Friday 7 June 2019

2019/20 European Qualifiers - Referee Appointments MD3 (7 June 2019)

Referee appointments for 2019-20 UEFA European Qualifiers Matchday 3, games to be played on 07/06.  
Group D
7 June 2019, 18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadze Erovnuli Stadioni)i
GEORGIA - GIBRALTAR
Referee: Antti Munukka (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Turkka Joonas Valjakka (FIN)
Fourth Official: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gaetano De Gabriele (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Velid Imamović (BIH)

Group A
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Podgorica (Gradski Stadion)
MONTENEGRO - KOSOVO
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Olivier Chovaux (FRA)

Group A
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Prague (Generali Arena)
CZECH REPUBLIC - BULGARIA
Referee: Tamás Bognar (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Buzás (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor (HUN)
Fourth Official: István Vad (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Johan Johqvist (SWE)

Group B
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Lviv (Arena Lviv)
UKRAINE - SERBIA
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera Montero (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev (BUL)
UEFA Delegate: Bakar Jordania (GEO)

Group B
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Vilnius (LFF Stadionas)
LITHUANIA - LUXEMBOURG
Referee: Ádám Farkas (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szert (HUN)
Fourth Official: Balázs Berke (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kevin Azzopardi (MLT)
UEFA  Delegate: Octavian Goga (ROU)

Group D
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Copenhagen (Telia Parken)
DENMARK - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: László Vágner (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Vladislav Khodeyev (RUS)

Group F
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Solna (Friends Arena)
SWEDEN - MALTA
Referee: Rob Harvey (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Wayne McDonnell (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Gavin (IRL)
Fourth Official: Paul Mclaughlin (IRL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski (MKD)
UEFA Delegate: Yauhen Tratsiuk (BLR)

Group F
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - ROMANIA
Referee: Sergey Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Averianov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksei Lunev (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vitali Meshkov (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Gordon Pate (SCO)

Group F
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Torshavn (Tórsvøllur)
FAROE ISLANDS - SPAIN
Referee: Enea Jorgji (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Ridiger Çokaj (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Rejdi Avdo (ALB)
Fourth Official: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)
UEFA Delegate: Kadri Jägel (EST)

Group F
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Riga (Daugava)
LATVIA - ISRAEL
Referee: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Usachev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Egor Bolkhovitin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Sergei Lapochkin (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Orxan Hüseynzadə (AZE)

Group G
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Skopje (Nacional Arena Todor Proeski)
NORTH MACEDONIA - POLAND
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gylfi Þór Orrason (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Andrew Shaw (ENG)

Group G
7 June 2019, 20:45 CET - Klagenfurt (Wörthersee)
AUSTRIA - SLOVENIA
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitri Zhuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleg Maslyanko (BLR)
Fourth Official: Denis Scherbakov (BLR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Vilmos Szabó (HUN)

36 comments:

  1. So no Cakir, Mateu, Rocchi, Orsato for Nations League final? i wonder who has been chosen

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    1. I mean Hategan instead of Cakir?

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    2. Hategan directly in a final without VAR experience seems impossible. The other options with VAR experience in CL KO Stage are: Del Cerro, Zwayer, Marciniak and Skomina. Any of whose would be a surprise I think.

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    3. We forget Danny Makkelie. Very possibke

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    4. Netherlands is in the semi-finals... so Kuipers and Makkelie (who also is at Women World Cup) are out.

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    5. My final prediction is Undiano Mallenco.

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    6. This match is a very significant one. It's the first final in the history of this competition. While it is not a major tournament yet, maybe it becomes so in the future, so having the honor of being the referee of the first final is somehow important. Also, the appointment will show what UEFA expects of this competition. All first-tier Elite referees are excluded (Brych and Turpin are in the semifinals; Mateu, Çakir and Rocchi are in Qualifiers; Skomina will be in Qualifiers too as stated in his interview plus a second final in two weeks can be considered quite too much; Kuipers' national team is involved). Appointing second-tier names (Oliver, Hategan, Makkelie, del Cerro, etc) would make no sense (higher tier referees in SF than in final, also in terms of experience)… but for one name (who is actually in lower tiers): Undiano Mallenco. He is the second referee who has been FIFA listed for more years behind Kassai of the current referees in the Elite pool. But, while the hungarian has accomplished many things in the international level, Undiano has not, but he has kept himself in the Elite pool and been somehow consistent and undetected. This appointment would clearly be a reward for a usually reliable referee with a brilliant domestic career but a rather discrete one in UEFA. Besides, not having a spanish referee in these UCL/UEL finals also helps.

      TL;DR: Undiano Mallenco is, IMO, the most logical option for Nations League final.

      PS: the "tiers" are entirely my view. You might, of course, disagree with that.

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  2. UNDIANO confirmed

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  3. Happy to see Karasev back on the pitch; if I'm not wrong this is his first international appointment in 2019 after his injury.
    Kulbakov appointed just few days before his engagement in Euro U21, it should means that referees are not yet gathered all together in Italy.
    Happy to see an Irish man appointed; Ireland, Northen Ireland, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland are not facing a brilliant age in term of refereeinig

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    1. Wait and see. There are still matches to come...

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  4. France - Korea Republic 07/06 women World Cup referee ?

