Tuesday 10 September 2019

2019/20 European Qualifiers - Referee Appointments MD6 (10 September 2019)

Referee appointments for 2019-20 UEFA European Qualifiers Matchday 6, games to be played on 10/09.  
Group A
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Southampton (St Mary's Stadium)
ENGLAND - KOSOVO
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth Official: Christian Dingert (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Matthew Paris (MLT)

Group A
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Podgorica (Gradski stadion)
MONTENEGRO - CZECH REPUBLIC
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Emre Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Serkan Olguncan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Dag Steinar Vestlund (NOR)

Group B
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Vilnius (LFF stadionas)
LITHUANIA - PORTUGAL
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Johan Balder (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Davie Goossens (NED)
Fourth Official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Yuriy Baskakov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Ariel Kenneth Scheiman (ISR)

Group B
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Luxembourg (Stade Josy Barthel)
LUXEMBOURG - SERBIA
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Roy Cathcart (NIR)

Group H
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Elbasan (Elbasan Arena)
ALBANIA - ICELAND
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Somoláni (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Štrbo (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Kráľovič (SVK)
UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Alin Cioban (ROU)

Group H
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Saint-Denis (Stade de France)
FRANCE - ANDORRA
Referee: Mykola Balakin (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Valentyn Kutsev (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Vysots'kyy (UKR)
Fourth Official: Yaroslav Kozyk (UKR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Graham Hover (ENG)

Group H
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
MOLDOVA - TURKEY
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Roi Hassan (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni (ISR)
Fourth Official: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Sergio Di Cesare (ITA)

29 comments:

  1. In group A, I would rather have expected the Elite referee in Montenegro and the First Group referee in England.

    Turpin and Kabakov again without a match (like in the play-offs) - maybe there is something wrong (e.g. failed test)?

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    1. Skomina was appointed in CL play off and already has 2 matches in EURO qualifiers. I dont see why would Skomina had to be appointed every time??
      Problem with Turpin, Kabakov and Kovacs is that they were not appointed for a single match in the last two months and we do not know the reason. For Kralovec and Kuipers we knew they were/are injured.
      Out of all referees that were not appointed in CL an EL qualifiers, Gestranius was now appointed in EL QF.

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    2. Kovacs did 2 EURO qualifiers but no EL or CL play off. Turpin and Kabakov only 1 EURO qualifier and no EL or CL play off

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  2. UEFA Women's Champions League (Round of 32, first legs) - referee appointments

    https://ratetheref.createaforum.com/international-appointments/201920-uefa-women's-champions-league/?message=10848

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  3. Friendlies

    10 September 2019, 20:30 CET - Dnipropetrovs'k (Dnipro Arena)
    UKRAINE - NIGERIA
    Referee: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
    Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
    Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
    Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov (UKR)

    10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Dublin (Aviva Stadium)
    Republic of Ireland - Bulgaria
    Referee: Tobias Welz (GER)

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    1. AR1 : Rafael Foltyn (GER)
      AR2 : Markus Häcker (GER)

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    2. Two big mistakes by Paolo Valeri today. Not good evening for him.

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    3. Which mistakes? Can you say more?

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  4. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dl6yN3IplqFc&ved=2ahUKEwiBkvLdlcfkAhUN7aYKHfu6DQg4ChCjtAEwA3oECAEQCQ&usg=AOvVaw08_atiD1mRl2_eW3LqIVWJ

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  5. https://sector.depo.ua/ukr/sector/zyavilos-video-naytsikavishikh-momentiv-fantastichnogo-matchu-ukraina-nigeriya-201909111026424

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  6. The second video start to watch from 4.40. Think clear penalty was missed

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    1. Thanks for the videos, the first one didn't work in my country but I found the incident: 2-2 goal in 79' was indeed scored by handball, to be annulled. Difficult for referee and also AR.
      The penalty should have been given as well, looking at defender's movement.

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  7. Zwayer seemed to have a difficult match with 2 penalties and YC to Coach after a goal that followed after a possible foul. Does anyone have more information?

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    1. Unfortunately I only watched 1st half, which was not challenging at all for Zwayer.

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  8. I give my impressions of three further matches that I watched during this international break; I did not take notes so perhaps I missed sth, but perhaps my impressions are partly useful.

