Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Europa League 2020/21 - Referee Appointments - Third Qualifying Round

 Referee appointments for the third qualifying round of 2020/21 UEFA Europa League. 


Wednesday 23 September

18:00 CET - Nicosia (GSP)
Apollon Limassol FC (CYP) - KKS Lech Poznań (POL)
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Peter Aravirta (FIN) 
Assistant Referee 2: Mika Lamppu (FIN)
Fourth Official: Petri Viljanen (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)
UEFA Delegate: Michel Schafroth (SUI)

 Thursday 24 September

16:00 CET - Yerevan (Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyane)
Ararat-Armenia FC (ARM) - NK Celje (SVN)
Referee: John Beaton (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel McFarlane (SCO) 
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Potter (SCO)
Fourth Official: Gavin Duncan (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Luc Wouters (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Leonid Kaloshin (RUS)

17:30 CET - Kuopio (Kuopion Keskuskenttä)
KuPS Kuopio (FIN) - FK Sūduva (LTU)
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Steinacher (AUT) 
Fourth Official: Rene Eisner (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen (FRO)
UEFA Delegate: Christian Welander (SWE) 

18:00 CET - Plzeň (Stadion města Plzně)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) - SønderjyskE (DEN)
Referee: Donatas Rumsas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radius (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Suziedelis (LTU)
Fourth Official: Donatas Simenas (LTU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Domagoj Vuckov (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Per Eliasson (SWE)

18:00 CET - Székesfehérvár (MOL Aréna Sóstó)
Fehérvár FC (HUN) - Stade de Reims (FRA)
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Grega Kordež (SVN)
Fourth Official: Dragoslav Perič (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Vakhtang Bzikadze (GEO)

18:30 CET - Rostov-on-Don (Rostov Arena)
FC Rostov (RUS) - Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nadvornik (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Petr Caletka (CZE) 
Fourth Official: Karel Hrubes (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Asim Khudiyev (AZE)
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandr Keplin (KAZ)

19:00 CET - Stockholm (Stockholm Arena)
Djurgårdens IF (SWE) - CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU)
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Jakub Winkler (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Bartosz Heinig (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Philip Woosnam (WAL)

19:00 CET - Riga (Skonto Stadions)
Riga FC (LVA) - Celtic FC (SCO)
Referee: Fabio Josè Costa Veríssimo (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Luis Andrè Ferreira Pinto Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Martins (POR)
Fourth Official: Antonio Emanuel Carvalho Nobre (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Edward Foley (IRL)
UEFA Delegate: Vitalii Danylchenko (UKR)

19:00 CET - Sofia (Bulgarska Armiya)
PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) - B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
Referee: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Buzás Balázs (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor.(HUN)
Fourth Official: Ferenc Karakó (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Albano Janku (ALB)
UEFA Delegate: Myrsini Psarropoulou (GRE)

19:00 CET - Istanbul (Beşiktaş Park)
Beşiktaş JK (TUR) - Rio Ave FC (POR) 
Referee: Daniel Siebert (GER) 
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Felix Grigore (ROU)

19:00 CET - Tilburg (Koning Willem II Stadion)
Willem II (NED) - Rangers FC (SCO)
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniele Bindoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Gianpaolo Calvarese (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Łukasz Wachowski (POL)

19:00 CET - Trondheim (Lerkendal Stadion)
Rosenborg BK (NOR) - Alanyaspor (TUR)
Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Silver Koiv (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Sten Klaasen (EST)
Fourth Official: Joonas Jaanovits (EST)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Vladimiras Buzmakovas (LTU)

19:00 CET - Charleroi (Stade du Pays de Charleroi)
R. Charleroi SC (BEL) - FK Partizan (SRB)
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David Roome (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Graeme Stewart (SCO)
Fourth Official: Donald Robertson (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Jan Willem Van Dop (NED)

19:00 CET - Malmö (Malmö New Stadium)
Malmö FF (SWE) - NK Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO)
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Frédéric Veraghaenne (BEL)

19:00 CET - Murska Sobota (Mestni Stadion Fazanerija)
NS Mura (SVN) - PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Referee Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Erni (SUI)
Fourth Official: Fedayi San (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Antonio Talarico (ITA)

19:30 CET - Petah Tikva (Itztadion HaMoshava)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR) - Motherwell FC (SCO)
Referee: Sergii Boiko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR)
Fourth Official: Anatoliy Abdula (UKR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michalis Argyrou (CYP)
UEFA Delegate: Olzhas Abrayev (KAZ)

