Tuesday 24 November 2020

Champions League 2020/21 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 4 (I)

Referee appointments for 2020-21 UEFA Champions League Group Stage, Matchday 4.  Games to be played on 24 November 2020. 

24 November 2020

18:55 CET - Rennes (Roazhon Park)
Stade Rennais FC (FRA) - Chelsea FC (ENG)  | Group E
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2:  Erwin E. J. Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Bakar Jordania (GEO)

18:55 CET - Krasnodar (Stadium Krasnodar)
FC Krasnodar (RUS) - Sevilla FC (ESP)  | Group E
Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca (ITA)
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA) 
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
UEFA Delegate: Oleg Molceanov (MDA)

21:00 CET - Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
S.S. Lazio (ITA) - Football Club Zenit (RUS)  | Group F
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Peter Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Craig Pawson (ENG) 
UEFA Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Markus Stenger (GER)

21:00 CET - Dortmund (BVB Stadion)
Borussia Dortmund (GER) - Club Brugge (BEL)  | Group F
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Rui Tavares (POR)
Fourth Official: Peter Kralović (SVK)
Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Gil (POL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)
UEFA Delegate: David Findlay (SCO)

21:00 CET - Kyiv (NSK Olimpiyskiy)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) - FC Barcelona (ESP)  | Group G
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Fourth Official:Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
Video Assistant Referee: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Nebojša Ivković (SRB)

21:00 CET - Turin (Juventus Stadium)
Juventus (ITA) - Ferencvárosi Torna Club (HUN)  | Group G
Referee: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Fourth Official: Harm Osmers (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mark Borsch (GER) 
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)
UEFA Delegate: Aristeidis Stavropoulos (GRE)

21:00 CET - Paris (Parc des Princes)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) - RB Leipzig (GER) | Group H
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED) 
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Danilo Filacchione (ITA)

21:00 CET - Manchester (Old Trafford)
Manchester United FC (ENG) - İstanbul Başakşehir FK (TUR) | Group H
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Șovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marius Avram (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert (GER) João Pinheiro (POR) 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: João Pinheiro (POR) Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Gijs de Jong (NED)  

120 comments:

  1. Hategan,Makkelie, Kuipers- They are referee, in everything matchdays, I think it is signal that they will go to the EURO, but This Game for Hategan IMO is for 1st referee,!No Elite :)

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  2. Honestly, I feel some referees are being over appointed, not that they are not good, not at all but it will take a toll on them, for example Oliver, has been appointed in all EPL match days bar 1, also he was appointed 3 times in the nation's league and this is his 4the UCL appointment if you include the playoffs, the flying around and running every 2days, I can't imagine, for other leagues there is a little bit of respite, they are not appointed every match day but you see England, Mike Riley makes sure he uses Oliver and Taylor for certainly almost every match week. In Nigeria here, the people really do not know any other referee except Oliver, because everywhere they look Michael Oliver is officiating.

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  3. Haţegan is about to set a record. Four appointments in four matchdays.
    Impossible to get all six matchdays, but very likely he will get five, considering that Kovacs has been reported to have COVID (my wishes to him).
    Another interesting point for discussion: Kuipers for Rennes - Chelsea afte the discussed incident in previous game with Zwayer.
    Some rumors for Italy unluckily reports that Orsato has been tested positive as well, now it is definitely a too long time and I would say that this is true. He could have easily got the game in Krasnodar, now assigned to Guida (hopefully this time he will be able to handle it after the previous issues before Atlético - Salzburg).

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  4. Good appointment for Jug. He deserved this.
    Kamphuis is back - but as AVAR.

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    1. Agree, deserved for Jug. By the way, he was also appointed on all matchdays, in both CL and EL.

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  5. Micheal oliver and Chris Kavanagh after yesterdays horror show!