    Starting in reverse chronological order, I spent yesterday evening watching the game in Elbasan handled by Ivan Kružliak. In general, no problems for the Slovakian, not so much to say about the refereeing. My thoughts on him were ambivalent, he showed some good prevention but also took some 'surprising' decisions. I know that such games that have some ex ante potential to 'kick-off' but are generally played fairly leave the referee in some kind of limbo as to how to handle the game - basically Kružliak sorted out cards when the game needed it. Some decisions taken pointed rather to a lack of confidence, opposing the last time I saw him in Partizan - Beşiktaş game where he was really excellent (8,6 but for missed caution) - this confident, modern manager who's talks with players never sacrificed authority seemed to have gone. I think UEFA even considered him on CL KO level (remember decision taken to have VAR there was after they sent Batta to observer him in R5 of group matches as a 1st Cat.), but he did not show a good performance in Hoffenheim - Shakhtar. Perhaps I generalise but I got the feeling he did not really recover from that yet - a talent indeed, but not material for an eighteen-referees EURO next year.

    Yesterday evening I caught the Poland - Austria game handled by Viktor Kassai. I fully agree with david02's report that Hungarian handled the game well with one or the other mistakes - I would contend the statement that he "is back" though. I myself confidently declared this after his strong performance in the Burnley - Olympiakós game (then he made me look an idiot in Manchester, but besides that). One part of Kassai's game is "back", his feeling for when to and when not to whistle a foul, I would say he is one of Europe's strongest 'match-readers' - but I wonder whether this skill, which took him to WC Semifinal, CL Final, and two good performances from a EURO Final, ever left him; it doesn't help that in the meantime he took some really awful calls. What surely has left him from the referee of early-PLC era is his soft skills - one now has the impression of perpetually grumpy guy, who you would not wish to bump into on a Monday morning. I guess he retains his natural authority but I would even say it constitutes even some kind of paranoia that the players are trying to destroy him (of course, one NB1 player did exactly that to him). In the end his years at UEFA top are rather over - making good decisions he can stay in Elite, with mistakes he should be demoted to 1st Cat; if he retired tomorrow, he could be immensely satisfied with what he reached, now in the twilight of his career.

    Finally I watched the quite 'fun' Armenia - Bosnia–Herzegovina game handled by Benoît Bastien. In general he offered a good performance. I appreciate his approach, analogous to Anthony Taylor - but I think that the Englishman has an 'X-Factor' right now that Bastien lacks. UEFA like him too, you don't get those Schalke - Galatasaray and Olympiakós - Milan games for nothing, but making crucial mistakes in both those matches ostensibly ended his international season (though I wonder if like Proença in 2013 he asked himself not to be appointed). I am quite confident it will return, but I just missed a bigger determination than what I saw from him before. EURO 2020 should be out of the question, but incrementally improving his appointments should follow as in-form he a valuable referee for UEFA who can handle big matches. As you noticed, I didn't talk about THAT in-box situation, which I will do below.

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    1. https://streamable.com/u32f8

      After much deliberation I present my view:

      * Džeko tries to win a penalty off the right leg of the defender (clues: ball he hits hard to do that, odd movement pattern, look at his left leg, ready to get tripped)

      * When trying to do that, his left leg actually does get hit by defender's left leg (you can see the change of movement, defender feels that contact, it's clear that he thinks he has fouled his opponent)

      -> So, as Džeko has played for the penalty, on a philosophical level, can we punish the standing leg tackle of the defender? This is the crucial question IMO.

      This a genuine grey area where observer should back either penalty or simulation with the correct explanation from the match officials.

      Expanding further, my take on this can be considered quite relativistic, but I believe that play on would be the best decision (with simulation being much more preferable than a penalty).

      Defender's left leg tackle is a typical standing-leg tackle, that should be punished with a YC. This is unnatural and manufactured situation by Džeko. BUT I see two crucial differences between this an typical standing leg tackle:

      1) Džeko's leg is in the air, so no danger for injury
      2) Such interpretations are to protect player's safety - as Džeko's leg is up (no danger), I don't believe that he should be protected by that when he tries everything just to get fouled.

      So, what happens is rather either off-the-ball careless foul (that is play-on) or normal footballing contact if we say that Džeko's leg is off the ground. So, while it is clearly the worst decision en praxis, I believe that PLAY ON is the correct decision in a objective reality.

      In the real world, though it is wrong, better to punish the simulation there than award a penalty (fair somehow, as Džeko is only interested to get fouled), that are only two options here in practice.

      And they had a few seconds to make a decision...

