The following referees will be in charge of the second set of games to be played on Wednesday, as first legs of 2018/19 UCL play-offs.
22 August 2018, 21:00 CET - Berne (Stade de Suisse Wankdorf)
BSC Young Boys (SUI) - FK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kaj Østergaard (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Arturs Gaidels (LVA)
22 August 2018, 21:00 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)
MOL Vidi FC (HUN) - AEK Athens FC (GRE)
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Elenito Giovanni Di Liberatore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Fourth Official: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Luca Banti (ITA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Metin Kazancıoğlu (TUR)
22 August 2018, 21:00 CET - Amsterdam (Johan Cruijff ArenA)
AFC Ajax (NED) - FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Rainville (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
UEFA Delegate: Geir Þorsteinsson (ISL)
Chefren, will Davide Massa be no longer in Rocchi's team as AAR1?
ReplyDeleteI don't know, I can say that basically Rocchi should be removed from the list at the end of this year due to age limits, so we are talking only about a few games. Possible that he could be kept on the list in case of derogation for next season, but this must be still decided.
DeleteThe only Elite Category referees left without appointment so far are Brych, Skomina, Çakır, Taylor, Kuipers and Marciniak. Six names for six UCL second legs games, unless UEFA surprise us and appoint Aytekin, Mateu Lahoz, Královec, Collum or Bastien although they have been appointed to UEL first legs.
ReplyDeleteThe observer for the return leg between Dinamo Zagreb and Young Boys will be Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP).
ReplyDeleteAlso note that what I posted yesterday might not be completely irrelevant as I thought it could be: Undiano has been appointed for one of the only two matches that don't have an impact on the spanish team for group stage drawing chances, the other one being Vidi-AEK.
Adding up clubs' coefficients from club ranking
ReplyDeletehttps://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method5/trank2019.html
we receive the following results:
103,50 - Ajax vs Dynamo Kyiv (Turpin)
77,50 - Benfica vs PAOK (Mažić)
56,50 - BATE Borisov vs PSV (Zwayer)
54,25 - Crvena zvezda vs Salzburg (Orsato)
42,00 - Young Boys vs Dynamo Kiev (Undiano Mallenco)
20,00 - MOL Vidi vs AEK Athens (Rocchi)
So, on paper, Turpin with the biggest game.
OT: French appointments
ReplyDeleteLyon - Strasbourg( 24/08 - 20h45 ) :
Referee : Amaury Delerue (FIFA)
Assistant referee : Bertrand Jouannaud (FIFA) - Nicolas Danos (FIFA)
4th : Mathieu Vernice
VAR : Karim Abed (FIFA)
AVAR : Jeremy Stinat
Paris - Angers( 25/08 - 17h ):
Referee : Jerome Miguelgorry
Assistant referee : Eric Danizan - Christophe Mouysset
4th : Romain Delpech
VAR : Mikael Lesage
AVAR : Lionel Jaffredo
Amiens - Reims ( 25/08 - 20h ) :
Referee : Florent Batta
Assistant referee : Mehdi Rahmouni (FIFA) - Julien Aube
4th : Yohann Rouinsard
VAR : Olivier Thual
AVAR : Hamid Guenaoui
Montpellier - Saint Etienne ( 25/08 - 20h ) :
Referee : Jérôme Brisard (FIFA)
Assistant referee : Yannick Boutry - Aurelien Drouet
4th : Thierry Bouille
VAR : Benoît Millot (FIFA)
AVAR : Bruno Coue
Nantes - Caen ( 25/08 - 20h ) :
Referee : Hakim Ben El Hadj Salem
Assistant referee : Gwenael Pasqualotti - Frederic Hebrard
4th : Julien Rouquette
