Qarabağ FK (AZE) - Sevilla FC (ESP) | Group A
Referee: Yevhen Aranovs'kyy (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ihor Al'okhin (UKR)
Fourth Official: Yaroslav Kozyk (UKR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)
UEFA Delegate: Boris Stankov (BUL)
18:55CET - Nicosia (Stádio GSP)
APOEL FC (CYP) - F91 Dudelange (LUX) | Group A
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Mardari (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Vadim Vicol (MDA)
Fourth Official: Alexandru Tean (MDA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michális Koukoulákis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Marcin Stefański (POL)
18:55CET - Kyiv (Natsionalʹnyy sportyvnyy kompleks "Olimpiysʹkyy")
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) - Malmö FF (SWE) | Group B
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Fourth Official: Dimitar Mečkarovski (MKD)
UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Kuanysh Kanapyanov (KAZ)
18:55CET - Copenhagen (Telia Parken)
FC København (DEN) - FC Lugano (SUI) | Group B
Referee: Fábio José da Costa Veríssimo (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Luís André Ferreira Pinto de Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Álvaro Daniel de Carvalho Mesquita (POR)
Fourth Official: António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Thibault De Gendt (BEL)
18:55CET - Getafe (Coliseum Alfonso Pérez)
Getafe CF (ESP) - Trabzonspor (TUR) | Group C
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Grega Kordež (SVN)
Fourth Official: Dejan Balažič (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Łukasz Wachowski (POL)
18:55CET - Basel (St. Jakob-Park)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) - FC Krasnodar (RUS) | Group C
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Fourth Official: Ville Nevalainen (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Clive Whitehead (ENG)
18:55CET - Eindhoven (Philips Stadion)
PSV Eindhoven (NED) - Sporting CP (POR) | Group D
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Somoláni (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Kráľovič (SVK)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Artur Azaryan (ARM)
18:55CET - Linz (Linzer Stadion)
Linzer ASK (AUT) - Rosenborg BK (NOR) | Group D
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedėlis (LTU)
Fourth Official: Donatas Šimėnas (LTU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Leonid Kaloshin (RUS)
18:55CET - Rennes (Roazhon Park)
Stade Rennais FC (FRA) - Celtic FC (SCO) | Group E
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Íñigo Prieto López de Ceraín (ESP)
Fourth Official: Santiago Jaime Latre (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)
UEFA Delegate: Jean-Paul Mievis (BEL)
18:55CET - Cluj-Napoca (Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu)
CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU) - SS Lazio (ITA) | Group E
Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Golis (POL)
Fourth Official: Damian Sylwestrzak (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Rien Koopman (NED)
UEFA Delegate: João Morais (POR)
18:55CET - Frankfurt am Main (Commerzbank-Arena)
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) - Arsenal FC (ENG) | Group F
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
Fourth Official: Fabrizio Pasqua (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Jacob Erel (ISR)
18:55CET - Liège (Stade Maurice Dufrasne)
Royal Standard de Liège (BEL) - Vitória SC (POR) | Group F
Referee: Sergey Ivanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Usachov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Valeriy Danchenko (RUS)
Fourth Official: Sergey Lapochkin (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Małek (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Philippe Prudhon (FRA)
21:00CET - Porto (Estádio do Dragão)
FC Porto (POR) - BSC Young Boys (SUI) | Group G
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Bert Andersson (SWE)
21:00CET - Glasgow (Ibrox Stadium)
Rangers FC (SCO) - Feyenoord (NED) | Group G
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Fourth Official: Ádám Farkas (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: John Ward (IRL)
UEFA Delegate: Ronald Zimmermann (GER)
21:00CET - Razgrad (Ludogorets Arena)
PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) - PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) | Group H
Referee: Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo (BIH)
Fourth Official: Admir Šehović (BIH)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)
UEFA Delegate: Romano Clavedetscher (SUI)
21:00CET - Barcelona (Estadi Cornellà-El Prat)
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (ESP) - Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) | Group H
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Milutin Đukić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vladan Todorović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković (MNE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Peadar Ryan (IRL)
21:00CET - Ghent (Ghelamco Arena)