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    1. Lol... There was no horrror show, I wonder why the fuss. The penalty incident happened identically in the Manchester United game and both where overturned after OFR, clearly that's how the PGMOL wants it, if there was first a touch on the ball and really the follow through wasn't enough for the players to go down the way they did. On a side note, yesterday the audio of the David Coote talking to his VAR was also made available as he was carrying out the OFR, so I guess you could go and hear the discussion on why the penalty was overturned. But it wasn't a second yellow card for the Brighton player that I can agree, but it wasn't as bad as you paint it to be as if he had made 5 crucial mistake 😂😂

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    2. I agree with Anoymous.
      1. VC missed targett 44th min
      2. VC missed trezeuget just before second yellow incident
      3. Scond yellow card wrong for lamprey
      4. Penalty mess at the end aswell, i think penalty.
      5. There were lots of missed yellow cards as well.
      I also agree, the david coote mess. I think clear Pen to west brom, and if not how it is a clear and obvious error i have no idea.
      I do agree with the pen for united and the retake.

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    3. Regarding MUN-WBA and Coote:
      1) it is difficult to say for sure, but I think overturned pk is a good decision

      2)before penalty for Man United there was IMO a clear foul on WBA player. In fact, so clear and obvious and without home player playing the ball that for me there is no doubt that VAR had to intervene. And Coote in the first place had to whistle that.

      3)repeated pk a good decision, without any doubt

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  6. A 3rd appointment for Oliver already. This match could go to a First Group referee.

    Could he be a replacement?

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    1. In case, István Kovács (ROU) is the first name coming to my mind.
      However, with so many issues with COVID in making appointments, I don't know how much importance has to count the number of appointments for each referee, we can't know what there is behind.

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    2. With so many Elite referees I feel they have to be used or there is no point having them. Therefore they will get games that possibly could have gone to other referees.

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    3. Ex Eng Ref, you are absolutely right if we consider all the Elite referees, but this is something going on by years, some officials are Elite only on paper and nothing more. Committee never makes unpopolar choices like demotions unless extremely awful performances in a row.

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    4. The Romanian referees website confirmed that Kovacs was tested because of an UEFA appointment this week and then had to be replaced due to a positive test result. They did not specify what match he was assigned by UEFA.

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    5. The Elite list should only be the top 16 based on in form performances measured twice a season, have more fluidity between Elite and First. England suffers with this due to SG1 and SG2 - too many there because they are on contracts.

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    6. Istvan Kovacs was supposed to referee a game in the national league during the weekend, between Botosani and Craiova. After arriving at the stadium, after organizing the technical meeting and doing the warm-up for the game, he checked his phone with 10 minutes left to the kick-off. He told the press that he was very inspired to check it as he found out his positive result of the test.

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  7. Marciniak’s VAR is appointed so I think He wont be appointed, maybe EL

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  8. Perhabs Marciniak will be appointed for the match Borussia M-Szachtar,then var would already be in Germany

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    1. I don't believe that Marciniak will be appointed on Wednesday in Mönchengladbach and think Cakir or Taylor will be appointed for this match.

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    2. VARs don't have appointments on both Tuesday and Wednesday in CL, at least that hasn't happened before.

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    3. Great match for Marciniak, the King's Cup final in Arabia. Tomasz Listkiewicz, Paweł Sokolnicki VAR Zbigniew Dobrynin will help him on the lines. 4th official and AVAR from Saudi Arabia

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  9. Michael Oliver will surely be suffering from fatigue given his Tues-Sat-Tues schedule but I suppose there is really isn't much option at the moment.

    Concerning his Aston Villa - Brighton game yesterday [VAR: Kavanagh]. Here is the sequence of events at the end.


    My views:

    - Potential VC at 44' is just a heavy reckless charge, there is no strike there, yellow card is the correct solution.

    https://streamable.com/e24ens

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    1. - Here is the sequence at the end of the match:

      https://streamable.com/hwey8l


      * Missed VC at 90', VAR should intervene.

      * Wrong SYC and an interesting case study of English refereeing. There are some SYC offences that would not be given as first YCs (this being one of them). The criteria essentially is 'has the player done sth 'stupid' which could result in them being sent off?'. It is both a fascinating and totally wrong approach in my view.

      * The overturning of the penalty given is widely seen as correct here (unlike the situation from MUNWBA). In my view it is a penalty, unlike a comparable situation from Shakhtyor - BATE, as the contact after the ball was quite heavy (reckless), the ball was played in an uncontrolled manner and the attacker still had the best chance to reach the ball after the touch. It is easy to forget how different the optic is here to around the world!