19:30 CET - Giurgiu (Stadionul Marin Anastasovici)
Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) - FC Slovan Liberec (CZE)
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Amirali (AZE)
Fourth Official: Orkhan Mammadov (AZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Bakar Jordania (GEO)

20:00 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvøllur)
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) - FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Jóhann Gunnar Guðmundsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Andri Vigfússon (ISL)
Fourth Official: Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov (BUL)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Tompkins (ENG)

20:00 CET - Tiraspol (Sheriff Stadion)
FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) - Dundalk FC (IRL)
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Nedelkoski (MKD)
Fourth Official: Dimitar Mechkarovski (MKD)
UEFA Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)
UEFA Delegate: Sviatlana Hrynkevich (BLR)

20:00 CET - Zenica (Stadion Bilino Polje)
FK Sarajevo (BIH) - FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2:  José Gallego Garcia (ESP)
Fourth Official: Pablo González Fuertes.(ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: João Francisco Lopes Ferreira (POR) 
UEFA Delegate: Łukasz Sojski (POL)

20:00 CET - Nicosia (GSP)
APOEL FC (CYP) - HŠK Zrinjski (BIH)
Referee: Daniel Stefanski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL) 
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Igor Golis (POL)
Fourth Official: Damian Sylwestrzak (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
UEFA Delegate: Peter Lundström (FIN)

20:00 CET - Istanbul (Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi)
Galatasaray A. Ş. (TUR) - HNK Hajduk Split (CRO)
Referee:  Craig Pawson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin (ENG)
Fourth Official: Robert Jones (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Aleh Chykun (BLR)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Bos (NED)

20:00 CET - Parken (Copenhagen)
F.C. Copenhagen (DEN) - GKS Piast Gliwice (POL)
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: David Elias Bitton (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Dvir Shimon (ISR)
Fourth Official: Daniel Bar Natan (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis (CYP)
UEFA Delegate: Emil Ubias (CZE)

20:00 CET - Liège (Stade Maurice Dufrasne)
Royal Standard de Liège (BEL) - FK Vojvodina (SRB)
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT) 
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Fourth Official: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mika Peltola (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Lyon (GIB)

20:00 CET - Skopje (National Arena Todor Proeski)
KF Škendija (MKD) - Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Referee: Ali Palabiyik (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Serkan Olguncan (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Cem Satman (TUR)
Fourth Official: Arda Kardeşler' (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Jeroen Roest (NED)

20:00 CET - Granada (Estadio Municipal Nuevo Los Cármenes)
Granada CF (ESP) - FC Lokomotive Tbilisi (GEO
Referee: Serdar Gozubuyuk (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Joost Van Zuilen (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Rogier Honig (NED)
Fourth Official: Edwin van de Graaf (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: David Pugh (ENG)

20:15 CET - Wolfsburg (AOK Stadion)
VfL Wolfsburg (GER) - FC Desna Chernihiv (UKR)
Referee: Lawrence Visser (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Fourth Official: Bram Van Driessche (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold (NOR)
UEFA Delegate: Kimmo J. Lipponen (FIN)

20:30 CET - Ta' Qali (National Stadium)
Floriana FC (MLT) - FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
Referee:  Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrisimbegović (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo (BIH)
Fourth Official: Admir Sehović (BIH)
UEFA Referee Observer: Are Habicht (EST)
UEFA Delegate: Victor Marius Radu (ROU) 

20:30 CET - Warsaw (Marshall Józef Piłsudski Municipal Stadium of Legia Warszawa)
Legia Warszawa (POL) - KF Drita (KOS)
Referee: Halis Ozkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesiguzel (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kerem Ersoy ((TUR)
Fourth Official: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Viktor Shvetsov (UKR)
UEFA Delegate: Kurt Zuppinger (SUI)

20:30 CET - Basel (St. Jakob's Park)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) - Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP)
Referee: Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Adrian Stefan Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2:  Mircea Mihail Grigoriu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marcel Birsan (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jouni Hyytiä (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Sergiu Lisnic (MDA)

20:30 CET - Milano (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)
AC Milan (ITA) - FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
Referee: Fran Jović  (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivica Modrić  (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2:  Hrvoje Radić  (CRO)
Fourth Official: Mario Zebec (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Peadar Ryan (IRL)

20:30 CET - Linz (Stadion der Stadt Linz)
LASK (AUT) - FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda (SVK)
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Bejnamin Pages (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Fourth Official: Mikael Lesage (FRA) 
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Danijel Jošt (SVN)

20:30 CET - St. Gallen (Arena St. Gallen)
FC St.Gallen 1879 (SUI) - AEK Athens FC (GRE)
Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: José Enrique Naranjo Pérez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: José Alcoba Rodríguez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Javier Alberola Rojas (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Haris Gvozden (BIH)