VAR : François Letexier (FIFA)
AVAR : Dominique Julien
Nice - Dijon ( 25/08 - 20h ) :
Referee : Willy Delajod
Assistant referee : Cyril Mugnier (FIFA) - Gilles Lang
4th : Sylvain Palhies
VAR : Thomas Leonard
AVAR : Abdelali Chaoui
Toulouse - Nîmes ( 25/08 - 20h ) :
Referee : Franck Schneider (FIFA)
Assistant referee : Djemel Zitouni - Matthieu Lombard
4th : Mickael Leleu
VAR : Alexandre Castro
AVAR : Wilfried Bien
Lille - Guingamp ( 26/08 - 15h ) :
Referee : Johan Hamel
Assistant referee : Mathieu Grosbost - Stephan Pignatelli
4th : Romain Lissorque
VAR : Benoît Bastien (FIFA)
AVAR : Arnaud Baert
Bordeaux - Monaco ( 26/08 - 17h ) :
Referee : Clément Turpin (FIFA)
Assistant referee : Cyril Gringore (FIFA) - Hicham Zakrani (FIFA)
4th : Bertolomeu Varela Teles
VAR : François Letexier (FIFA)
AVAR : Eric Wattellier
Marseille - Rennes ( 26/08 - 21h ) :
Referee : Antony Gautier
Assistant referee : Michael Annonier - Philippe Jeanne
4th : Syslvain Palhies
VAR : Thomas Leonard
AVAR : Alexandre Perreau Niel
OT: Spanish Appointments
ReplyDeleteGetafe-Eibar
Friday 24, 20:15 CET
Referee: David MEDIÉ JIMÉNEZ
AR1: Juan Carlos BARRANCO TREJO
AR2: Joan MÉNDEZ MATEO
4th: Víctor GARCÍA VERDURA
VAR: José María SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ
AVAR: Raúl CABAÑERO MARTÍNEZ
Leganés-Real Sociedad
Friday 24, 22:15 CET
Referee: José Luis MUNUERA MONTERO (FIFA 2nd in 2019)
AR1: Alfonso BAENA ESPEJO
AR2: José ALCOBA RODRÍGUEZ
4th: Manuel Jesús ORELLANA CID
VAR: Ignacio IGLESIAS VILLANUEVA
AVAR1: Alfonso COSTOYA RODRÍGUEZ
Alavés-Betis
Saturday 25, 18:15 CET
Referee: Pablo GONZÁLEZ FUERTES
AR1: César GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ
AR2: Alfredo RODRÍGUEZ MORENO
4th: Diego VALDÉS DÍAZ
VAR: Xavier ESTRADA FERNÁNDEZ
AVAR1: Javier AGUILAR RODRÍGUEZ
Atlético de Madrid-Rayo Vallecano
Saturday 25, 20:15 CET
Referee: José Luis GONZÁLEZ GONZÁLEZ
AR1: Rubén BECERRIL GÓMEZ
AR2: Francisco Javier MARTÍN GARCÍA
4th: Carlos PÉREZ FERNÁNDEZ
VAR: José María SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ (2 matches as VAR)
AVAR: Eduardo PRIETO IGLESIAS
Valladolid-Barcelona
Saturday 25, 22:15 CET
Referee: Ricardo DE BURGOS BENGOETXEA (FIFA 2nd)
AR1: Pau CEBRIÁN DEVÍS
AR2: Jon NÚÑEZ FERNÁNDEZ
4th: Jon Ander GONZÁLEZ ESTEBAN
VAR: Antonio Miguel MATEU LAHOZ
AVAR: Iker DE FRANCISCO GRIJALBA
Espanyol-Valencia
Sunday 26, 18:15 CET
Referee: Carlos DEL CERRO GRANDE (FIFA 1st)
AR1: Juan Carlos YUSTE JIMÉNEZ
AR2: Abraham ÁLVAREZ CANTÓN
4th: Sergio PÉREZ MULEY
VAR: Mario MELERO LÓPEZ
AVAR: Manuel Ángel TORRE CIMIANO
Sevilla-Villarreal
Sunday 26, 20:15 CET
Referee: Alberto UNDIANO MALLENCO (FIFA Elite)
AR1: Roberto ALONSO FERNÁNDEZ
AR2: Iñigo PRIETO LÓPEZ DE CERAIN
4th: Ricardo ESCUDERO MARÍN
VAR: Xavier ESTRADA FERNÁNDEZ (2 matches as VAR)
AVAR: Guillermo CUADRA FERNÁNDEZ
Girona-Real Madrid
Referee: Juan MARTÍNEZ MUNUERA (FIFA 2nd)
AR1: Diego BARBERO SEVILLA
AR2: César Manuel NOVAL FONT
4th: Iván MUÑOZ PÉREZ
VAR: Santiago JAIME LATRE
AVAR: Adrián CORDERO VEGA
Levante-Celta
Monday 27, 20:15 CET
Referee: Alejandro José HERNÁNDEZ HERNÁNDEZ (FIFA 2nd)
AR1: Teodoro SOBRINO MAGÁN
AR2: José Enrique NARANJO PÉREZ
4th: Alexis Carlos PULIDO SANTANA
VAR: Jesús GIL MANZANO
AVAR: Ángel NEVADO RODRÍGUEZ
Athletic-Huesca
Monday 27, 22:00 CET
Referee: Javier ALBEROLA ROJAS
AR1: Iván HERNÁNDEZ RAMOS
AR2: Marcos CERDÁN AGUILAR
4th: Álvaro LÓPEZ PARRA
VAR: Alfonso Javier ÁLVAREZ IZQUIERDO
AVAR: Miguel MARTÍNEZ MUNUERA
DeleteVery good appointments.
