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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Mark Walker

Controversial referee from Rangers' Bilbao tie handed European final

Blunder Bosnian ref Irfan Peljto has been rewarded by UEFA less than a month after he infuriated Rangers by being handed the Europa Conference League Final.

Rangers boss Barry Ferguson was fuming after his side were denied what he insisted were two clear penalties in their 2-0 Europa League quarter finals defeat in Spain to Athletic Bilbao.


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The Ibrox club were unhappy that Peljto or his VAR team didn't give spot kicks after Cyriel Dessers had his shirt clearly pulled in the penalty box by Yeray Alvarez and they claimed there was an Athletic handball in the box after a Nico Raskin effort in the second half too.

It was also revealed that his own Bosnian FA banned him for six matches earlier this season after an error-strewn disaster of a game in September, where an official report declared he had made three clear and obvious errors in the game between Zrinjski Mostar and Borac Banja.

However, he will be the man in the middle of Chelsea's Europa Conference League Final against Real Betis in Wroclaw, Poland.Peljto said: "This is an enormous honour for me personally and for Bosnian football."

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