"As" reported that the referee's candidate has been confirmed in the Club World Cup match between Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.

Champions League final referee Kovac will enforce the law in this game. The two teams should have quite different views on the referee. Paris just won the first Champions League championship in his law enforcement game, while Atletico Madrid will be a little panicked. In his law enforcement game, Atletico Madrid lost.

In the 2024-25 Champions League, Kovac showed 25 yellows and 2 reds, enforcing Atletico Madrid's three games, the Beds League team all ended with a loss: 0-1 away in the first leg of the 2023-24 Champions League 1/8 finals, 0-1 away in the first leg of Inter Milan, 0-2 lost to Bruges in the 2022-23 Champions League group stage, and 0-1 loss to Manchester City in the first leg of the 2021-22 Champions League quarter-finals.