The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has fired the chairman of its Referees Committee, the Spaniard David Fernandez Borbalan. The BFU has also removed Petar Petrov, responsible for the introduction of VAR in Bulgaria, as well as the chief manager of referees in Bulgaria, Stoyan Alexiev. The three had lost the trust of the clubs who brought pressure on them after several mistakes in the first seven rounds of the Bulgarian championship. Borbalan was appointed as the head of the Bulgarian referees a year ago on a two-year contract, when he replaced Hungarian Viktor Kassai.
“Several changes were made in the Referees Committee of the Bulgarian Football Union. The chairman of the Committee, David Fernandez Borbalan, the chief manager, Stoyan Alexiev, and the person in charge of the VAR system, Petar Petrov, have had their contracts terminated. In the following days, official information about their replacements will be confirmed”, the BFU announced in a short message. On his inauguration as president of the Bulgarian Football Union earlier this year, Georgi Ivanov said that he would be uncompromising about refereeing errors. Recently, he complained that he was not satisfied with the performance of some of the referees, whose mistakes had caused major tension between the clubs in the League.
Source: InsideWorldFootball
