (40 years old) is not only highly regarded by UEFA, but it can be said that he is even on an upward trend from a professional point of view. Although this football season has just started, the Romanian has already played enough international games in the Champions League, in the Europa League preliminaries and in the Nations League.

Istvan Kovacs. PHOTO: The Truth Archive

In the biggest interclub competition in the world, the UEFA Champions League, Istvan Kovacs was at the center in the match Real Madrid – Dortmund (5-2), played on October 22. And, according to Agerpres, he just received another stellar delegation from the European forum.

Istvan Kovacs will lead the match between Inter Milan and Arsenal, which will take place on Wednesday, from 22:00, at San Siro, in the fourth stage of the Champions League. Assistant referees were appointed Mihai Marica and Ferencz Tunyogy, and the fourth official will be Horatiu Feşnic. German Christian Dingert was delegated video referee, and Cătălin Popa was nominated video assistant referee.

Both Inter Milan and Arsenal have 7 points after three stages and occupy the 7th and 9th places, respectively.