"I'm ending a thirty-year career as referee to face new challenges. I want to thank everyone inside the federation, the heads of refereeing and the colleagues who have helped me in this period, because without them I would not have been successful in my career. I have spent more than twenty years on the Hungarian football and in international matches, I already got so much about everything I could ask for. This has been a so long time. I have decided to start a new era in my life. I don't want to get away from football, lately I have trained in sport management and I hope to be successful in this field too."
Viktor Kassai has been a FIFA referee since 2003.
These are the remarkable steps and achievements in his long international career:
2008 Olympic games football men tournament Final appointment
2009 FIFA World Cup Play Off Bahrain - New Zealand
2010 FIFA World Cup: 4 games including a semifinal (Germany - Spain)
2011 UEFA Champions League final Barcelona - Manchester United
2012 EURO 2 games
2016 EURO 3 games including a quarterfinal (Germany - Italy)
2016 FIFA Club World Cup Semifinal
2013 and 2017 FIFA Under 20 World Cup
Source:
https://jatekvezetes.mlsz.hu/hir/uj-kihivasokra-koncentral-a-jatekvezetokent-visszavonulo-kassai-viktor
Sad news. A top class referee who gave too much to the game.
ReplyDeleteI really hope that he will stay close to refereeing even on some other fuction. He certainly can give valuable advises to younger referees.
Wow, this is a surprise. He was in a good form lately, i expected him even at euro in the summer
ReplyDeleteProbably one of the best European referees (if not the best) in the early 2010s.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
Fully agree with Quilava and everyone above here. One of the greatest and most reliable referees between 2010 and 2016. Good luck to Kassai for his future!
DeleteI wish him all best for the future. He was a best referee.
ReplyDeleteAbout Manchester City goal, to clarify: referee never touched the ball.
ReplyDeleteSo impossible to stop the game for a dropped ball there.
https://twitter.com/rennydee/status/1211369421505216512
Article that sums up recent tight offside decisions in premier league:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2019/12/29/5e09256a268e3e2c318b4581.html
"Good luck" from Ukraine!
ReplyDeleteCeltics - Rangers, Ref: Kevin Clancy
ReplyDeleteA few highlights from the Glasgow derby of 29/12
10' prevention
32' pen + YC to CEL - holding
90+5' SYC RAN - simulation
Overall a positive performance by Clancy and his ARs
https://streamable.com/pqcrr
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ReplyDeleteMatchweek 18 of the Premier League featured 4 VAR reviews (all of them VAR-only, of course). Go to the following link to watch a full video of every review, get all information about each of them and get statistics about VAR in the league. https://thefref.weebly.com/var-at-premier-league.html
(Sorry for the delay.)
Watford - Aston Villa, Ref: Simon Hooper
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Many interesting situations to assess
27' penalty appeal AVL - VAR confirms
51' no handball AVL #6
51' YC WAT #6
57' SYC WAT #6 - SPA/impeding the progress of an opponent
64' penalty, WAT continuing the game with AVL player down - VAR checks but cannot step in anyway
71' goal WAT - VAR checks previous contact with WAT #29 and AVL #10 and confirms the goal
IMO all decisions above were taken correctly by Hooper himself.
Besides this I should mention a couple of confrontations around 74' IIRC and during stoppage time (90+5'). Hooper was too passive, at least a couple of YC for unsporting behaviour were missing. I couldn't find clips unfortunately.
Your thoughts?
Congratulations for a very successful career and I wish him the best in the future!
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised by the lack of comments on the actual article. Very sad to read from Kassai's retirement. A pioneer of game management in football refereeing, and a role model to all referees re what it means to fall to the floor after quick successes, but stand up again and recover (EURO16). Thank you for many inspirational moments Viktor!
ReplyDeleteI guess some readers are even too young to know the old Kassai from 2010's period!
DeleteThanks for your comment, I agree with you.
DeleteI hope the tribute on here in the next days will do justice to his complex and fantastic career!
Anonymous, i even remember Kassai as a 4th official at UEFA EURO 2008:)
DeleteSaudi today?
ReplyDeleteAl-Hilal Riyadh - Al-'Adalah
DeleteIvan Kružliak (Viktor Kassai)
Such a shame to see one of the best referees of his era decide to retire. I feel the early part of this decade (2010 WC) showed his true class. I feel he was definitely going to be considered for the Euros this summer so will possibly give an opportunity to a referee who was likely to miss out - hopefully we might find out soon!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck Viktor!
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ReplyDeleteMatchweek 19 of the Premier League featured 3 VAR reviews (all of them VAR-only, of course). Go to the following link to watch a full video of every review, get all information about each of them and get statistics about VAR in the league. https://thefref.weebly.com/var-at-premier-league.html
(Sorry for the delay.)
Good luck for the future, Víctor. A fantastic referee
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to every reader of our blog!!!All the best for you next year! No fouls and red cards in your life:)
ReplyDeleteNew year, new life. Happy New Year!
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ReplyDeleteI also wish every reader a happy new year and I‘d like to give special thanks to the administrators of this blog who did (and surely will do) a tremendous job. This page is the only place to discuss objectively about referees with others. Let‘s keep this privilege in the new decade!
ReplyDeleteVery bad luck for Ivan Kružliak - he was injured in 68' of the Al-Hilal Riyadh - Al-'Adalah game, replaced by Khaled Salawi (local, non-FIFA, 1983 born) who was fourth official.
ReplyDeleteYou can view the collision here:
https://youtu.be/Af-dg6bds3s?t=4489
It would be great if any readers (from Slovakia) could update us on his progress; we would like to wish Ivan Kružliak all the best for a speedy recovery.
Happy new year! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to the whole community of the blog.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year and Happy EURO2020 😉!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! 😄
ReplyDeleteIs there any footage of the red card of Kassai?
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/5d5oLmtYqC4?t=6289
DeleteTough final game for him!
One of Madrid's greatest legends 😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥
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