KAA Gent (BEL) - AS Saint-Étienne (FRA) | Group I
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: David Elias Biton (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Dvir Shimon (ISR)
Fourth Official: Gal Leibovitz (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen (FRO)
UEFA Delegate: David Findlay (SCO)
21:00CET - Wolfsburg (Volkswagen-Arena)
VfL Wolfsburg (GER) - FC Oleksandriya (UKR) | Group I
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Hakan Yemişken (TUR)
Fourth Official: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Charles Agius (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: William Campbell (NIR)
21:00CET - Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
AS Roma (ITA) - Medipol Başakşehir FK (TUR) | Group J
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera Montero (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel (ENG)
21:00CET - Mönchengladbach (Borussia-Park)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) - RZ Pellets Wolfsberger AC (AUT) | Group J
Referee: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Péter Kóbor (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szert (HUN)
Fourth Official: Péter Solymosi (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák (SVK)
21:00CET - Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) - Beşiktaş JK (TUR) | Group K
Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Silver Kõiv (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Aron Härsing (EST)
Fourth Official: Juri Frischer (EST)
UEFA Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Adrian Ixari (MDA)
21:00CET - Wolverhampton (Molineux Stadium)
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (ENG) - SC Braga (POR) | Group K
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Hummelgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Heine Sørensen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Jens Grabski Maae (DEN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stávros Tritsónis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Tugomir Frajman (SVN)
21:00CET - Belgrade (Stadion FK Partizan)
FK Partizan (SRB) - AZ Alkmaar (NED) | Group L
Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniele Bindoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gylfi Þór Orrason (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Orxan Hüseynzadə (AZE)
21:00CET - Manchester (Old Trafford)
Manchester United FC (ENG) - FC Astana (KAZ) | Group L
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Rotem Kamer (ISR)
Well regarding future development definitly the most important match for Dabanovic being observed by Rosetti. Debut for Rizzoli...
ReplyDeleteRosetti observing Dabanovic.
ReplyDeleteOne cannot look past Nikola Dabanović being observed by Roberto Rosetti as the biggest appointment of the round. I wonder if him (and Irfan Peljto) will be given a VAR education 'crash-course' to handle a CL game this year - on a technical level they are both ready for that IMO. José María Sánchez Martínez is also ready to handle CL games, especially with his VAR experience.
ReplyDeleteEL débuts for Dumitru Muntean and Donatas Rumšas. I watched the Lithuanian handle the Ludogorets - Ferencvárosi game, and it is not surprising that Frank de Bleeckere observes him; he is a big talent (though his team-mates were not so good that evening). His way of refereeing is very similar to Carlos del Cerro Grande - not the worst constellation in these times given Rosetti's overt appreciation for such style (mine too!).
Ivan Kružliak, Viktor Kassai and especially Andris Treimanis can be disappointed that they don't have CL insets - the Latvian got even big Arsenal - Stade Rennais game last season and attended U21 EURO, but perhaps UEFA had a 'reality check' about him. Latvian should improve his talks WITH (rather than, AT) players to go further.
I don't want to report wrong things, so correct me in case, but I think Muntean is the first referee ever from Moldova in EL group stage?
Delete@Chefren I did quite a lot of research and with 99% confidence I can confirm that you're right (all seasons (also UEFA Cup era), all matches (group stages and knockout stages) included). So biggest achievement ever for refereeing in Moldova.
DeleteThe remaining UEFA countries without a referee in UEFA Cup / EL group stage are:
DeleteAndorra
Armenia
Faroe Islands
Gibraltar
Kosovo
Liechtenstein* (no referees there)
San Marino
Maybe something in Armenia could happen, but very difficult if not impossible for the other countries.
Rosetti has contributed to accelerate this process, before that, with Collina it was different.
Good analysis. Yes I fully agree on the fact that Rosetti is giving much more chances to referees coming from country in which football is not strongly developed. And now we can see new names, while with Collina we had always the same 8 /10 elite ones.
DeleteWhy Liechtenstein doesn't have FIFA referee in the latest years ? I remember Roland Beck in the past; he was FIFA referee from that country. It seems not fare to be the only country without an official
Liechtenstein doesn't have a national league, hence why there aren't any FIFA referees.
