You have to guess the exact referee for each game by filling in the form. Just insert your name, or, if you want, a nickname (it must be always the same for all your future predictions) and then for each game just write down the referee and his nationality in brackets. Please write the name of a referee in a clear way, we will try always to support your choice, but don't make it impossible for us.
Example: Felix Brych (GER), Joel Aguilar (SLV), and so on.
Example: Felix Brych (GER), Joel Aguilar (SLV), and so on.
Points will be assigned according to the following pattern:
5 points for having guessed the exact referee of a match
2 points if a guessed referee for a game will get the other match in the same group
1 point if a referee from the same confederation of the one guessed will be in charge of the specific game
A special thank to our reader Soham, who encouraged us in creating this game, he will be responsible for collecting your predictions as well.
In order to give you more time, given the short period for predictions, as soon as the first appointment for MD2 will be released, the form will be annulled and your predictions wont be accepted.
The day of release for the first appointment of MD2 is 17 June.
Soham/Chefren, please, if you could change Karasev for Skomina in my prediction, I would be grateful. I only realised that Russia was in the same group seconds after sending the prediction!
ReplyDeleteMy full set of predictions:
DeleteGroup A:
Russia – Egypt: Sato (JPN)
Uruguay – Saudi Arabia: Skomina (SVN)
Group B:
Portugal – Morocco: Ramos (MEX)
Iran – Spain: Geiger (USA)
Group C:
Denmark – Australia: Grisha (EGY)
France – Peru: Conger (NZL)
Group D:
Nigeria – Iceland: Mohamed (UAE)
Argentina – Croatia: Aguilar (SLV)
Group E:
Brazil – Costa Rica: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Serbia – Switzerland: Turpin (FRA)
Group F:
Germany – Sweden: Mazic (SRB)
South Korea – Mexico: Marciniak (POL)
Group G:
Belgium – Tunisia: Gassama (GAM)
England – Panama: Roldán (COL)
Group H:
Japan – Senegal: Brych (GER)
Poland – Colombia: Irmatov (UZB)
The form cannot be edited unfortunately but I am noting this change down which I will take into consideration while marking the predictions after MD2... Don't worry!
DeleteI don't think that Mazic will get Germany-Sweden.
DeleteIf Serbia (Group E)
reach the knock-out faze, they will play against team from group F.
So, there is a room for speculations that Serbian can decide who will be the opponent of Serbia.
Maybe I'm wrong and that's not important, but would like to avoid Mazic for that match :)
Japan-Senegal would be my choice.
For George, no african referee (Gassama) for Tunisia, I thing so.
DeleteTrue... I missed that! Maybe Bascuñán (CHI) instead of Gassama. About Mazic, I wouldn't change it. Not really that significant for me at least.
DeleteThese changes won't be accepted, George :D
DeleteNo problem.
Delete@ George:
ReplyDeleteBe sure that no us-referee will be nominated for games of Iran cause the political problems between these countries.
On Swedish tv Eriksson made a list of 11 refs he thought are not competent and experienced enough to deserve to be at the WC.
ReplyDeleteNames like Zikazwe, Turpin and Karasev were on the list. Very inappropriate and bad of him to make a list like this and talk like that about his former colleagues.
Here is his list: https://www.svt.se/sport/fotbolls-vm-2018/de-har-domarna-far-rott-kort-av-jonas-eriksson
DeleteWell so Jonas Eriksson believes that Ryuji Sato, Malang Diedhiou and Janny Sikazwe don't deserve to attend the World Cup... Thank God Eriksson isn't the head of refereeing... This is just him being jealous of his colleagues who have made the World Cup and it just shows what kind of a human being he actually is to talk like that about his colleagues who have put in all the hard work for all these 4 years... I lost a lot of respect for Jonas Eriksson today!!
DeleteJonas Eriksson is losing my respect day after day... next step is to become commentator on TV and to blame referees.
DeleteReally disappointed.
So, he gave 11 red cards and 5 yellow cards! I haven't seen something like that before. It could be OK if he said that he thought that some refs might not deserve to attend WC, but to make such kind of lists... Just incredible!
DeleteAnd to include talented refs and consistent performers in that list makes it look even more ridiculous and outrageous... Janny Sikazwe has a Club World Cup Final in his palmares and to say he is not deserving of World Cup call up just shows Eriksson's ignorance... Then there is Clement Turpin who handled Arsenal v Milan 1st leg in EL and Eriksson did the 2nd leg... The miles of difference in the quality of the officiating was for all to be seen... He just can't accept the fact that he has been dumped for some other much better performing, talented referees... Sato, Sikazwe, Diedhiou and so on shining at the World Cup tournament will be the best reply to all his outrageous comments which are all basically made as a result of his inflated ego being hurt!!
DeleteEven I share Eriksson's opinion for some refs from red card list, to make such a list is a shame.
DeleteThey were his collegues since few days and he showed lack of respect for whole world of referiing.
My predictions:
ReplyDeleteRUS-EGY Geiger
URU-KSA Turpin
POR-MOR Bascunan
IRN-ESP Brych
DEN-AUS Mazic
FRA-PER Grisha
ARG-CRO Irmatov
NIG-ISL Shukralla
BRA-CRC Skomina
SRB-SUI Karasev
KOR-MEX Rocchi
GER-SWE Mateu Lahoz
BEL-TUN Caceres
ENG-PAN Conger
JPN-SEN Cunha
POL-COL Gassama
To be honest, I'm not really happy with some of my predictions. MD2 is quite difficult to predict. Let's see if there is a correct tip :)
BTW, now I have a correct guess too, I predicted Sikazwe for BEL-PAN.
Do submit these in the form!
DeleteAlready done ;)
DeleteI have filled in the form the following predictions...
ReplyDeleteRUS-EGY Caceres PAR
URU-KSA Conger NZL
POR-MAR Sato JPN
IRN-ESP Grisha EGY
DEN-AUS Geiger USA
FRA-PER Irmatov UZB
ARG-KRO Mateu Lahoz ESP
NIG-ICE Cunha URU
BRA-CRC Brych GER
SER-SUI Turpin FRA
SKO-MEX Karasev RUS
GER-SWE Skomina SLN
BEL-TUN Pitana ARG
ENG-PAN Shukrallah BHR
JPN-SEN Rocchi ITA
POL-COL Ramos MEX
These are my predictions:
ReplyDeleteRUS-EGY: Cáceres (PAR)
URU-KSA: Turpin (FRA)
POR-MAR: Conger (NZL)
IRN-ESP: Bascunan (CHI)
DEN-AUS: Irmatov (UZB)
FRA-PER: Sato (JPN)
ARG-CRO: Kuipers (NED)
NIG-ISL: Roldán (COL)
BRA-CRC: Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
SRB-SUI: Cakir (TUR)
KOR-MEX: Karasev (RUS)
GER-SWE: Skomina (SVN)
BEL-TUN: Cunha (URU)
ENG-PAN: Grisha (EGY)
JPN-SEN: Mazic (SRB)
POL-COL: Ramos (MEX)
I thought I was seeing things, I double-checked it and it's happening. Irrati will be VAR in Germany-Mexico. Yeah, that's right: Germany-Mexico!! This is outrageous. Collina and Busacca sending the message that performance-based criterion for appointments is an outright lie. It does set a very dangerous precedent in my book. Collina and Busacca have now lost control of their job. Referees will lose faith in them.
ReplyDeleteApparently Al-Jassim is still not appointed
DeleteIs there any place to read all the predictions? (Including my own)
ReplyDelete