20:45 CET - Rijeka (Stadion HNK Rijeka)
HNK Rijeka (CRO) - Kolos Kovalivka (UKR)
Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Miguel Alves Jesus (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Miguel Almeida Mota (POR)
Fourth Official: Helder Miguel Azevedo Malheiro (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: David McDowell Zor (SVN)

21:00 CET - Lisbon (Estádio Josè Alvalade)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - Aberdeen FC (SCO)
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Vladan Todorović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Srdan Jovanović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Radoje Pajović (MNE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)
UEFA Delegate: Mohamed Taa (FRA)
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84 comments:

  1. Chefren18 September 2020 at 20:02

    Very important observers:
    Mariani (ITA) ---> Vassaras (GRE)
    Hernández Hernández (ESP) ---> Fandel (GER)

    I would also add:

    Tohver (EST) ---> Trentalange (ITA)

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    1. pita falta18 September 2020 at 20:59

      Yes !!! your considerations are always brilliant.

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    2. xabi18 September 2020 at 21:06

      Riley is an important observer too, isn't he?

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    3. Chefren18 September 2020 at 21:13

      Yes, right.
      Here the list of Referee Development Panel:
      Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
      David Elleray (England)
      Herbert Fandel (Germany)
      José Fontelas Gomes (Portugal)
      Lutz Fröhlich (Germany)
      Pascal Garibian (France)
      Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
      Nikolay Levnikov (Russia)
      Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
      Mike Riley (England)
      Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
      Jaap Uilenberg (Netherlands)
      Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
      Carlos Velasco (Spain)
      After committee members, they are the most important observers.

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    4. Quilava18 September 2020 at 21:45

      Did Velasco Carballo ever (officially) observed a UEFA referee? Or being refereeing observer in UEFA is not compatible with being CTA-RFEF president?

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    5. Quilava18 September 2020 at 21:49

      Ah, just noticed that refereeing presidents/technical directors of the big 5 federations (Velasco Carballo, Garibian, Fröhlich, Rizzoli and Riley) are part of the Panel :D

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    6. Referee 1218 September 2020 at 21:50

      He observed Jovanovic in CL group stage match Ajax-Lille last season.

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    7. Go_REF18 September 2020 at 23:16

      Fontelas Gomes (POR) is also chairman of the Portuguese committee

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  2. Referee analyst18 September 2020 at 20:25

    Hello Chefren. True. But do you think with past matches that Bertrand Layec could be considered as an important one for Palabiyik ? :)

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    1. Chefren18 September 2020 at 21:23

      Yes for sure he is more experienced than other observers, it seems as he is also mentor for some referees (Alberola Rojas), according to some results I found on the web.

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  3. Referee 1218 September 2020 at 21:02

    This will sound funny but David Fernandez Borbalan is very active as observer, practicaly every competition every matchday he is appointed. Said to say but he got much better appointments now as observer then once as referee and I must say I don't understand why. He deserved at least one CL knock out match in his career as referee IMO.

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    1. Referee 1218 September 2020 at 21:06

      And since he is observing young referees mostly if I noticed well I think Borbalan will become, if already is not, important observer. Schärer is definitely a candidate for CL debut this season, expecialy taking into consideration that he was appointed in Nations League A recently.

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    2. Quilava18 September 2020 at 23:25

      Yeah, I like Schärer a lot, surely one of the candidates for CL GS debut this season with the likes of Dabanovic, Peljto, Letexier, Sánchez Martínez...

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  4. Anonymous18 September 2020 at 21:44

    Still not a single Russian appointment...

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  5. Dmitry18 September 2020 at 22:19

    Still no appointments for Russian referees. This is becoming worrying and unfair.

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    1. Chefren18 September 2020 at 22:44

      I know and I fully agree that it isn't referees fault, and they are really penalized, but I think that UEFA wanted to give a very, very strong signal against the people guilty of such behavior inside federation. This was absolutely unacceptable (we are talking also about human rights!). Maybe now with Elleray's appointments better times for Russian referees will come and I strongly wish that.

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  6. greek ref18 September 2020 at 22:42

    I would expect a better appointment for Peljto especially after his performance on the NL qualifier.

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    1. Quilava18 September 2020 at 23:18

      @Edward

      On the contrary, I think that Floriana-Flora is a very good appoitment!

      You don't usually see a Maltese or Estonian team in UEL play-off round, for both teams it will be a historic match.


