This Friday, UEFA must announce the referee who will finally blow the whistle in the Champions League final on June 10 in Istanbul and who will face City of Manchester and the Inter de Milan. On May 22, UEFA made official the appointment of simon marciniak for this match and after the Pole he was also the referee of the World Cup final.
Xenophobia, homophobia, racism and antisemitism
But everything changed after UEFA learned in recent hours that the Polish referee was present at the event of a far-right party known for its xenophobic, homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic positions. ‘Scandal erupts in Polish media after association report’not again‘ and UEFA opened an investigation into the matter. The investigation could end this Friday with a new referee.
Marciniak was first appointed with his countrymen Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewiczand the Romanian istvan kovacs as the fourth officer.
As MD learned, the Romanian Kovacs he became the top favorite because of his experience and that prompted him to be chosen as the fourth official. The 38-year-old Romanian has whistled five games in the Champions League. One of them in the round of 16 (Liverpool-Real Madrid) and another in the quarterfinals (Milan-Naples). He was also at the last FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco.
But there are two other options to whistle in this game. This is about slovenian Vincic or the german Sibert. In the case of the former, he has his seniority because he is 43 years old. There were five games he coached in the Champions League where he whistled in the round of 16. But in the Europa League he reached the semifinals where he whistled the clash with Germany between Bayer Leverkusen and the Rome.
And another option is German daniel siebert 39 years old. He has whistled two matches in the current Champions League in the group stage. In the Europa League he also whistled in one of the semifinals between Turin Juventus and the Seville. Now it remains to be seen what decision UEFA will make.
Source: La Verdad
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