Showdown in Berlin
Slovakian Kruzliak referees ÖFB match against Holland
Experienced Slovakian referee Ivan Kruzliak will take charge of Austria's final European Championship group match against the Netherlands in Berlin on Tuesday (18:00/live in the sportkrone.at ticker). For the 40-year-old from Bratislava, it will be the third international match involving the ÖFB men.
In 2016, Kruzliak led the team to a 2:1 victory over Albania in Vienna in the European Championship test, and in October 2021 they lost 1:0 to Denmark in the World Cup qualifiers in Copenhagen.
Kruzliak has been a FIFA referee since 2011. He refereed his first match at a major finals tournament last Wednesday in Scotland's European Championship group match against Switzerland (1:1).
Rapid has good memories
Rapid have fond memories of the Slovakian. Kruzliak took charge of the third-round second leg of the Champions League qualifier at Ajax Amsterdam on August 4, 2015, when Louis Schaub fired the Hütteldorfer to a 3-2 away win and into the play-off. At the same stage two years ago, Kruzliak refereed Sturm Graz's home second leg against Dynamo Kiev. The team from Graz lost 2-1 after extra time following a 1-0 victory in regulation time.
Player passport still in Berg
Kruzliak was born near the Austrian border and also has a connection to Austria as a player - from 2003 to 2004, he was in goal for the fighting team of the Lower Austrian amateur club Sportfreunde Berg. After a cruciate ligament rupture, he ended his career and became a referee, after which he played for Sportfreunde Berg a few more times in the reserves. According to the club, his player's pass is still in Berg.
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