I suspect it's not just the PL, but all the appointments he's had in Europe for the Nations League and the CL. He's off to Italy today to referee Lazio tomorrow evening. A totally unnecessary appointment in my view when he was involved in R-1 and R-3. Taylor was in R-2 and now R-4. As we know, Taylor seems to be favoured in U.E.F.A circles ('anointed' as one poster suggested), so if Oliver's performances dip, he could well miss out on the Knock-Out stages.
I believe that PL could ease the pressure on Oliver a bit. With the Covid incidents on referees in Europe, UEFA is left with little choices. For example, I believe that Oliver was a replacement on MD4. More likely for Kovacs (who is positive on Covid).
Bognár has only just returned to the Hungarian domestic league after 6 weeks out after post match positive covid tests. We are struggling to cover our league each week at the moment & we only have 6 games if it's a full schedule for the same reason. We struggled with just 5 games this week. Vad is long term injured on top of that which isn't helping. Our top league is mostly being covered by our NBII referees - great experience for them mind you! There are a few of our Eastern/Central European domestic leagues with the same struggle.
Jobbulást István
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