DeleteIs there VAR in Europa League?
ReplyDeleteNo, there isn't until final
DeleteIs a demotion for Kassai possible in the coming months or will they keep him as Elite but with minor appointments?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. There are stronger candidates even though I don't think that we will see any.
DeleteIn case committee wanted to do that, Kassai would have been already demoted, especially after that mistake in Manchester - Shakhtar.
DeleteIt is very rare to get a demotion from Elite Category, we have only few cases in recent times, the most known Moen...
Yes, you're right. However his latest appointments were not that good, IMO. However, let's see if Rosetti keeps it that way or changes that policy.
DeleteIn Dutch media there is communicated that Victor Kassai is replaced by Antonio Mateu Lahoz. I don't know the reason. Anyone?
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP) will be the referee of Rangers - Feyenoord. But I don't know the reason of the change. Source: UEL app.
DeleteAssistant referee 1: Roberto del Palomar (ESP)
Assistant referee 2: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP)
Fourth official: Jose Gonzalez (ESP)
Kassai got injured during his weekend game at Honved-Fehervar. That's why the replacement. Hopefully he will be fit soon again.
DeleteInjury
DeleteReal Madrid's second disallowed goal from yesterday for offside.
ReplyDeletehttps://streamable.com/yuvfr
Videos from Anthony Taylor's performance:
ReplyDeletehttp://law5-theref.blogspot.com/2019/09/champions-league-201920-referee_16.html?showComment=1568884134130#c469969890098162900
SAUDI PRO LEAGUE
ReplyDelete17:50CET
Damak v Ash-Shabab Riyadh
REF: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
AR1: Charles Schaap (NED)
AR2: Jan de Vries (NED)
4OF: Edwin van de Graaf (NED)
VAR: Richard Martens (NED)
AVAR: Luca Cantineau (NED)
A correct penalty whistled right now by Sánchez Martínez to Rennes.
ReplyDelete2-1 by Cluj allowed by Polish crew (AR2) is a very interesting case of offside. The player in offside positoon disturbs keeper while a temmate is scoring the goal, after having hit the crossbar before.
ReplyDeleteVAR would have detected that but I don't think it was impossible for AR2. Crucial mistake for me, I will try to post a video soon.
Meanwhile, the penalty to Cluj whistled by Stefanski:
Deletehttps://streamable.com/93i1f
Massa with a ridiculous, game deciding red card in Frankfurt. He really shouldn’t have a FIFA license.
ReplyDeleteI think the second yellow card can be given but is not needed.
DeleteA correct decision.
@Questionmark maybe your comment is a bit exaggerated?
DeleteI'm about to delete it...
@Questionmark You know what is ridiculous? Your comment. A referee (UEFA first category) makes a mistake (I haven't seen the situation yet so can't comfirm if it even was one) and you say he shouldn't have a FIFA license because of that. That's not how it works. A referee who 'should not have a FIFA license' would never be UEFA 1st category. Your comment is unreasonable, unintelligent and truly ridiculous.
DeleteAdmittedly, my comment was over the top and affected by emotion.
DeleteReports of a very clear penalty missed by Ivanov for Vitória SC.
ReplyDeleteI don't know the minute.
Fine performance by Kruzliak.
ReplyDeleteWatched José María Sánchez Martínez in Rennes (as a Celtic fan).
ReplyDeleteHe didn't have a bad game, though some weird decisions when players were battling close and after giving a YC for simulation early on to a Celtic player in the penalty area didn't do the same to a Rennes player later on.
Both both penalties were correct, but there was a missed penalty for Celtic in 54 minutes just before their penalty.
He lost control at the end though. Celtic's LB slid in winning the ball but collected a Rennes player's who had stuck his leg in to challenge, correct play-on but the Rennes players weren't happy.
Then Celtic's sub forward caught an opponent with an elbow as he jumped higher, correct YC but the Rennes player had to go off (all subs used).