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    2. I dont agree about the 2nd YC, it is at least supportable to give it. Late tackle.

      Regarding other 2 situations, I completely agree.

      I begin to be less and less enthusiastic about Oliver, seems to me that he lacks "intuition" sometimes and then he makes wrong calls if he doesnt see everything perfectly.

      What is your opinion about United-WBA game? Pk overturned, foul before 2nd penalty?

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    3. I also feel that several things went wrong here. But in assessing if the decisions of the referee were correct, I would like to address the ‘subtext’ or ‘psychology’ of the actions in these clips.

      At 44’, Aston Villa (AV) 18 and Brighton (B) 9 both challenge for the ball at the sideline. AV18 acts as if he was slapped in the face by B9. The ref doesn’t whistle the foul, which leads to AV18 looking for ‘payback’. He then blocks B9 deliberately with his elbow sticking out. To me, that is pure retaliation and therefore a red card. In a normal challenge for the ball, one could argue that the force isn’t excessive and thus a YC, but because of the previous action, the ref should’ve sent him off in my opinion. I know, we can’t and shouldn’t try to look inside people’s heads. But to me this is textbook retaliation, which should be punished clearly. AV18 actually waits at first and only moves when he is sure he can make ‘ meaningful contact’ with B9.

      At 90’, AV17 swings his elbow in the face of B34. Deliberate and to the head: red card. The captain of AV (number 10) then comes over to pull B34 from the ground as to say B34 shouldn’t make something out of nothing. The referee shows AV17 a YC and play goes on. Next, B2 challenges AV10 for the ball and AV10 goes to the ground screaming. Personally, I still find it difficult to say if there was contact, but most of the people here seem to agree that there was no or very little contact. The AV-captain who only a minute ago accused B34 of acting, now makes sure that B2 is sent off. I am having trouble with that.

      B2 is sent off and the following free kick lands with AV17 who goes down and the referee points to the spot. The way I see it, AV17 was very much looking for the contact and already falls before being touched. AV17 is the player who elbowed B34 in the face just minutes before…

      The way I see it, all Aston Villa players in these moments get away with their misbehavior. Actually they benefit from their actions. Maybe it’s just karma that in the end the penalty gets cancelled, because from a refereeing perspective I see no grounds. Nevertheless I feel sorry for Brighton and I hope referees on any level try to be more aware of what is actually going on and don’t let players that clearly misbehave get away with it.

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    4. IMO
      44' - YC is the best choice in this case.
      90' - RC VC and VAR intervention mandatory.
      - Harsh, but supportable 2ndYC.
      - Penalty is correct, I can't believe this OFR (and overturning). But I don't know how these scenes are handeled in England.

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    5. This is for forlan and your response, this is Michael Oliver's first OFR this season having officiated 15 matches across that span, the most by any referee in that period in europe. Oliver has officiated more matches than some teams have played this season, this doesn't even take into account roles as Fourth official or even VAR just to put things in context for you. He might be everything you say but sure he is consistent in making the right decisions and yesterday was one of those days. I still feel the penalty being overturned as correct apart from the argument of touching the ball first, one can see how the aston villa player jumps up before even the player makes the minimal of contact with his shin... There was really no follow through. Defitely a mandatory red card and very soft yellow which I can't understand why he gave that after initially playing the advantage.

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    6. 46'
      https://streamable.com/uv98bw

      53'
      https://streamable.com/rzs8s1


      46' was a penalty IMO though I can understand some arguments against it (who was in the better position to kick / play the ball?); I can't really understand how the penalty call was determined a "clear and obvious error" though. I would prefer it if VAR intervened for (in my view) clear SFPs, VCs than grey area situations like this. :)

      53':
      - Clear foul before, besides VAR or anything else Coote must see that!
      - Given West Brom player has a chance to clear it away, a new APP has started since the foul? In which case VAR cannot intervene.
      - Correct penalty for handling (body surface enlarged, arm moves towards the ball).
      - Mandatory intervention as the goalkeeper is clearly off the goalline.

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    7. IMO
      46' - unbelievable if you ask me. A clear penalty for me, those cases are exactly what we don't want to be overturned (Clear ans obvious?)