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  7. Anonymous19 September 2020 at 08:32

    Some interesting incidents from the Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała v Raków Częstochowa (Polish Ekstraklasa) game handled by Damian Sylwestrzak (his 2nd top-tier game). VAR was Paweł Raczkowski (UEFA First Category). I would like to know your thoughts! :)

    Reckless or SFP?
    https://streamable.com/2hsh3k

    Penalty awarded for handball
    https://streamable.com/s8kp2y

    Penalty incident #1
    https://streamable.com/bmw7n0

    Penalty incident #2
    https://streamable.com/mqdtkd

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    1. David19 September 2020 at 09:58

      1st: Very borderline, I think yellow is the better choice.
      2nd: Not very good angles for the referee to make a decision. I would not have given it based on the images.
      3rd: Not a PK for me, arms used in a fair manner.
      4th: Impossible to sell a PK, if the defender doesn't go down. If he goes down, I think I would have given a PK, but a very tricky one.
      Good clips, thank you :)

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    2. David19 September 2020 at 10:17

      edit: 4th: I mean impossible to sell, if the attacker doesn't go down.
      What are your thoughts on this Anonymous?

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    3. Anonymous19 September 2020 at 10:44

      Thanks, David!

      My thoughts:

      1) I think such dangerous tackles should be kicked out from football and it should be a red card. The player had to be substituted some minutes later and this is how his leg looked like afterwards:
      https://twitter.com/Lewy_79/status/1307004703952302082/photo/1

      2) It's not fair to punish such handballs like that one, imo. A player is turning back and has his hand close to the body. Yeah, the palm is a little bit off the body but is that enough? Isn't it typical for such movement?

      3) Borderline and risky from the defender and it's at referee's discretion I think.

      4) I would really like to see a penalty and RC (DOGSO, no attempt) here! But you are right of course - nobody complained after attacker continued his action. Play-on call is safer but not the optimal choice I think.

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    4. Chefren19 September 2020 at 10:55

      7' YC better decision, RC possible, however never a clear mistaker, correct by VAR to support.

      17' In my opinion this isn't a very clear penalty for handball and VAR did a mistake in calling referee, you can easily support PLAY ON due to arm's position, once whistle rather no mistake, but basically better to play on. Also important to say, I think referee totally missed the incident and there weren't protests by other players, so maybe for this reason VAR thought he was more allowed to intervene.

      69' Definitely not a penalty in my opinion, whistling it would have been rather mistake, but VAR should have supported it.

      67' very malicious action by keeper against attacker, once he had lost the control of ball, this for sure could have been a penalty but one should ask how much his action stopped / prevented attacker from reaching the ball, given that attacker fairly continued the action, and there weren't visible consequences, it is very difficult to see a penalty there, also, VAR should support referee in this case as well, despite of the fact that he maybe didn't see this attempt by keeper to stop attacker. Very interesting situation.

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    5. Philipp S19 September 2020 at 12:23

      @17': We had a very similar situation in Germany yesterday evening (Regensburg-Nürnberg) with the same outcome (penalty after OFR). But I agree with your evalution, that VAR shouldn't intervene.
      I'll post a video, when I find one.

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  8. Chefren19 September 2020 at 10:41

    Bayern - Schalke
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5yIKZcHeTw
    minute 03:10
    Penalty to Bayern by Zwayer.
    This is in my opinion DOGSO without a genuine attempt to play ball.
    Why YC by Zwayer? Do you think VAR should have intervened?

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    1. Mikael W19 September 2020 at 11:01

      It's a classic case comparable to Marciniak's ignored RC in SWEFRA - because it doesn't 'look' like an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, referees feel that they can 'get away' with not ejecting players. In Zwayer's case the fact it's a tripping offence and in Marciniak's the fact that the attacker did get a shot away helps the impression that it doesn't 'look' like a DOGSO offence.

      Let's compare to this foul, which is the 'classic' DOGSO offence (and Ubaldo Aquino, one of the best WC referees of the C.21st, still gives only a YC!):

      https://streamable.com/2thjng

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    2. Philipp S19 September 2020 at 12:19

      IMO, this should be assessed as genuine attempt to play the ball at least in the spirit of the Laws. The idea behind that rule is to only have the "triple punishment" for cases where the fouls happens deliberately with the only goal to stop the player, but not aiming at the ball - which is true for most holding and pushing fouls.
      Here however, the defender rather trips himself and falls into Lewandowski's heels. Therefore no malicious attempt and the YC is the expected decision - at least in Germany.

