The referee who will blow the whistle this Tuesday for the match between real Madrid and the Borussia Dortmund of the Champions League. Third clash of the current and new edition of the Champions League and this is a replay of the last final at Wembley Stadium.
The match will be whistled by the Romanian international referee Istvan Kovacs. At 40 years old, he is one of the best considered in Europe and is within the UEFA ELITE group. It has been international since 2010.
This season was their first match in the Champions League where they reached the quarterfinals in the second leg with a 1-4 victory of PSG he is new Barcelona. Before, in the round of 16, Inter scored a narrow victory. Milan he is new Atlético de Madrid for 1-0.
The Romanian is the fourth referee in the Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan of the 2022-2023 season. And then he was selected for the Nations League semifinal where Spain did not play.
This is the third time he whistled at Real Madrid in Europe with a balance of one victory and one defeat. The last time was in the white team’s 2-5 win against Liverpool in the first leg of the round of 16 of the 2022-2023 season. The first date was back in the first leg of the semifinals of the 2021-2022 campaign when they lost to Manchester City 4-3 in England.
It is also the a third time he whistled at the Germans in Europe, and the first two ended in success. The latter was the last season in the group stage with a 1-3 victory over Milan. The former came from the group stage of the 2021-2022 season when the Germans won 1-2 at the Zenit stadium in Saint Petersburg. Surprisingly, he hadn’t whistled at them at home until now. The Dutchman is on VAR Erwin Blanko.
Source: La Verdad
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