      53' - A clear foul missed by Coote, difficult to assess wether VAR van intervene or not. I would say, VAR missed an intervention.
      Beside that, penalty and 2nd penalty are mandatory.

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    8. @mikael
      I don't think it was a clear error but surely a missed incident. So absolutely a correct intervention.

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    9. @mikael
      I don't think it was a clear error but surely a missed incident. So absolutely a correct intervention.

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  10. Appointments - Bundesliga Germany
    Matchday 8:

    22nd November

    15:30 SC Freiburg - FSV Mainz
    Martin Petersen - Alexander Sather - Robert Wessel - Frederick Assmuth [Benjamin Cortus - Marco Achmüller]

    18:00 FC Köln - FC Union Berlin
    Tobias Stieler - Christian Gittelmann - Marcel Unger - Michael Bacher [Florian Badstübner - Mike Pickel]

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    1. why are the appointments in germany always for one day and not for the whole tour?

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    2. I don't know the reasons exactly, but the appointments were published in the morning of the matches since the pandemic started and that didn't change until yet.

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    3. That it's possible to change it immediately without knowledge of the publicity

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    4. Tnanks...

      And I don't understand it.......

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  11. Who would guess that that Matej Jug will be Slovenian referee with most Champions league matches this season? I think he was originally not planned for Champions league but Vinčić's COVID situation and Skomina's injury made Committee to appoint Jug.

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    1. And matches are reserved for some countries?? Obviously

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  12. Jug most likely replaces kovacs I'd think

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  13. Two clips from yesterday's Bundesliga matches in Germany:

    Hertha BSC - Borussia Dortmund, handeled by Bastian Dankert [VAR: Bibiana Steinhaus]:

    78' - penalty given; no VAR intervention
    https://streamable.com/ozgo5b

    IMO this is no penalty and VAR should intervene in those cases.

    TSG Hoffenheim - VfB Stuttgart, handeled by Daniel Siebert [VAR: Tobias Welz]:

    70' - penalty given; no VAR intervention
    https://streamable.com/tdxyp5

    IMO this is a correct penalty.

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    1. Thanks for the videos.

      I agree with you for the first scene; second clip is a clear foul but are you sure it wasn't outside the penalty area? I guess Welz checked must have checked that when confirming the call though.

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    2. In the first situation, the only explanation would be, that there was "more" holding visible from another camera angle. But yes, from the pictures shown on TV, I also don't see a foul.

      Second situation could be outside the penalty area, but impossible to be sure. Maybe the first contact is already on the line, maybe the foul continues (ongoing contact) inside the area.

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  14. Clear penalty for handball missed by Anthony Tylor and VAR. How can you not give this handball?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOFheOp5Wf4&ab_channel=SportKlub

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  15. Man in the Middle Episode 2 is now available

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    1. Hategan is the centre figure in this episode. Also, we can see Oliver, Kuipers, Marciniak, Collum, Madden and Rocchi

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    2. Indeed Hategan is the main feature. His story about finding out how his mother died is very sad.

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    3. The part with Rocchi in Chelsea - Ajax was a big dissapointment to see. Not any selfreflection

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  16. my thoughts: next episodes of "Man on the middle" will be about 2019/20 play-off and referees life during COVID-19 quarantine

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  17. 12 VAR videos from World Cup 2022 Qualification CONMEBOL – Matchday 4

    https://www.youtube.com/c/conmebol/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=8

    Paraguay-Bolivia 4 videos
    Peru-Argentina 2 videos
    Uruguay-Brazil 2 videos
    Venezuela-Chile 2 videos
    Ecuador-Colombia 2 videos

    For me, the most interesting video is from Paraguay-Bolivia minute 90. The referee showed a red card to one player from each team and then after an OFR, he changed both cards to yellow.

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  18. So, Hategan replace Kovacs in Manchester. If Kovacs didn't have problem with the Covid 19, he was named for this game and Hategan was AVAR. Marius Avram is from Kovacs team.

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  19. Update : Joao Pinheiro replaced Christian Dingert as VAR and Xavier Estrada Fernandez has new appointed as AVAR between Manchester United against Istanbul Basaksehir

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    1. It was reported that Dingert had already COVID, so I think in this case it was for having been in contact with other people having it and nothing more.