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    3. xabi19 September 2020 at 12:50

      I agree with Philipp S

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    4. xabi19 September 2020 at 12:57

      Ubaldo Aquino in GER-KSA: clear RC, a hugh mistake. Perhaps the reason to not show a red card is the score (7-0) and the last minute of the match

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  9. Anonymous19 September 2020 at 11:50

    Today's top match in Bundesliga:

    Borussia Dortmund - Borussia Mönchengladbach
    18:30

    Felix Brych - Stefan Lupp, Markus Häcker- Robert Hartmann- Tobias Reichel, Dominik Schaal

    The match will be played in front of 10.000 spectators.

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  10. Anonymous19 September 2020 at 17:09

    AZ - PEC Zwolle seems to have 3 VAR interventions at the first 20'. Referee is Serdar Gözübüyük.

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    1. Anonymous19 September 2020 at 17:18

      A record?
      One of the interventions is this clear RC missed:
      https://twitter.com/DeRookmagier/status/1307333257730699264

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  11. M19 September 2020 at 17:51

    Leeds-Fulham

    Possible VC in 90'?

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  12. Chefren19 September 2020 at 20:12

    Roberto Rosetti is appointed as observer for Anthony Taylor in Budapest.

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  13. Forlan19 September 2020 at 20:27

    Interesting game for Taylor Leeds-Fulham, 2 pks, one on each side.

    And now for me really unacceptable way to use VAR in Man Utd- Cr palace. There was a penalty after OFR (good call), a save by the gk, then game continued and after a while penalty repeated for GK encroachment. IMO if there is that kind of check, the game must be stopped and, if everything is ok, started with an indirect free kick or dropped ball. Because this way it is very frustrating and I dont want to know what would be if there was a goal in the meantime.

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  14. The Referee19 September 2020 at 20:29

    FK Sūduva is from Lithuania, not Latvia. BTW, in Latvian this word would mean something like "a place of shit", so an a bit amusing mistake... (Sorry for the stupidness, I couldn't resist...) ;)

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    1. Howard Maxi20 September 2020 at 00:01

      Thanks for the note! There are quite a few names misspelled as well.

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  15. Anonymous19 September 2020 at 21:23

    Really no foul here, Mr Brych and Mr Reichel?!

    https://streamable.com/zpzvg6

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    1. xabi19 September 2020 at 22:08

      Imo correct decision, no penalty

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    2. Chefren19 September 2020 at 23:02

      VAR didn't intervene because there was the first touch with ball, so this was enough for supporting referee, however, this is a clear foul with trailing leg. I think that Brych didn't detect that live and he thought it had been a fully clean action, or at least with minimum consequence for opponent. VAR can't intervene in this case because he sees that ball is played at first - this is very difficult assessment for the referee behind the monitor. You should ask and discuss with main referee on the pitch: "did you see the trailing leg?", but maybe this becomes too much for assessing it as clear mistake. That's all.

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    3. JR20 September 2020 at 12:47

      I can not detect a Foul. It's a clean tackling as the second touch is simply accidentally as a result of the fair and clean first touch. I wouldn't see that a foul could be backed by the lotg

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    4. Anonymous20 September 2020 at 13:10

      Come on, on every RAP UEFA shows such trailing leg tackles as textbook examples of reckless foul play. Do you assess it differently because it's Brych or because it's in the penalty zone or what?

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    5. JR20 September 2020 at 13:27

      The difference to these rapports is, the intensity and the tension in the second leg. So this situation is not comparable to those

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    6. Philipp S20 September 2020 at 22:55

      For me it's also quite clearly no penalty. Yes, one can construct a foul there, but IMO the normal and expected assessment is, that it is a successful tackling towards the ball, which good defenders sometimes do and which belong to the football game.

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  16. Flip20 September 2020 at 09:49

    Interesting incident in yesterday's Bundesliga-Match Dortmund - Gladbach:
    Penalty given after OFR by
    Referee Felix Brych (VAR: Tobias Reichel)

    Link to a video:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4y_WbZt-gLw&t=229s
    Minute 3:34

    IMO penalty is correct but I have doubts about the VAR-intervention.

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    1. JR20 September 2020 at 12:42

      No doubts because Brych clearly missed the first contact. Even while watching it on TV, I reacted only to the fair sliding at first.

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    2. xabi20 September 2020 at 15:47

      Penalty, good VAR intervention

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    3. Philipp S20 September 2020 at 23:00

      IMO the penalty is not wrong, but not a a clear foul, because the contact at the foot is so little, that it's quite possible that the attacker could have continued running and went down deliberately. Therefore the VAR intervention is rather surprising for me, even in case of a "missed incident".

