The EPO is expected to… bypass him Steve Bennettwho seems to be counting days at the head of KED, appointing a foreign referee in the derby Panathinaikos-AEK on Monday.
UEFA informed the federation that the Italian Simone Sochawho managed last Saturday’s Inter-Milan (5-1), is available and the federation will follow the procedure required to appoint him officially in the only game of the 5th matchday of the Super League that did not have a referee appointed yesterday.
It is noted that Tasos Sidiropoulos was initially chosen by Steve Bennett for this particular match, however this contradicted the agreement of the Big 4 for Greek referees in the games between them.
The 36-year-old Socha is a second-tier UEFA referee and has been refereeing in Serie A since 2020, but only became an international this year. On September 12, he “whistled” Spain-Cyprus 6-0 for the qualifiers for Euro 2024, while in March he had Omonia-APOEL 1-1 for the Cypriot championship.
In the summer he whistled in two matches of the Conference League qualifiers, Dilla-Vorskla 3-1 and Legia-Midland 7-6 on penalties.
The EPO announcement:
UEFA informed EPO late last night that the Italian referee Simone Sozza, who last week refereed the Italian derby Inter-Milan, is available for Monday’s match between Panathinaikos and AEK for the 5th matchday of SL1. KED will follow the prescribed procedure for his appointment.
Source: Sport Fm
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