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    2. You can have it twice...

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    3. I was very surprised about the replacement as Dingert has already had COVID. He also had a match on Saturday in second division. Maybe there are some other reasons.

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  20. Vassaras: "At this time, there are not too many referees older than 43 left in all UEFA categories: 15 out of 55 in First Category, 16 out of 91 in Second Category and only 9 out of 105 in Third Category. Most of them will be replaced, but some of those coming from countries where VAR was already implemented will continue as VMOs, so we can use them in UEFA/FIFA competitions". (http://scoaladearbitri.ro/interviu-kyros-vassaras-presedintele-cca-a-vorbit-pentru-scoaladearbitri-despre-var-lista-fifa-si-alte-subiecte-interesante/)

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  21. Italy Coppa Italia
    Round 4 (one leg)

    Tuesday 24th November

    14:30 Spal - Monza
    Marco Piccinini - Giorgio Perrotti - Marco Trinchieri - Gianluca Aureliano

    Wednesday 25th November

    14:30 Empoli - Brescia
    Giovanni Ayroldi - Fabio Schirru - Davide Miele - Valerio Marini

    14:30 Parma - Cosenza
    Giacomo Camplone - Christian Rossi - Marco Della Croce - Francesco Meraviglia

    17:30 Bologna - Spezia
    Manuel Volpi - Edoardo Raspollini - Gaetano Massara - Antonio Rapuano

    17:30 Cagliari - Hellas Verona
    Alessandro Prontera - Robert Avalos - Pietro Dei Giudici - Matteo Marchetti

    17:30 Udinese - Fiorentina
    Marco Serra - Davide Moro - Antonio Vono - Daniel Amabile

    Thursday 26th November

    14:00 Torino - Virtus Entella
    Daniele Paterna - Andrea Tardino - Daisuke Emanuele Yoshikawa - Davide Ghersini

    17:00 Sampdoria - Genoa
    Francesco Fourneau - Filippo Valeriani - Dario Cecconi - Gianpaolo Calvarese

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  22. Giuseppe Perrotti!! Ihih

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    1. Sorry, you are right, my mistake!!

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  23. Excellent 1H by Kuipers, easy game for the referee.

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  24. any reason why Sidiropoulos have not been appointed since matchday 1? Also I am surprised Papapetrou has not been given any Europa league game so far. Very dark days for greek refereeing in Europe. I think Sidiropoulos will be relegated soon even though his performances have not been as bad as others. I think he deserved a few more chances.

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    1. I disagree. Sidiropoulos took many chances even after bad performances. Don't forget that he was promoted to Elite only 6 months after the infamous Man. City - CSKA.

      Dark days indeed for Greek Refereeing. That is the result of Pereira-Marin-Tritsonis work.

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  25. Regarding Turpin's match in Nations League and the everlasting question of VCs.

    What do think about this at 0:30

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkzjKLJUFA0

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    1. YC is sufficient, because one should be more secure about the bad intentions of the player for sending him off (that early). At least from the one perspective, I can't say, whether the arm is used as weapon or tool.
      BTW, in the following situation, it is quite clearly a tool, and therefore only a YC.

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    2. So ist the opinion of the DFB and I

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    1. I don't any contact by Leipzig Player. See the contact somewhere?

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    2. Agree Martin. No foul for me. Don’t understand no VAR call here...

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    3. @Referee analyst : No problem. Agree with you :)

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    4. No contract, so the penalty for PSG was not due

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  27. Whats your opinion of the situation about min 31.40 handball-- penalty or not ? Game between Krasnodar - Sevilla. ( Marco Guida)

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    1. Borderline decision.
      Defender plays the ball himself before and the arm is in a somewhat natural position. However the arm slightly moves towards the ball, so one could argue he actively plays it with the hand.

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  28. IMO never a penalty : soft soft call by Makkelie...

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  29. Seemed like a very soft penalty decision by Makkelie in Paris. I'm not convinced at first glance.

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  30. Very, very, very soft penalty to Paris by Makkelie. Wrong call IMO.