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  17. Anonymous23 September 2020 at 14:06

    According to the match page on UEFA website, there is a change in delegation for FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) - SönderjyskE (DEN). Israeli crew lead by Reinshreiber announced here have apparently been replaced by Lithuanians now:

    Referee - Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
    Assistant referees - Aleksandr Radius (LTU), Dovydas Sužiedelis (LTU)
    Fourth official - Donatas Šimenas (LTU)

    I suspect it is due to the current covid restrictions in Israel, but have no official info about the change of the delegation.

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    1. Chefren23 September 2020 at 18:25

      Yes but let me say with so many officials the choice by UEFA has been totally wrong in this case. Situation in Isral was already known, I remember, when this appointment was made...

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    2. Chefren23 September 2020 at 18:33

      I correct myself, there has been a switch between Israeli and Lithuanian odfficiating crews: now Rumšas in Czech Republic and Reinshreiber in Denmark. The original observers and delegates for both games have been confirmed.

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    3. Daniel G24 September 2020 at 20:46

      Can't understand why they didn't think about it before.
      The winner of VIK-SON will play against the winner of HBS-MTW, so the Commitee could avoid Reinshreiber's appointment/

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  18. Chefren23 September 2020 at 18:23

    Three appointments for Play Off have been already made:

    BSC Young Boys (SUI) - KF Tirana (ALB)
    Sergei Karasev (RUS)

    GNK Dinamo (CRO) - TBD
    Ali Palabiyik (TUR)

    FC Dynamo Brest (BLR) - PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL)
    Slavko Vincic (SVN)

    So, Russian referees finally back and Vincic still appointed, this is very good for him. Time will pass and what happened will be forgotten.

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  19. Anonymous24 September 2020 at 10:42

    France Ligue 1
    Gameweek 5

    Friday 25 September
    21:00 LOSC Lille - Fc Nantes
    Willy Delajod - Philippe Jeanne - Huseyin Ocak - Romain Lissorgue [Bastien Dechepy - Yohann Rouinsard]

    Saturday 26 September
    17:00 AS Saint-Etienne - Stade Rennais
    Benoît Bastien - Hicham Zakrani - Frédéric Haquette - Floris Aubin
    [Jérôme Brisard - Bruno Coué]

    21:00 OL Marseille - FC Metz
    Éric Wattellier - Aurélien Berthomieu - Matthieu Lombard - Mickael Leleu
    [Stéphanie Frappart - Abdelali Chaoui]

    Sunday 27 September
    13:00 Bordeaux - Nice
    Francois Letexier - Cyril Mugnier - Mehdi Rahmouni - Faouzi Benchabane
    [Jérôme Brisard - Stéphane Bré]

    15:00 Dijon - Montpellier
    Aurélien Petit - Gilles Lang - Erwan Finjean - Eddy Rosier
    [Wilfried Bien - Alexandre Castro]

    15:00 Angers - Brest
    Jérémy Stinat - Benjamin Pagés - Christophe Mouysset - Robin Chapapria
    [Stéphanie Frappart - Christian Guillard]

    15:00 Monaco - Strasbourg
    Jérémie Pignard - Mohamed Benkemouche - Bastien Courbet - Mehdi Mokhtari
    [Johan Hamel - William Lavis]

    15:00 Nimes - Lens
    Frank Schneider - Mathieu Grosbost - Gwenael Pasqualotti - Ahmed Taleb
    [Karim Abed - Lionel Jaffredo]

    17:00 Lorient - Lyon
    Clément Turpin - Nicolas Danos - Julien Aube - Alexandre Perreau Niel
    [Olivier Thual - Dominique Julien]

    21:00 Reims - PSG
    Ruddy Buquet - Guillaume Debart - Michael Annonier - Bartolomeu Varela
    [Antony Gautier - Hamid Guenaoui]

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    1. Anonymous24 September 2020 at 14:45

      Are Bre and Coue retired top referees who are now doing AVAR roles?

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    2. xabi24 September 2020 at 15:54

      Yes, they are.

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  20. Anonymous24 September 2020 at 10:49

    Highlights

    Erik Lambrechts in Piast Gliwice - TSV Hartberg (previous round)
    https://ok.ru/video/2305884490348

    Mattias Gestranius in Apóllon Limassol - Lech Poznań
    https://ok.ru/video/2305944717932

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  21. Anonymous24 September 2020 at 10:54

    England - Premier League
    Gameweek 3

    Saturday 26 September
    13:30 Brighton - Manchester United
    Chris Kavanagh - Sian Massey-Ellis - Constantine Hatzidakis - Graham Scott
    [Simon Hooper - Neil Davies]

    16:00 Crystal Palace - Everton
    Kevin Friend - Simon Beck - Eddie Smart - Gavin Ward
    [Anthony Taylor - Gary Beswick]

