he has already managed Marseille to the round of 16 « Bergamo and Sport

The Romanian referee of Magyar ethnicity has already directed Marseille in the second leg of the round of 16 in Villarreal (or Vila-Real) (3-1 Spanish, but Provençal poker in the first leg) last March 14th Istvan Kovacsdesignated by UEFA for the Europa League final between Atalanta And Bayer Leverkusenscheduled for next Wednesday 22 May at the Aviva Stadium-Dublin Arena in Dublin.

An unprecedented whistle for Gian Piero’s Bergamo players Gasperini but not for the Rhinelands, curiously directed twice out of two against Porto. 3-1 victory at Dragao (Alario, Demirbay, the future Chelsea and Arsenal Kai Havertz and for the locals Marega) in the return playoffs in the same competition on 27 February 2020, when Peter Bosz was on the bench, and the 0- 3 at the BayArena (Galeno and Taremi’s brace) in the Champions League group on 12 October 2022 with the current coach Xabi Alonso in the saddle.

Kovács has also taken charge of eight UEFA Champions League matches this season, including the quarter-final second leg between Barcelona and Paris-St Germain. This will be his second European club competition final, having refereed the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final between Roma and Feyenoord in Tirana. The physical education teacher from Carei, not far from the Hungarian border but closer to Austria, district of Satu Mare, region of Transylvania, almost three times the size of Bergamo but with just over a sixth of inhabitants, will blow out 40 candles on the 16th September.