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  31. Penalty too soft. Wrong call by Makkelie imo.

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  32. I expected Blom to intervene and change that penalty decision...

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  33. Another Makkelie game in which he whistles a soft penalty

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  34. THe penalty is Paris is because of a trip on the leg. I think all of you are looking at the upper body instead.

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    1. this is the wrong decision to award a penalty kick for PSG

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    2. 56 'No yellow card for a PSG player for Holding

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  35. Supportable penalty decision by Hategan but not a mandatory call in my view. Good onside decision by AR1 prior the incident.

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    1. Yes, I agree. The attacker is looking for it and makes the contact bigger than necessary. However the defender is also not faultless and needs to be more careful with his right leg.

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  36. Correct PK for United by Hategan.

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  37. It looks to me that there will be several red cards in PSG-Leipzig by the end of the match.

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    1. Possible. Neymar with a very agressive behaviour today. Not easy to manage. Indeed, Leipzig will provoke some action as he is already cautioned...

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  38. Two penalties were given in first half and personally I'm not convinced by any of them. While the penalty by Hategan for ManU can be given as you could argue that there was something like a body check from the defender (for me play on would be the 'better' decision, but once again, not a wrong decision), I have very strong doubts about the penalty given by Makkelie. I thought de Maria was seeking a contact, striving after the penalty, and there was not anything punishable from the videos I have seen yet. In that case, one could blame both, Makkelie and Blom as the situation is not extremly complex.

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  39. Correct penalty decision by Oliver. Easy call.

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  40. Correct decision by Siebert to play on at Juventus

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  41. Supportable decision by Jug for only showing a YC instead of RC, as the player had no ball control

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  42. Possible missed SFP by Makkelie, to be rewatched.

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    1. If you mean the situation in 83th minute where Verratti was cautioned then the decision was perfectly OK. Reckless tackle with minimal contact.

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    2. Yes I tend to agree, but Nkunku was bleeding from the knee.

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    3. No VC either. YC as correct decision.

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  43. If I saw it cerrectly, Herrera (PSG) was lucky not to be send off. He got a YC in 82', but in 77' was cautioned Rafinha for a foul made by Herrera - missed identity? Did anybody see that too?

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    1. Rafinha got YC because he shot a ball after foul was whistled.

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    2. Referee 12 is correct, YC in 77’ was for delaying the restart and not for the foul.

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  44. Very, very soft penalty by Makkelie. The rest did was ok but I have impression that Makkelie was not 100% in this match - I don't know why but at some moments I felt like he is not interested in the match at all. I don't know why but I just had that feeling.
    Regarding that penalty - IMO it is more a mistake than supportable decision.

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    1. I think he did a very good job, considering the importance and difficulty of the match. I think you predicted a sending off in the course of the game, but despite some heated moments Makkelie was able to quickly lower emotions when they were at the point of boiling over, chose the right moments to caution players. Management wise very clever refereeing.
      On the penalty, agreed, a soft one indeed, but due to the contact on the calf I think it’ll be supported by the observer.

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  45. I feel Jug missed a red card for DOGSO, if he could spot the push at the barcelona player then definitely that is a red card and not a yellow. You guys should check that out, the penalty incident

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    1. I agree with the yellow there. It lacks the "control / likelihood of control of the ball" consideration, for me. aHe may be able to get the shot off, but there's little time for the attacker to do so with quite a lot of control. In short, it's not as easy of a chance as most DOGSO incidents.

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  46. Refereeing highlights of the biggest derby in KSA played on Monday.
    https://ok.ru/video/1811843385891

    Al Hilal - Al Nassr
    Andrés Cunha - Agustín Berisso, Santiago Fernández - Majid Al-Shamrani - [Zbigniew Dobrynin, Fahad Al-Omari] (URU - POL)

    Key Match Incidents:

    08' - Reckless vs. SFP? No sanction
    56' - Penalty to Al-Hilal after OFR + yellow card
    66' - Goal for Al-Nassr disallowed (offside) after VAR intervention

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  47. 08'- Orange card here. I would personally tend for SFP as the stomp hits directly the ankle but I hear arguments for YC here and no-VAR intervention is fully ok. Therefore no-card is a significant mistake.