Good first half by Gil Manzano in Valencia - Atletico. Match was pretty calm, only one correct YC for Costa. I am always impressed with how well players respond to him in the Primera, his optic surely lends itself towards a modest approach, presenting himself on a level with the players (and Simeone). Excellent onside by AR2 for the 0-1, good performance by the whole team in the first half.
ReplyDeleteBefore tomorrow's games you can watch refereeing highlights of the Qarabağ FK vs FC BATE Borisov game refereed by Andreas Ekberg (UCL 3rd Quali, first leg)
ReplyDeletehttps://ok.ru/video/945449863788
Very impressive in terms of alertness! Maybe sometimes a bit too aggressive while managing players, but for sure he was mentally in the game for the whole 90 minutes... see the gesture he made in 47', just for playing on after a possible foul in the midfield. I would define him a "hungry" referee. This of course shouldn't turn into aggressiveness, but basically I would say a very good skill for a young referee who seems to be at moment the future for Sweden.
DeleteMaybe he get’s his aggrevsivness from being used to handle hot games and that he’s an former police officer(they some times are verry aggresive while handling confrontations).
DeleteAnd now, 2 years later, he's in the Euro. He's progressed very well
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ReplyDeleteVery well Gil Manzano in Valencia today.
Excellent performance , perfect athletic training as well.
DeleteThere was a blatant holding in 46 minute from Garay (Valencia) to Costa (Atletico) that it would have been the second yellow card to the defender, and it was missed by Gil Manzano, in fact, he didn´t give the foul. VAR couldn´t intervine because it was outside the penalty area.
ReplyDeleteSaturday 25 August
ReplyDelete12:30 Wolves v Man City
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Assistants: Stephen Child, Constantine Hatzidakis
Fourth official: Stuart Attwell
Arsenal v West Ham
Referee: Graham Scott
Assistants: Scott Ledger, Mick McDonough
Fourth official: Kevin Friend
AFC Bournemouth v Everton
Referee: Lee Probert
Assistants: Andy Garratt, Dan Robathan
Fourth official: Andre Marriner
Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistants: Simon Bennett, Stuart Burt
Fourth official: Oliver Langford
Southampton v Leicester City
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Assistants: Harry Lennard, Andy Halliday
Fourth official: David Coote
17:30 Liverpool v Brighton
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Assistants: Lee Betts, Simon Long
Fourth official: Craig Pawson
Sunday 26 August
13:30 Watford v Crystal Palace
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistants: Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn
Fourth official: Stuart Attwell
16:00 Fulham v Burnley
Referee: David Coote
Assistants: Peter Kirkup, Matthew Perry
Fourth official: Andre Marriner
16:00 Newcastle v Chelsea
Referee: Paul Tierney
Assistants: Ian Hussin, Darren Cann
Fourth official: Martin Atkinson
Monday 27 August
20:00 Man Utd v Spurs
Referee: Craig Pawson
Assistants: Eddie Smart, Richard West
Fourth official: Jonathan Moss
Pawson with the top clash of the matchday, I think he's actually refereeing well but he's being appointed for lots of matches, considering domestic league and EL Playoffs, always two matches per week. The risk is that he may get to the match a bit tired, hopefully he will recover well.
