​Istvan Kovac will mark his sixth World Cup delegation in Qatar on Wednesday, but all of them will be reserve referees. In an intervention on Digisport, Ion Crecunescu (former referee) says he has some information and clarifies why Kovac is always only the fourth referee in the final tournament.

István Kovacs, “support” referee – He will only be central if his colleague is injured

Crecunescu says he has some information about what is going on with Istvan Kovac, who is always only a substitute at the World Cup in Qatar.

According to him, the 38-year-old center from Kareya has the status of a “support” referee, which means that he will only get a match in the center if one of the colleagues present in Qatar is injured.

“I have information about Istvan Kovac that he came to the World Cup as a support referee, that is, on the reserve list. That’s how it was done now, that’s why he was only a reserve referee, he can judge only if someone gets injured.

Its advantage lies in the fact that promising young people have been added to the support list. He will only be given a game if someone gets injured and he is selected from the support list. It’s a big success for us and for him, I congratulate him for getting there.

He’s in the World Cup, he’s making very good money, and it’s good for him, how can it not be. I hope he gets a suitable match, but the more he progresses in the competition, the more difficult it is.” – Ion Creciunescu, on Digisport.

Matches to which Istvan Kovac was delegated at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

*In all cases it was the reserve referee (fourth referee).

Qatar – Ecuador 0-2 / Group A

Uruguay – South Korea 0-0 / Group H

Argentina – Mexico 2-0 / Group C

Spain – Germany 1-1 / Group E

Ecuador – Senegal 1-2 / Group A

Saudi Arabia – Mexico / Group C.

What happened on Tuesday at the World Cup in Qatar: England and the USA in the round of 16 – Iran is eliminated from the final tournament.

Know:

• In total, there are 9 referees who have not yet officiated a match since the World Cup in Qatar: Istvan Kovacs (Romania), Cesar Ramos (Mexico), Maget Ndiaye (Senegal), Ma Ning (China), Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan). , Said Martinez (Honduras), Kevin Ortega (Peru), Matthew Conger (New Zealand) and Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda).

• However, István Kovacs is the only referee in Europe who has not yet received the right to judge a match from the center at the 2022 World Cup.

Scales for referees of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Central referee – group stage $3,000 / elimination stages $10,000

Assistant referee – group stage $2,500 / playoffs $5,000

Reserve referee – $2,500 / $5,000 in playoffs

VAR camera referee – $3000 / $5000 for playoffs.