The video distributed by Istvan Kovacs, from the locker room, 50 minutes before the Dinamo match
Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – published on Friday, May 16, 2025 21:20 / Updated on Friday, May 16, 2025 21:45
Istvan Kovacs (40 years old), the Romanian referee who will lead the Champions League final, distributed a clip on the social networks just 50 minutes before leading the Center the match Dinamo – U Clujfrom the penultimate round of the play-off.
Istvan Kovacs will arbitrate the final of the Champions League, between Inter and PSG, which will be played in Munich on May 31. It will be the third European final led by the Romanian “central”. He also arbitrated a final in the Europa League (2024) and one in Conference League (2022).
VIDEO. The video posted by Istvan Kovacs before Dinamo – U Cluj
Until then, Istvan Kovacs was delegated to Dinamo – U Cluj, a match with implications for European cups. 50 minutes before the match, directly from the National Arena, distributed on the Instagram social network a clip with Pierluigi Collina, the head of the referees. In the video, Collina was talking about stopping the aggressions to which an arbitrator is subjected.
“I want to propose to do something for a stop violence. Physical and verbal violence, directed in the direction of referees. Especially against the referees. It is something that has become unbearable and it is time to take an attitude to stop it. It is enough,” says the hill in the clip distributed by Kovacs.
It has no connection with the Romanian football with the Romanian arbitration. The Romanian arbitration cannot make an image of Romanian football. I mean, when you take after you, we do not know what for Romanian football … no! Make the image of Romania and the Romanian arbitration. He is an ambassador of Romania. The image of Romanian football increases through results.
– Gigi Becali, about the delegation of Istvan Kovacs at Inter – PSG