DeleteMichael Oliver is by far the most fit ref in Europe. Michael Riley should get sacked asap. Again a terrible set of appointments. Out of form Pawson fo the big match, and the worst of all is Jon Moss at Southampton. Persona non grata in Southampton, his terrible refereeing against Everton last season nearly cost relegation for the Saints. At the moment, the way that PGMOL is being run is shocking. Excluding Oliver, Taylor, Kavanagh and Atkinson, the rest are below average.
DeleteAndre marriner is as a top ref although age will Soon catch up with him as well as Martin Atkinson
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ReplyDeleteEnglish referees are too old generally.
indeed...far too old...
DeleteOT ''Uefa is aiming to introduce video assistant referees from the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season after being impressed by its use during the World Cup in Russia.''
ReplyDelete''Uefa’s club competitions committee is expected to recommend approval for the system when it meets in Monaco next week and a final decision should be made by Uefa’s executive committee at the end of next month.''
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/champions-league-plans-to-use-var-rml8z72r0
Bundesliga opening match on Friday
ReplyDeleteBayern München - 1899 Hoffenheim
Referee: Bastian Dankert
Assistants: Rene Rohde, Markus Häcker
4th Official: Thorsten Schiffner
VAR: Sascha Stegemann
AVAR: Benedikt Kempkes
Sören Storks replaces Stegemann as VAR.
DeleteI had some doubts about this RC for SFP, a better replay is needed there...
ReplyDeleteBrave call by Rocchi. On first view, I agree with his decision.
ReplyDeleteIn your opinion it's a YC, in mine NO.
DeletePlease, don't go there. I am a referee above all.
Deleteorange situation for rocchi
ReplyDeleteAnd in orange situations Rocchi tends to give the RC. For me supportable decision.
Delete33': penalty appeal by Dinamo Zagreb. Turpin played on.
ReplyDeleteSorry I meant Dynamo Kyiv, of course.
DeleteAnd 36' another penalty appeal by Ukranian team.
Delete36' correct no penalty.
DeleteI think the 33' situation was a penalty. There was contact with the leg of the defender. He tripped him.
DeleteClear red card, excellent spot:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6sfspr
Excellent call, if you ask me.
DeleteDifficult situation: The first impression is, that the RC is quite harsh, because Huszti can not really avoid it.
DeleteThen you see the angle at 00:35 in the first video, where it seems, that he wents for the shin and not the ball, which would make it a clear RC - then again the slow-motion could be deceiving here.
So I think, both decisions would be supportable.
Excellent analysis Phillip, and most important, it's objective.
DeleteBrave decision!
Few mins later Nego was booked...could be RC for SFP.
IMO that's a correct RC.
Delete1-1 by Dinamo Zagreb, very good ONSIDE by AR1 but there were protests for a possible foul in build-up of the action.
ReplyDeleteVery demanding game for Alberto Undiano Mallenco. Many cynical fouls including elbow offences (YC Sanogo; mandatory YC to Hoarau not issued but I understand that call as that foul occurred in the phase of DZG's really aggressive way of playing).
ReplyDeleteIt looked like a good call to let the play continue after the alleged foul on YB player plus very good onside call from Roberto Alonso Fernández leading to equalizer.
53' in Vidi - AEK. Another RC.
ReplyDeleteAnother RC in Hungary by Rocchi.
ReplyDeleteCorrect RC again from Rocchi. Clear SFP! What a challenging game..
ReplyDeleteFor me is correct decision by Rocchi.
ReplyDeleteOnly you are talking bad about Rocchi. Maybe because you are Hungarian?
ReplyDeleteIMO Turpin missed a penalty in favor of Ajax in 52'.
ReplyDeleteOT : french referee Stéphanie Frappart is appointed by fifa commitee to WC u20 final ! Congratulations for French ref with her countrywoman Manuela Nicolosi and irish assistant Michelle O’Neil.
ReplyDeleteWrong decision by Undiano Mallenco. He should have given corner kick.
ReplyDelete*for Young Boys Berne.
DeleteVery well Undiano Mallenco all the match.
DeleteIt seems as Di Liberatore was more active than FO Preti in managing the benches. I saw him talking to Mol Vidi coach at least twice.