The Rennes GK spilled the ball from a shot and the Celtic player followed in, minimal contact if any. Don't think the referee even gave a foul, but eventually showed a second YC after checking the GK: https://streamja.com/jzR7
Here's that challenge: https://streamable.com/59xfh
DeleteClear contact on the GK's head Michael https://streamja.com/jzR7
DeleteThe right leg hits the GK in the head.
Missed offside by Treimanis' AR2 in Porto goal.
ReplyDeleteNow penalty to Young Boys seems to be correct decision.
DeleteMateu Lahoz with a correct penalty for Rangers. Sad thing when a Feyenoord player asked him to check with VAR...
ReplyDeleteWolfsberger scored a goal and the player celebrated it with an Israeli flag taken from the stands. Interesting situation, one can discuss about "excessive celebration" (of course, nothing against the nation, I'm presenting just the way of celebrating).
ReplyDeleteI thought the same!
DeleteWe should ask IFAB.
Correct PK IMO by Treimanis, maybe Young Boys player exaggerated a lot the contact but still penalty.
ReplyDeletewhat has happened? above at rangers game I see Kassai appointed and I put the match on stream and I see lahoz 😛
ReplyDeleteYou find the answer on this page, just read all the comments :)
DeleteA situation to be rewatched in Tohver's game, minute 20', possible penalty. Decision was corner kick.
ReplyDeleteNow penalty given on 28' minute. Looked like a correct decision for me.
Delete20´ looked like a DOGSO after watching the replays.
DeleteA notable observation is Letexier’s appointment as a referee in Manchester tonight only two days after having been Buquet’s VAR in Milan.
ReplyDeleteNow a very good onside by Treimanis' AR2.
ReplyDelete28': RC by Guida against AZ Alkmaar for DOGSO.
ReplyDeleteI didn't watch the incident but it is reported as correct decision.
41' very soft penalty if not totally wrong to Partizan.
DeleteIndeed a correct red card for DOGSO, but the penalty is a mistake in my book. Both attacker and defender are challenging for the ball, but AZ defender doesn’t do anything wrong.
DeleteTotally wrong penalty, no doubt. I can't believe that this kind of penalty could be whistled at this level.
Delete27’ RC Svensson (AZ) - DOGSO
Deletehttps://streamable.com/ntwew
41’ Penalty PAR
https://streamable.com/57qqy
Clear RC, 100% wrong penalty.
DeleteThe penalty would be better to not whistle. He kind of drags his foot out to get the contact but it's not very obvious. Penalty is not black/white wrong.
DeletePossible penalty for Rangers missed by Mateu Lahoz (min 30-35, can't remember).
ReplyDeleteThe last replay showed the touch on the ball.
DeleteYC for simulation given for Besiktas by Tohver but for me never a dive and more a penalty.
ReplyDeleteVery good advantage prior to Roma goal by Estrada Fernández.
ReplyDeleteTohver is having a bad night at Slovan - Besiktas game.
ReplyDeleteDOGSO and red card for Besiktas GK Karius.
Missed penalty and wrong YC given to Besiktas #22 Llajic.
He must improve.
1-1 by Espanyol scored "thank" to a player lying down injured in penalty area who kept onside attacker. Interesting stuff for Rosetti.
ReplyDeleteMateu Lahoz missed two YC in a short time for the same playery He played the advantage twice and did not come back to book the player. Very unlucky decisions...
ReplyDeleteAPOEL - F91 Dudelange Dumitru Muntean (MDA)
ReplyDeleteEL debut for the Moldovan referee in a seemingly easy match. However, I wasn't impressed by his performance.
The whistled penalty at 54' is a correct decision. N24 of DUD tackles his opponent N11 APO and commits a foul. Referee is very close and decides correctly.
There is another penalty appeal at 79' but the holding is mutual and the APOEL player N20 exaggerates the fall.
Muntean had a quite good foul detection (good no-foul at min. 23' right outside DUD penalty area as APOEL player tries to take advantage of a slight contact). Good decision to bring back play and caution N6 APOEL since the advantage wasn't successfull (87').
However, his management of the match was poor. During the first half was had several cases of P.I. with DUD players (N28, N8) committing a number of fouls without any action taken by the referee. Dudelange committed 22 fouls and had only 2 cautions. The only warning (min. 14') was really passive and the player ignored the referee. Muntean seemed to not communicate with the players. He just whistled and went backwards.
