​Romanian center Istvan Kovac was not forgiven by the Brazilian press after refereeing the semi-final of the Cheka clubs between Flamengo and Al-Hilal (2-3).

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Flamengo club vice-president attacks Istvan Kovac – “The refereeing was a joke”

Copa Libertadores vice-president Marcos Braz could not get over his team’s failure to reach the Club World Cup final and criticized Istvan Kovac.

“I don’t even want to get into refereeing, but they brought in a referee who didn’t even referee the World Cup. The refereeing was a joke, an absurdity.

I don’t want to justify it, but the Romanian refereeing was shameful. Two penalties were awarded in phases when the opponents did not even possess the ball.

In the extra time of the first half, we had a player sent off for the second yellow card, and the first one was also given as a joke.” he said, reports flaresenha.com.