Romanian Kovacs whistled Barcelona-PSG

We already know the referee who will blow the whistle this coming Tuesday for the crucial clash against PSG within Olympic Stadium by Lluís Company. The first Champions League final for the Blaugranas and where they arrived with a 2-3 advantage from the first leg. The match that will be whistled by the Romanian international referee Istvan Kovacs. At 39 years old, he is one of the best considered in Europe and is within the UEFA ELITE group

It is not for nothing that last season they performed fourth in the Champions League final at the interval City of Manchester and Inter Milan. And then he was selected for the Nations League semi-final last summer in which Spain did not play.

This is the second time he has called the Blaugranas in Europe but the first in the Champions League. The previous precedent was in the intermediate round of the Europa League of the 2021-2022 season when they drew 1 at the Camp Nou Stadium with Naples. It will be the third, however, with PSG having a record so far of defeat (4-1 this season against Newcastle in its Champions League group stage) and one victory (5-0 in Galatasaray in the group stage of the Champions League in November 2019)

This season is their seventh match in Europe this season, five of them so far in the Champions League and one in European League, and the fourth is a Spanish team. Two of the previous three are definitely in the Champions League. First was the clash between Arsenal and Sevilla in London which ended in a 2-0 victory for the English team. And then Atlético de Madrid’s recent loss against Inter 1-0 in the first leg of the round of 16. Last was Villarreal’s home win against Olympique de Marseille 3-1 but that was not enough to advance to the quarterfinals. The German is on VAR Marco Fritz.