We already know the referee who will blow the whistle in the second semifinal of League of Nations who can face Spain in the view of Italy. The semifinal of the previous edition was re-released where the selection of Luis Enrique they beat the hosts 1-2.
Meeting to be led by the Slovenian international Slavko Vincic who is considered one of the best referees in Europe. He was a member of the UEFA Elite group in the past Qatar World Cup where he whistled on debut against eventual world champions Argentina Saudi Arabia.
Age 42, at the beginning of the pandemic of covid He was arrested for allegedly being linked to an international network of prostitution, drug trafficking, and arms trafficking. He was involved in a raid on bosnian but it later proved to be a mistake.
Spain has yet to win against Vincic
This season, he whistled 11 matches, including 5 in the Champions League, two in the Europa League or two in the last World Cup where, in addition to Argentina’s premiere, he whistled the clash between Wales and England. Regarding Spain, we have the earliest precedent in Spain’s 2021 Euro Cup debut where they drew 0-0 at Isla de la Cartuja. The previous one was in a friendly against Colombia in 2017 where the match ended in a draw.
Quite the opposite of Italy which never asked Slovenian. They beat Belgium 1-2 in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Euro Cup. Before that, they beat Bulgaria 0-2 in qualifying for the last World Cup in Qatar and the first was 2-0 against Albania in qualifying for the World Cup in Russia
Istvan Kovacs will blow the whistle tomorrow in the first semifinal of the League of Nations
Romanian Istvan Kovacs will whistle tomorrow in the first semifinal between Netherlands-Croatia. His appointment comes just days after refereeing Saturday’s Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan. Meeting where he acted as the fourth referee for Pole by Simón Marciniak. Kovacs was in fact the favorite to replace the Pole if UEFA did not include the referee after learning of his involvement in an action in Warsaw of a xenophobic nature. Something that Marciniak ended up apologizing for.
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.
This will be the third game calling for the Netherlands. The previous two ended in victory and draw. This is also the second time he has whistled for Croatia and the first one ended in victory. Germans Bastian Dankert and Soren Storks (GER) are on VAR
Source: La Verdad
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