Moreover he seemed to have lost his concentration after 80'. There are 2 scenes which indicate that. At min. 84' the referee whistles for a foul and the APOEL defender tries to play fast. The referee stops play and orders the free-kick to be retaken due to incorrect placement of the ball. The free-kick is retaken 3 times in total. The referee is quite meticulous at the spesific scene, creating some tension.
Finally at min. 89' he stops a corner-kick before being executed probably to make a warning for pulling/pushing. But he does nothing while the APOEL player waits shouting to execute the corner-kick. After 15'' he allows the execution. I can't understand what was he thinking at the time.
Muntean showed that he lacks experience for that level. He is not completely ready and needs more time before another possible EL GS appointment.
Forgot to add about his positioning and movement. He was, most of the time, very close to the ball (10', 20') and there was a high risk that he would get caught into play. At 80' he was hit by the ball outside DUD Penalty area and APOEL gained possession. The referee restarted with drop-ball (correct decision).
DeleteI disagree. Muntean showed actually a very good performance, 8.4, even 8.5 possible. Apoel is a difficult atmosphere and them losing disappointingly at home and not being unhappy with the referee despite a penalty against them shows that.
DeleteThe situation in 84' the ball was rolling twice, nothing wrong with retaking. In 89' AR2 (who was poor, and also NO FIFA, why a NO FIFA AR in Moldova's first EL group stage game?) seems to indicate to Muntean that there were two balls on the field of play, however, it was nowhere close to the corner kick and a ballboy was retrieving the ball.
Bognar with a satisfying performance. Very good foul detection, several YC's given, all of them justified. Good control of a not too difficult match, no really challenging situations.
ReplyDeleteForgot about AR's: Good job by them, althought everyone made an offside mistake, but they were both so close that you can detect the offside/no offside only with a standing picture. But they happened in not so important situations, so no big problem. Good performance by thd whole team
DeleteGuida "blocked" AZ defender who tried to block the shot that led to Partizan's second goal :))
ReplyDeleteEgypt Super Cup
ReplyDelete20 September 2019, 19:00CET
Al-Ahli v Az-Zamalik
REF: Felix Brych (GER)
AR1: Mark Borsch (GER)
AR2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Some video clips from the Rangers vs. Feyenoord game refereed by Antonio Mateu Lahoz.
ReplyDelete=> Penalty for Rangers (handling), 9'
https://streamable.com/bb03x
=> Penalty for Rangers (tripping)? 33'
https://streamable.com/csiph
Yesterday I didn't watch the last replay. After seeing it, I have to really congratulate Mateu Lahoz. Live and in the other replays it looked like a clear penalty to me.
DeleteSome video clips from the Stade Rennais vs. Celtic game refereed by José María Sánchez Martínez:
ReplyDelete=> Penalty awarded to Stade Rennais (tripping), 37'
https://streamable.com/dbahi
=> Missed penalty for Celtic (stamp), 51'
https://streamable.com/cjdwk
=> Penalty awarded for Celtic (tripping), 58'
https://streamable.com/ad2g5
=> Very interesting in-box situation, 79':
foul (reckless?) by REN vs. standing-leg tackle by CEL (in case, penalty)
https://streamable.com/eqmxy
=> 2nd YC for Celtic - was that a reckless foul? +92'
https://streamable.com/fmpd2
In the 79' situation, at the last UEFA RAP there is a similar situation and the committee wanted a PK. IMO the defender wins fairly the ball and he trailing leg catches the attacker with the force of his sliding tackle. Never a pen for me.
DeleteSome video clips from the Slovan Bratislava vs. Beşiktaş game handled by Kristo Tohver:
ReplyDelete=> Missed foul on Slovan? In case, DOGSO?
Wrongly interpreted situation as a corner was given. 20'
https://streamable.com/a3gl9
=> Penalty awarded to Beşiktaş (tripping).
YC was unnecessary for a SPA, careless tackle. 28'
https://streamable.com/h465j
=> Missed penalty for Beşiktaş, wrongly interpreted as simulation. 37'
https://streamable.com/8g8s7
Missed foul by Karius: I would strongly prefer the red card, but as there is no control of the ball I would support a caution as well.
