Referee István Kovács was the central figure in the last game of the Czech national football team at the European Championship in Germany and is receiving a lot of criticism. They also have experience with the Romanian referee in Barcelona, as former coach Xavi had big problems with him in the Champions League playoffs.
After the unpopular Ital Collin, István Kovács could be the next man in Czech football history who will be written down in black letters. The Romanian correctly eliminated Antonín Barák, but then made one controversial decision after another.
After the match, he was also supposed to hug the players and the implementation team in the tunnel, which even coach Ivan Hašek did not understand. They could also say theirs about him in Barcelona, whose farewell to the Champions League this year was managed by István Kovács.
Barcelona then faced PSG and won the first match away 3-2 and led 1-0 in the 12th minute of the second leg. But then Ronald Araújo received a strict red card and everything culminated after the turn to 2:1 in the 56th minute.
Xavi was not happy with the tackle after the play and kicked the advertising banner. Kovács showed the legend of Spanish football a red card and PSG eventually celebrated a 4-1 victory and promotion after the turnaround. Xavi then really got into Kovács.
“There is no point in discussing the match. The referees ruined it all. We cannot be silent, he changed the match. It was a disaster. It’s a shame, we end up in the Champions League due to a referee error,” said the Barcelona coach at the press conference.
In addition, István Kovács showed 18 yellow cards and two red cards in Turkey’s match with the Czech Republic, setting a new infamous European Championship record.
Watch the situation for which Xavi received a red card from Kovács:
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