ReplyDeleteGood game from Turpin, he helped to let the game flow
ReplyDeleteFor me play on for penalty appeal at 33', 36' and 52' are good
Austrian FIFA-Referee Robert Schörgenhofer has been appointed dir the Friendly Match (Sunday, 9th September 2018 in Sinsheim) between Germany against Peru.
ReplyDeleteReferee : Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
AR1 : Andreas Staudinger (AUT)
AR2 : Stefan Kühr (AUT)
FO : Christopher Jäger (AUT)
*for
DeleteKick-Off: 20:45 o'clock
DeleteI think he'll have a shorter journey to this international friendly than to some Austrian matches :)
DeleteFrom Dornbirn to Sinsheim is IMO more comfortable than to Mattersburg.
The three penalty incidents from AFC Ajax vs FC Dynamo Kyiv
ReplyDelete1) https://streamable.com/zd2hz
2) https://streamable.com/hgdxc
3) https://streamable.com/wxmz7
To my point of view
Delete1) it`s a controversial episode! DK player was hooked by himself
2) play on
3) PK
1) the contact was, but weak, the DK player decided to strengthen the impression.
Delete2) it is difficult to see the details.
3) DK player was the first on the ball, there is not foul.
1)DK player was hooked by himself, the contact is weak
Delete2)Play on
3)There is contact but it seems weak again
I think the most important here is the consistency
1) When you look very carefully, the attacker doesn’t trip himself but is being tripped by the defenders left foot. As he doesn’t exaggerate the contact but simply cannot stay on his feet in my opinion a penalty should have been awarded to Kiev.
Delete2) No penalty, correct play on
3) A fifty-fifty situation to my taste. KIEV23 clearly lifts his leg when the attacker wants to pass by. I have doubts however whether the contact is enough to make him fall to the ground, or if he exaggerates and creates his on fall. Play on is an acceptable decision for me.
Agree with Dutch ref but can add that on the first one, impossible for referees to have a careful vision as we see on replays. So agree with Nathan about consistency and play on acceptable on all actions mentioned.
ReplyDeleteOverall, those contacts seems acceptable to me because Turpin let the game flow during the whole game. he contributed to the high pace in the first half in particular.
Delete@Dutch ref : did you see Turpin’s performance ? What do you think ?
ReplyDeleteI only saw saw second half, but good and relaxed performance.
DeleteI’m sorry, I was not able to watch the entire match. I only saw the three penalty incident videos Vlad posted here.
DeleteOT Serie A MD2 Assignments:
ReplyDeleteCAGLIARI – SASSUOLO
PAIRETTO
DI LIBERATORE – TOLFO
IV: GIUA
VAR: PASQUA
AVAR: RANGHETTI
FIORENTINA – CHIEVO
ABISSO
MELI – MONDIN
IV: AURELIANO
VAR: GHERSINI
AVAR: PRETI
FROSINONE – BOLOGNA A Torino
MANGANIELLO
GORI – FIORE
IV: ILLUZZI
VAR: CHIFFI
AVAR: DI IORIO
GENOA – EMPOLI
MARINELLI
TONOLINI – CALIARI
IV: PISCOPO
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: LIBERTI
INTER – TORINO
MAZZOLENI
VIVENZI – BINDONI
IV: MARESCA
VAR: ROCCHI
AVAR: PAGANESSI
JUVENTUS – LAZIO Sabato 25\08 h.18.00
IRRATI
TEGONI – PERETTI
IV: MARIANI
VAR: GUIDA
AVAR: CARBONE
NAPOLI – MILAN Sabato 25\08 h.20.30
VALERI
VUOTO – DEL GIOVANE
IV: DOVERI
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: POSADO
ROMA – ATALANTA Lunedì 27\08 h.20.30
FABBRI
ALASSIO – LO CICERO
IV: CALVARESE
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: PASSERI
SPAL – PARMA A Bologna h.18.00
ORSATO
SCHENONE – CECCONI
IV: NASCA
VAR: SERRA
AVAR: VALERIANI
UDINESE – SAMPDORIA
LA PENNA
LONGO – TASSO
IV: MINELLI
VAR: GIACOMELLI
AVAR: DE MEO
I agree with what was written above, good performance from Undiano.
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