Slavko Vincic’s past is not all rosy. The central referee of the match between Arsenal and PSG this Tuesday 1is October (9 p.m.) was involved in a dark affair of drugs and prostitution… despite himself.
During the first half of 2020, the referee will travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina for a business trip. He then has lunch with a client, a local figure in the prostitution network. He was eventually arrested on charges of being a customer at a party.
“I was sitting at a table with my company, the police suddenly arrived and what happened happened. I have nothing to do with the group that was arrested and detained, nor do my business partnershe declared. They actually took us to the police and asked us to testify. When it turned out we didn’t even know them, we were able to leave. » In the end, his innocence was proven, and he received no punishment.
Controversies facing European leaders
Slavko Vencic has already refereed several Champions League matches. But some of them have been marred by controversy.
One of the most famous matches during which the Slovenian was on the whistle was Manchester City’s large victory against Leipzig (7-0), in the round of 16 second leg of the 2022-2023 season. Vencic did not, first of all, give Ederson a red card for a completely missed outing. Worse, he even gave Werner a yellow card for protest. Then, he is accused of having awarded a more than controversial penalty to the Cityzens.
One of the best referees of last season
If Manchester City “benefited” from Vencic’s blunders, this is not the case for FC Barcelona. In 2022, during the group match between the Blaugrana and Inter Milan, he infuriated the Catalans for not awarding a penalty and for disallowing a goal. Coach Xavi was then “outraged” by the performance of the Slovenian. He did not hesitate to use the term « injustice » to talk about arbitration.
For its part, Paris, which has already been refereed once by Slavko Vencic in the Champions League, during the group stage last season, against Milan (3-0), did not have to complain about its arbitration.
The 2023-2024 vintage was of high quality for Slavko Vincic, it must be recognized. He notably had the privilege of refereeing the Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid (0-2).
Another important date, the Slovenian was also the man in black in the Euro 2024 semi-final between France and Spain. But it should be said that this meeting is not a good memory for French football, since the Tricolores lost (2-1), even if the meeting was not marred by an arbitration scandal.
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