DeleteHorrible performance. Got every major decision wrong.
DeleteAny reports on the performance of Gestranius in Basel?
ReplyDeleteHello english bloggers ! Any report about Letexier’s performance in Old Trafford ?
ReplyDeleteSAUDI PRO LEAGUE
ReplyDelete17:20CET
Al-'Adalah - Abha
REF: Damir Skomina (SVN)
AR1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
AR2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
4OF: Faisal Al-Balwi (KSA)
VAR: Bakary Papa Gassama (GAM)
AVAR: Djibril Camara (SEN)
17:35CET
Al-Faiha'a Al-Majma'ah - Al-Wahda Makkah
REF: Richard Martens (NED)
AR1: Jan de Vries (NED)
AR2: Luca Cantineau (NED)
4OF: Edwin van de Graaf (NED)
VAR: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
AVAR: Charles Schaap (NED)
19:20CET
An-Nassr Riyadh - Al-Hazm Ar-Rass
REF: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
AR1: Kim Thomas Haglund (NOR)
AR2: Magnus Lundberg (NOR)
4OF: Majid Ash-Shamrani (KSA)
VAR: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
AVAR: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
How can we understand that sometimes 4th Officials are from KSA sometimes not?
DeleteKAA Gent - AS Saint-Étienne (Roi Reinshreiber)
ReplyDeleteKey Match Incidents:
02' - Goal (offside?)
https://streamable.com/vu9l2
38' - Goal (onside)
https://streamable.com/mxxd1
42' - Goal scored with an injured defending team's player on the field; YC Hamouma (STE) for dissent
https://streamable.com/8pqfu
64' - Goal (onside)
https://streamable.com/qrs74
81' - Handball penalty incident
https://streamable.com/66pwi
Disciplinary:
15' - Mandatory YC Debuchy (STE) missed for trailing leg tackle
https://streamable.com/ihmgk
48' - YC Ngadeu-Ngadjui (GNT) for trailing leg tackle
https://streamable.com/5mbo7
56' - YC Kums (GNT) for reckless tackle / SPA
https://streamable.com/pohwv
71' - YC Trauco (STE) for reckless tackle
https://streamable.com/ld2wo
73' - YC Kolodziejczak (STE) for SPA / handball
https://streamable.com/gv9km
85' - YC Khazri (STE) for unsporting behaviour
https://streamable.com/k71id
2019/20 UEFA Champions League - Vote for the best referee's performance.
ReplyDeleteYou can find it on the right column of the blog.
End date:
Monday 23 September 2019, 09:00 CET
I heard that he had a spinal disc herniation. But he has been appointed as VAR for few months.
ReplyDeleteHe is currently one of the best VARs in Germany.
To add: He still is on the Bundesliga list, but apparently his back injury hasn't allowed a comeback yet.
ReplyDeleteOT: Ante Rebic has received a 5 match ban for the controversial RC issued by Grinfeld in Strasbourg-Frankfurt. Part of the ban is for insulting a match official on his way to the cabin, but it seems the RC itself was also supported by UEFA.
ReplyDeleteOT: Var in Croatia tested for the first time in a competition match on Sunday. Junior first league, Rudes-Hajduk. Bebek is the main referee.
ReplyDeletehttp://player23thereferee.com/matchincidents/an-eventful-first-week-in-the-champions-league/
ReplyDeleteMy recap of the seven biggest refereeing talking points in the Champions League...go take a look!
Take a look:
ReplyDeleteSaudi Arabia today 21th September:
Al Ittifaq - Al faisaly 17:15 CET
Referee:
B. Gassama
Assistants:
Gabriel Camara
E. Samba
Fourth official:
Sami Al Jires
Al Fateh - Al Ahli 17:20 CET
Referee:
SARDAR JOSEBUIEK(KSA)
Assistants:
C. Sharp
L. Cantineau
Fourth official:
Idwen Crav(KSA)
So we have local head referee.