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    1. FIFA media just announced it:

      Ref: Claudia UMPIERREZ (URU)
      Asst Ref 1: Luciana MASCARANA (URU)
      Asst Ref 2: Monica AMBOYA (ECU)
      Forth Official: Melissa BORJAS (HON)
      VAR: Mauro VIGLIANO (ARG)

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    2. Coincidence, that FIFA published a video about her (and not about others) earlier this year?:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bXiRq1XSlU
      Maybe an early favourite for the final ;)

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    3. Another nestor pitana in the making

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  5. Observer-Delegate

    GEO-GIB
    Gaetano De Gabriele (MLT) - Velid Imamović (BIH)

    CZE-BUL
    Eugen Strigel (GER) - Johan Johqvist (SWE)

    MNE-KOS
    Mehmet Murat Ilgaz (TUR) - Olivier Chovaux (FRA)

    LTU-LUX
    Kevin Azzopardi (MLT) - Octavian Goga (ROU)

    UKR-SRB
    Ichko Lozev (BUL) - Bakar Jordania (GEO)

    DEN-IRL
    László Vágner (HUN) - Vladislav Khodeyev (RUS)

    FRO-ESP
    Alain Hamer (LUX) - Kadri Jägel (EST)

    NOR-ROU
    Martin Ingvarsson (SWE) - Gordon Pate (SCO)

    SWE-MLT
    Emil Božinovski (MKD) - Yauhen Tratsiuk (BLR)

    AUT-SVN
    Georgios Bikas (GRE) - Vilmos Szabó (HUN)

    MKD-POL
    Gylfi Þór Orrason (ISL) - Andrew Shaw (ENG)

    LVA-ISR
    Vlado Svilokos (CRO) - Orxan Hüseynzadə (AZE)

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  6. A help is very appreciated, thank you so much.

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  7. Orsato gets very hot match.Hopefully there will be no scandals.

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  8. For me is a strange refeee observer for Karasev. He is from Sweden, and his team is in the same group with Romania and Norway. They should change him. Istvan Kovacs told to a local tv, that he will have a game this Saturday, and then he will go in Italy for Euro Under 21. So, could be Croatia-Wales for him, or another match?

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  9. SMR-LTU
    Muharrem Zihni Aksoy (TUR) - Peter Oskam (NED)

    FRO-KAZ
    Pjetur Sigurðsson (ISL) - Marcin Stefański (POL)

    AND-KOS
    Draženko Kovačić (CRO) - Álvaro Albino (POR)

    LIE-AZE
    Leif Sundell (SWE) - Claude Kremer (LUX)

    TUR-ALB
    Raymond Ellingham (WAL) - Ivan Lekov (BUL)

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  10. This is second Orsato's game in Montenegro and he did not stay in good memory to the fans there. Several years ago he referred Montenegro Austria(2 3). In that game he sent off Mirko Vucinic and Montenegro coach in about 30 seconds between or so. Both for protesting

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  11. Solid performance by Munukka. Nice to see the LotG - including Law 12 ;) - applied correctly. Correct pk for handball given, very alert (one exception in added time).

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  12. Do you know referee for friendly Slovakia - Jordan?

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    1. Musial - Borkowski, Wojcik (POL)- Marhefka (SVK)

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  13. Solid performance by Orsato in a game that got more competitive after the break. Some sloppy mistakes though, especially in the final minutes.

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  14. I read on twitter: "Alan Judge broke his wrist in the final minutes of tonight's game". What happened there?

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  15. Any info about Rocchi in Northern Macedonia - Poland?

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    1. He was whistling rather more than less, many 'normal' fouls in a game that could have easily explode by allowing too much. Although some players (Lewandowski) were upset after some soft free kicks, the control was given. In my opinion, it was a good approach chosen by the Italian and good choice by the committee to appoint a top elite referee for this game.

      Five yellow cards:
      28' - 15 POL for persistent infringement (two incidents involving careless use of arm within thirty seconds or so)
      41' - 5 POL for SPA by holding from behind
      66' - 6 MKD for SPA by impeding progress with contact
      85' - 6 MKD for SPA by holding
      87' - 23 MKD for unsporting behaviour / provoking laying Polish player

      Some problems with positioning when being too close to play forced him to turn back to the ball (52', 71')

      He played some advantages without signaling it with hand gesture (64', 68').

      The handball penalty incident (89') to be rewatched carefully. After one replay watched live, I had the feeling it was a short distance and hand was in quite natural position but slightly increasing the body surface. I will try to post a video soon.

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    2. The handball penalty incident

      https://streamable.com/9npqg

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    3. Thank you, about the possible handball I think that PLAY ON is surely supportable. Penalty, however, wouldn't have been a mistake.

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  16. Very good performance from Karasev in Norway-Romania, in a not too challenging match. Two crucial decisions however took by AR1 Averianov:

    https://youtu.be/zjEdZue3UrU?t=100 --- min 8' (possible wrong offside stopping a clear scoring opportunity for Norway)

    https://youtu.be/zjEdZue3UrU?t=236 --- min 90'+2 (Romania's equalizer, very close call but looks ONside)

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  17. Highlights for Orsato (MNE - KVX):

    https://ok.ru/video/1147181992483

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    1. Thank you so much. I download this video.

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