    56'- Good VAR intervention, reckless challenge that has to be punished by a PK, Cunha has missed it live. Correct YC as well.

    66'-Tight offside, definitely VAR stuff so I guess we have to trust them.
    However I don't understand why Cunha went to the monitor to check it by himself because it is a black and white situation to detect whether it's offside or not. Furthermore I don't think this precise type of situation is defined in VAR protocol as one where the referee has to go to the monitor. But I'm not surprised, as I remember other situations systematically being watched by referees themselves in KSA.

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  48. Two handball penalty incidents in Krasnodar - Sevilla

    32' - https://ok.ru/video/2454306359916
    64' - https://ok.ru/video/2454306294380

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    1. For unknown reasons, it seems as OK RU doesn't work anymore in Italy. I tried everything in terms of connection... :(

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    2. Have you tried allowing Flash in your browser? That solved the issue for me.

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    3. Streamable links

      32' - https://streamable.com/bbm2th
      64' - https://streamable.com/5csq1g

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    4. IMO both scenes could be a penalty, however play on is supportable in both cases.

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    5. I think that in the second scenario - although the player keeps his arm close to body - it's a textbook example of what is a deliberate handling by old wording of LotG. Common sense says it's unfair and therefore an infringement but according to current version of LotG?

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    6. Thanks for the suggestion, thank also for stremable links.
      32' definitely a very interesting situation! as Philipp wrote, there is a clear deliberate play before, so this could make handball as not punishable, but after that the movement of arm is surely at least suspect. I think one can't be 100% sure and so VAR has not full arguments for intervention considering also the previous deliberate play, so it is OK to support. However, given that referee didn't see it for sure he could have whistled penalty.
      64' it's always tricky with handballs! arms behind the back but then if you make such movement with elbows out from body... well, I would say supportable to play on but penalty wouldn't have been a mistake. It seems as players are becoming very clever trying to bypass this rule. I still agree with VAR, no intervention. Penalty should have been supported as well.
      64'

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    7. Once again, it would be very helpful to know, what is the best solution in both situations according to UEFA. Then one would have a reference and more clarity for similar scenes in the future.

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    8. Thanks for the videos!

      32' - strongly prefer play on there, very good non-intervention in my eyes, handling was not fully deliberate as it may have seemed and was just a reflex action IMO.

      64' - totally agree with Anonymous at 10:07! Frankowski gave a penalty in the last minutes of SVNKVX for a very similar offence. I fear it may be a loophole in the current LotG, where you can 'get away' with such (deliberate) handlings as that.

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    9. I think 32’ is not a penalty, correct play on.
      Regarding 64’, my question is: the player touches the ball with the elbow or with the upper arm? I really can’t understand it properly. In my opinion, in the former case it would be better to whistle a penalty, in the second case I would prefer play on, because the amount of volume increased is totally different in these two situations.

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    10. My opinion:
      32': play on
      64': penalty

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    11. I don’t think there is a loophole with regard to the second penalty. For me this is a clear penalty, as the first criterium mentioned in the LOTG states:
      “It is an offence if a player:
      • deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, including moving the hand/arm towards the ball”.

      The fact that the arms are tight to the body doesn’t play a role in this criterium, as the left arm deliberately moves towards the ball and touches the ball.
      I’m not sure what UEFA’s guideline are, but I think the Law is very clear on this.

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  49. Somebody asked why VAR in Paris supported Makkelie, that's clear you never will have the evidence of a clear mistake, indeed it is possible that the contact existed and this is enopugh for a penalty. VAR would have made a mistake in case of invertention, correct also by VAR not to intervene in the situation in which PSG asked for another penalty. Could have been given by Makkelie and he would have been supported. I want to underline how much important is the concept of clear and obvious mistake, you must have in front of yourself the 100% evidnce that it was a mistake and nothing more.
    About the rest, I think that the game was well handled by the Dutch.

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    1. I generally agree, but the question is, whether it is not enough evidence, if the VAR can't detect sufficient contact in any of the many angles he can watch.

      But of course, if the contact can't be seen in the TV pictures, the VAR still could have found a better angle, which supports the call.

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