He was arrested with a criminal group and a Serbian starlet, he also angered Ronaldo - who is the referee that caused Barca to rage?
After yesterday's matches in the Champions League, referee Slavko Vincic is the most commented on today. The Slovenian referee administered justice to the evening's derby between Inter and Barcelona, which ended with a 1:0 victory for the Nerazzurri.
In Barcelona, they are convinced that he severely damaged them in this meeting and that in two situations. In the 67th minute, Barcelona equalized with Pedri's goal, but then Vincic received a signal from the VAR room that Ansu Fati played with his hand before Pedri put the ball into the net.
The goal was disallowed, even though FIFA rules dictate otherwise.
"Unintentional handball that precedes a goal by a team-mate or a goal-scoring opportunity is no longer considered a foul."
The new situation that made them furious in Barcelona came at the very end, in the 92nd minute. The Catalans raged fiercely as they felt they had been penalized for a penalty by the Dumfries defender.
And this is not the first time Vincic has been in the spotlight due to scandals and controversies. We remember the match between Manchester United and Atlético Madrid last season, which the "red devils" lost 0:1.
In this duel, especially the trial of Vincic annoys Cristiano Ronaldo who at one point sent a gesture with which he wanted to show that Vincic had a problem with his eyes. Because of this move, Ronaldo was also under investigation by UEFA.
Ronaldo not happy with the referee. @Specsavers pic.twitter.com/ql0d6JrWzM
— Nora (@NoraUtd) March 15, 2022
Now, after yesterday's match, coach Xavi may earn a penalty for inappropriately gesticulating that he was "paid".
Quite a shame.
Xavi doing the gesture "you pay" to referees saying they are corrupt.
expect @Uefa to take action pic.twitter.com/46cVZYGrd6
- Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) October 4, 2022
Vincic's biggest scandal happened outside the field when he was associated with a criminal group, and was arrested together with Serbian starlet Tiana Aifaon. They were by his side in the big action in 2020 35 more people were arrested and various narcotics and weapons were found.
Due to the whole scandal, a short suspension from the European House of Football followed, and it returned with the match in the domestic league between Aluminia and Tabor Sejan. After returning to the field, he claimed that he had nothing to do with the arrested persons and that the police called him as a witness.
"I happened to be at that party. I have my own company and I was in Bosnia and Herzegovina for a business meeting. I accepted the lunch call and it turned out to be my biggest mistake. I regret that...I was sitting with the company when the police came and what happened happened. I have nothing to do with the group that was arrested and detained, neither do my business partners," read his statement on that case.