    18:30 West Bromwich Albion - Chelsea
    Jonathan Moss - Marc Perry - Dan Robathan - Lee Mason
    [Darren England - Darren Cann]

    21:00 Burnley - Southampton
    Andre Marriner - Scott Ledger - Adrian Holmes - Michael Oliver
    [Mike Dean - Andy Halliday]

    Sunday 27 September
    13:00 Sheffield - Leeds
    Paul Tierney - Ian Hussin - Harry Lennard - Jarred Gillett
    [Chris Kavanagh - Andy Halliday]

    15:00 Tottenham - Newcastle
    Peter Bankes - Peter Kirkup - James Mainwaring - Mike Dean
    [Lee Mason - Andy Halliday]

    17:30 Manchester City - Leicester
    Michael Oliver - Stuart Burt - Simon Bennett - Craig Pawson
    [David Coote - Simon Long]

    20:00 West Ham United - Wolverhampton
    Martin Atkinson - Adam Nunn - Dan Cook - Robert Jones
    [Graham Scott - Derek Eaton]

    Monday 28 September
    18:45 Fulham - Aston Villa
    Stuart Attwell - Simon Long - Neil Davies - Andy Madley
    [Martin Atkinson - Stephen Child]

    21:00 Liverpool - Arsenal
    Craig Pawson - Lee Betts - Richard West - Anthony Taylor
    [Andre Marriner - Mark Scholes]

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  22. Anonymous24 September 2020 at 14:03

    Italy Serie A
    Gameweek 2

    Saturday 26 September

    15:00 Torino - Atalanta
    Massimiliano Irrati - Davide Imperiale - Vittorio Di Gioia - Simone Sozza
    [Marco Guida - Stefano Alassio]

    18:00 Cagliari - Lazio
    Davide Massa - Pasquale De Meo - Francesco Fiore - Antonio Di Martino
    [Daniele Chiffi - Giacomo Paganessi]

    18:00 Sampdoria - Benevento
    Federico Dionisi - Sergio Ranghetti - Alessio Berti - Marco Serra
    [Daniele Doveri - Matteo Passeri]

    20:45 Inter - Fiorentina
    Gianpaolo Calvarese - Valentino Fiorito - Stefano Liberti - Fabio Maresca
    [Piero Giacomelli - Fabiano Preti]

    Sunday 27 September

    12:30 Spezia - Sassuolo
    Davide Ghersini - Stefano Del Giovane - Davide Miele - Marco Piccinini
    [Luca Banti - Filippo Valeriani]

    15:00 Napoli - Genoa
    Juan Luca Sacchi - Alessandro Lo Cicero - Christian Rossi - Francesco Fourneau
    [Federico La Penna - Alessandro Giallatini]

    15:00 Hellas Verona - Udinese
    Manuel Volpi - Dario Cecconi - Manuel Robilotta - Riccardo Ros
    [Aleandro Di Paolo - Daniele Bindoni]

    18:00 Crotone - Milan
    Luca Pairetto - Mauro Galetto - Andrea Zingarelli - Giovanni Ayroldi
    [Maurizio Mariani - Alessandro Costanzo]

    20:45 Roma - Juventus
    Marco Di Bello - Alberto Tegoni - Salvatore Longo - Rosario Abisso
    [Luigi Nasca - Luca Mondin]

    Monday 28 September
    20:45 Bologna - Parma
    Paolo Valeri - Alessio Tolfo - Fabio Schirru - Luca Massimi
    [Fabrizio Pasqua - Mauro Vivenzi]

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  23. Anonymous24 September 2020 at 14:21

    Italy Serie B
    Gameweek 1

    Saturday 26 September

    14:00 Brescia - Ascoli
    Eugenio Abbattista - Enrico Caliari - Mattia Scarpa - Daniel Amabile

    14:00 Cosenza - Virtus Entella
    Lorenzo Illuzzi - Ciro Carbone - Riccardo Annaloro - Ivan Robilotta

    14:00 Frosinone - Empoli
    Gianluca Manganiello - Andrea Tardino - Marco Scatragli - Giacomo Camplone

    14:00 Lecce - Pordenone
    Antonio Giua - Orlando Pagnotta - Fabrizio Lombardo - Valerio Marini

    14:00 Pescara - Chievo Verona
    Antonio Rapuano - Matteo Bottegoni - Gianluca Sechi - Paolo Bitonti

    14:00 Salernitana - Reggina
    Michael Fabbri - Edoardo Raspollini - Alessandro Cipressa - Matteo Marchetti