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    2. IMO excellent decision by Bastien. Djeko clearly tries to deceive the referee by dragging his left foot towards the defender when he sees the challenge. Spot on decision.

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    3. Thank you, Mikael,for your analysis. I like Bastien, but I don't agree with this decision. IMO this is a penalty

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    4. Excessive "artistry" Dzeko, without which Bastien could make the right decision, in any case, he would be stumble, but it would be natural.

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    5. Great decision. Just like Lahoz some year ago with Manchester city. It would have been a penalty if the attacker didn't dive before the contact. Shameful attacker.

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    6. Very complex situation where the live perception is still of a dive rather than a penalty. The replays from different angles give different perceptions. It would be interesting to know how UEFA has assessed the incident.

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  9. ITALY SERIE A APPOINTMENTS for 3rd MD
    BRESCIA - BOLOGNA ROCCHI IV: MASSIMI VAR: PICCININI
    FIORENTINA - JUVENTUS IRRATI IV: DI BELLO VAR: MAZZOLENI
    GENOA – ATALANTA FABBRI IV: PAIRETTO VAR: MARESCA
    H. VERONA – MILAN MANGANIELLO IV: DI MARTINO VAR: ORSATO
    INTER – UDINESE MARIANI IV: ABISSO VAR: GUIDA
    NAPOLI – SAMPDORIA LA PENNA IV: MARINI VAR: BANTI
    PARMA – CAGLIARI PASQUA IV: SERRA VAR: DOVERI
    ROMA – SASSUOLO CHIFFI IV: SACCHI VAR: GIACOMELLI
    SPAL – LAZIO CALVARESE IV: GHERSINI VAR: AURELIANO
    TORINO – LECCE GIUA IV: MARINELLI VAR: DI PAOLO

    Rocchi on sunday with a low profile match, while Orsato only as VAR; still out Massa and Valeri after the mistakes during 1st MD. Probably Orsato will be appointed in CL on Wednesday. Also Guida is appointed as VAR; debut in CL for him to celebrate his promotion in 1st class ? I guess too early IMO

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  10. PREMIER LEAGUE

    Referee chief Mike Riley admits four VAR mistakes this season.

    https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11095/11807734/var-premier-league-referee-chief-mike-riley-admits-four-mistakes-this-season

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  11. SAUDI PRO LEAGUE today

    17:50CET
    At-Ta'awun Buraidah - Al-A'adalah Al-Ahasa
    Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
    Assistant Referee 1: Ruud Bexkens (NED)
    Assistant Referee 2: Freek Vandeursen (NED)
    Fourth Official: Sander van der Eijk (NED)
    Video Assistant Referee: Edgar Bijl (NED)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Laurens Gerrets (NED)

    17:50CET
    Damak Khamis Mushait - Al-Ittihad Jiddah
    Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (POR)
    Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Martins (POR)
    Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ribeiro (POR)
    Fourth Official: Abdullah Zafar (KSA)
    Video Assistant Referee: André Narciso (POR)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dalibor Đurđević (SRB)

    19:35CET
    An-Nassr Riyadh - Ash-Shabab Riyadh
    Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
    Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
    Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
    Fourth Official: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
    Video Assistant Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Milovan Ristić (SRB)

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  12. No appointment for Cüneyt Cakir in Turkish Süper Lig this weekend so very likely a UEFA Champions League game on Tuesday or Wednesday!

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    1. Yes Possible...
      When I was free, I will write interesting things about the New Turkey Referee Committee. So weird things are happening here...

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  13. SAUDI PRO LEAGUE today

    17:40CET
    Al-Hilal Riyadh - Al-Faiha'a Al-Majma'ah
    Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
    Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
    Assistant Referee 2: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
    Fourth Official: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
    Video Assistant Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marcin Boniek (POL)

    17:50CET
    Abha - Ar-Ra'id Buraidah
    Referee: André Narciso (POR)
    Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Martins (POR)
    Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ribeiro (POR)
    Fourth Official: Muhammad As-Suma'ail (KSA)
    Video Assistant Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (POR)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dalibor Đurđević (SRB)

    19:35CET
    Al-Ahli Jiddah - Al-Wahda Makkah
    Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
    Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
    Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
    Fourth Official: Ra'id Az-Zahrani (KSA)
    Video Assistant Referee: João Capela (POR)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nélson Moniz (POR)

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  14. hie guys does anyone have an idea what a double overlapping offside is like?
    assistant referee training

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