Nope :D Please find today's appointments below
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Al-Ittifaq Ad-Dammam - Al-Faisali
REF: Bakary Papa Gassama (GAM)
AR1: Djibril Camara (SEN)
AR2: El Hadji Malick Samba (SEN)
4OF: Sami Al-Jarais (KSA)
VAR: Damir Skomina (SVN)
AVAR: Robert Vukan (SVN)
17:20CET
Al-Fatah Al-Ahasa - Al-Ahli Jiddah
REF: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
AR1: Charles Schaap (NED)
AR2: Luca Cantineau (NED)
VAR: Edwin van de Graaf (NED)
AVAR: Jan de Vries (NED)
19:20CET
Al-Ittihad Jiddah - An-Nassr Riyadh
REF: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
AR1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
AR2: Tarık Ongun (TUR)
4OF: Turki Al-Khudair (KSA)
VAR: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
AVAR: Nélson Moniz (POR)
That explains why the name gave me nothing on google, not the best source i had, Sharp is given as British, but he is not even Sharp. Right!
DeleteWith the note that 3rd match is between:
DeleteAl Ittihad and Al Hilal(not Al Nassr)
Ah, of course, sorry :)
DeleteMaybe Saudi referees are not weak, but more like not ready for that level.
DeleteExcelent match to watch and excelent Cakir in my eyes - fast and secure, the penalty situation is hard to spot and exactly for VAR, because the question is did the defender reach the ball first or blocked the attacker before that.
Refereeing incidents from Çakır's game:
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YUIqVyLJ2k
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI have a question about EC qualification match Finland-Italy.
As we all know the referee of this match was Bobby Madden who gave a penalty favor of Italy. Unfortunately, that was an incorrect decision. There has been a lot of discussion about the penalty in Finland.
Finnish FA’s head of refereeing Jouni Hyytia (also UEFA referee observer according to this blog) disrespected Madden’s performance and decision making in that match and penalty situation. He has publicly given following statements in Finnish newspaper:
“This (penalty) was a referee mistake.” / Source: https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000006232611.html
"Of course it's hard to get inside the Scottish referee’s head, and situations in the field happen really fast. I believe he (Madden) interprets that Vaisanen uses his hands to make him bigger [to cover the shot], which is incorrect." / Source: https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000006232611.html
"That was his judgment, unfortunately the interpretation was wrong." / Source: https://www.is.fi/huuhkajat/art-2000006232732.html
"If I don't take the penalty situation under consideration, his grade would be passable." / Source: https://www.is.fi/huuhkajat/art-2000006232732.html
FYI, Helsingin Sanomat is the biggest newspaper in Finland.
I’m just wondering is it justified to give that kind of comments publicly in Hyytia’s position?
A bit similiar situation happened here in Latvia in August. It was regarding a penalty awarded by Bas Nijhuis (NED; FIFA; UEFA 1st Category) in FC København (DEN) 3:1 Riga FC (LVA) (Europa League play-offs, first leg). Also a lot of discussions about that incident. Vadims Direktorenko (head of the Latvian Football Federation's Referees Committee, also UEFA Referee Observer) didn't give so many statements as Hyytia but he did give one in a TV broadcast (a weekly one; nearly in each episode he or another refereeing related person talks about the most controversial decisions in Latvian football).
DeleteHe said the following (translated from Latvian): [Journalist: ' Shoulder...'] 'And again, from this angle I look at the referee's body language. He was thinking a bit about this situation, what he should do... [Journalist: 'And was listening...?'] I don't think he was listening because the AR's body language doesn't show that he made any decision regarding this situation or helped the referee in making the decision. I think the referee saw the moment very good from his point of view, and thought a bit, and awarded a penalty for handball, but, again, from this replay, first of all, I am surpised that in this stage [of the competition] we see the replay from only one camera - I was expecting minimum 3 or 4; even LTV7 [one of the two Latvian national TV channel, it is the one focusing on sport; starting with this season it also broadcasts some Latvian Higher League matches] has cameras behind the goals and so on, and in this case, in my opinion, it was shoulder, but of course the referee was confused by the fact that the player made unnatural movements and made his body bigger with his hand, but if we look at this replay again, I don't see handball here, I see only shoulder here.'