    16:00 Venezia - Vicenza
    Francesco Meraviglia - Giorgio Peretti - Rodolfo Di Vuolo - Livio Marinelli

    Sunday 27 September

    15:00 Cremonese - Cittadella
    Lorenzo Maggioni - Michele Lombardi - Giuseppe Perrotti - Alberto Santoro

    21:00 Reggiana - Pisa
    Daniele Paterna - Filippo Meli - Damiano Di Iorio - Alessandro Prontera

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    1. Quilava24 September 2020 at 16:11

      Category fusion effects are quite evident! :D

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  24. Daniel G24 September 2020 at 20:41

    '49 - possibly PK missed by Boiko (shirt pulling) at HBS-MTW/

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    1. Daniel G24 September 2020 at 21:11

      Correct PK+2YC prior to 2-0, and very good advantage prior to 3-0.

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  25. john oxford24 September 2020 at 20:55

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  26. Anonymous24 September 2020 at 21:20

    In Granada-Tbilisi Gozbuyuk with second yellow card for Tbilisi player, which must be straight red card!! 58 minute. Few minutes before also Tbilisi player kicking his opponent when ball was already away, and only yellow card.

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  27. Keyser Soze24 September 2020 at 21:26

    Huge mistake in Galatasaray - Hajduk, 1-0 goal wrongly disallowed for offside.

    Galata player in offside position did not influence the play and was meters away from opposing GK, still AR raised the flag.

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    1. john oxford24 September 2020 at 21:33

      This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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    2. Anonymous24 September 2020 at 21:43

      As mentioned above, your comments are awful.

      Delete
  28. Chefren24 September 2020 at 22:21

    @john oxford
    no arguments, just attacking referees, I have deleted your comments.

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  29. Quilava24 September 2020 at 22:30

    For Swiss/Greek readers, how was Alejandro Hernández Hernández?

    Any clip of the PK situation?

    Thanks.

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    1. greek ref24 September 2020 at 23:21

      The penalty

      https://streamable.com/vj6vmy

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    2. Chefren25 September 2020 at 18:30

      Clear penalty, foul by defender, not keeper. Well done by HH, in cooperation with AR1. he clearly waited for an advice before whistling. Maybe the call was even directly suggested by AR1.
      In my opinion DOGSO with genuine attempt to play ball.

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  30. fest24 September 2020 at 22:36

    Evident missed handball by attacking team in Copenhagen-Piast prior to 2-0 goal. It's only interesting situation (and big mistake) in this match by Reinshreiber. 3 correct YCs by fouls, 1 YC for dissent (in 90+6').

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  31. Quilava24 September 2020 at 22:52

    A couple of RC incidents from tonight:

    Straight RC for SFP for ROS15 (Ardeleanu)

    https://streamable.com/jncbmb

    2YC (reckless) for DES4 (Visser)

    https://streamable.com/2v3bx5

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    1. Anonymous24 September 2020 at 23:15

      Situations from Gra-Lok (Gozubuyuk)

      56. Yc
      https://streamable.com/fk6dqu

      59. 2nd Yc
      https://streamable.com/c2k8p6

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    2. Quilava24 September 2020 at 23:44

      I'd like to think that LOK27 would have received a straight RC in 59' if the didn't had a YC before...

      Delete
  32. BiHRef24 September 2020 at 23:17

    JMSM very questionable performance

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  33. Forlan25 September 2020 at 02:00

    I watched only the 2nd half of Milan - Bodo/Glimt, Fran Jovic was the referee. What a dynamic game, great to watch and a fitness challenge for referees who performed well. Especially ARs had to be concentrated all the time, a couple of very close calls.

    63' tight offside
    68' offside
    70' correct YC (elbow)
    73' very tight offside
    75' tight offside
    79' no goal (cleared of the line)
    83' missed offside?

    2-3 non-existent fouls for home team, so there is a room for improvement in foul detection. Also I should mention it was not a hard game because there were no dirty fouls and players respected the referee. Otherwise good positioning and fitness.

    Has anyone watched the first half?

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  34. Fidje25 September 2020 at 07:23

    Kind of comedy capers or a case of “Let’s try it and see if they notice it”.

    Yesterday the keepers Tottenham noticed that the crossbar was hanging at a lower height than normal. After checking it turned out that the gap was 5cm.

    The Turkish referee demanded new goals with the correct height. The home team swore that it wasn’t on purpose or their fault. They normally play in a other stadium and not in the national stadium where the match against Tottenham was played.

    Source: https://www.ad.nl/offside/arbiter-laat-te-kleine-doelen-in-skopje-afbreken-na-beklag-mourinho~a978766c/

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