You can watch him talking about it (and a video of the incident) at https://youtu.be/lEReI9U7IvM?t=2735
An important appointment not reported here until now. Srđan Jovanović will début in the Eternal Derby of Belgrade today. Full appointment:
ReplyDeletePartizan - Crvena zvezda, 1800CET
REF: Srđan Jovanović
AR1: Uroš Stojković
AR2: Milan Mihajlović
4th: Momčilo Marković
My stream blacked out a couple of times so missed some minutes, but I had the impression of a very good performance by Srđan Jovanović.
DeleteSerbian had strong disciplinary control including verbal warnings and a great 'feeling' for the game that allowed him to always have the control. He never lost his concentration from the first whistle and was always alert. His mimics presented a top-down authority that reminded me on his compatriot Milorad Mažić. His team-mates executed their roles well.
Important step for Srđan Jovanović in his career - he passed it well.
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ReplyDeleteToday the 'FIFA FOOTBALL CONFERENCE - ANALYSIS ON THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 2019' event happened. It was broadcasted live on YouTube in 2 parts (each several hours long) (the live streams have now been published as videos). At the end of the second part Pierluigi Collina and Kari Seitz talked. I haven't watched it yet but I think it should be quite interesting. Here's a link to the start of their speaches: https://youtu.be/hq4_9MSDVyw?t=11003
FIFA Circular for 2020 Referees International List:
ReplyDeletehttps://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/1692-2020-fifa-refereeing-international-lists.pdf?cloudid=tfoorwviaff1jtxuqkl8
Deadline is 01/10/2019. About the rest, nothing has changed if compared to previous years. A minimum age of 25 yers for referees and 23 for assistant referee is required. No maximum limits but the referees born before 1975 (45 years old and more) could be obliged to pass specific tests.
In Spain, it was officially confirmed on the official refereeing report of July (along with promotions and demotions) that the next FIFA referee will be Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (1984) and new FIFA AR will be José Enrique Naranjo Pérez (regular AR2 of Hernández Hernández).
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ReplyDeleteI have a curious question.
I can’t remember in which game exactly, but I’m sure that some premier league referees do not allow defenders to sit/laydown behind defensive walls (to prevent low driven shots).
But in other leagues/games, other referees allow it.
Which one is correct?
Hello chefren....
ReplyDeleteJust my opinion...
I think you should allow this site to be busy...
Posting only uefa and internationals games won't make this site busy all the time...
I love this site....
I think you should also be posting referees appointment in Europe top 5 leagues...
So we can share their opinion also...
Because ucl and uel is not every week...
We should also show a little bit focus on non FIFA referees and domestic league like top 5 Europe league....
I agree. Maybe not necessary top 5 leagues, but for sure some kind of topic like "weekend 21-22nd September" would be handy, so people wouldnt have to write in CL or EL topics.
DeleteYes.....I hope chefren sees this comments so he can react on it.
DeleteFrom the highlights, a busy match in Greece for Stegemann and his VAR. Three penalty situations in the 2nd half. One of it not given after an OFR, two awarded to Panathinaikos. After the first a retake was rescinded after an OFR (AR thought, GK left the line early - VAR disagreed).
ReplyDeleteMaybe someone will deliver a more extended report.
I've noticed a disturbing trend this last week around Europe of Assistant Referees raising the flag too quickly on close offsides and potentially jeopardizing any VAR involvement. What is happening with these Assistants? Are they simply forgetting?
ReplyDeleteYesterday, I watched Sandro Schärer in the most important Swiss game for many years (1st place vs 2nd place only differed by one point, which hasn‘t been the case for a long time in Switzerland because one team has always been leader by 10+ points)
ReplyDeleteIt was a heated match especially in the first half. Schärer managed to keep a lenient approach as far as possible. He strechted out the leniency but began to whistle fouls when necessary. In terms of penalty situations or possible red cards there is nothing to report. However, an outstanding performance that was appreciated by TV Experts in the aftermatch report as well as by fans of both sides. I will watch the progression of the young Swiss nationally and internationally with pleasure over the next years.
Good news, especially after what happened with Klossner
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