Friday 11 December 2020

UEFA Women's Champions League 2020/21 - Referee appointments for Round of 32 First Legs

Referee appointments for 2020-21 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32, first legs. Games to be played on 9 and 10 December 2020. 


9 December 2020

11:00 CET - Tbilisi (M. Meskhi II Stadium)
WCF Lanchkhuti (GEO) - FC Rosengård (SWE)
Referee: Reelika Turi (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Karolin Kaivoja (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Anni Rahula (EST)
Fourth Official: Luisa Klaar (EST)
UEFA Referee Observer: Blaženka Logarušić (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Sabine Bonnin (FRA)

12:00 CET - Minsk (FC Minsk Stadium)
FC Minsk (BLR) - LSK Kvinner FK (NOR)
Referee: Sabina Bolić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivona Pejić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Gordana Katušić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Jelena Pejković (CRO) 
UEFA Referee Observer: Galina Doneva (BUL)
UEFA Delegate: Ani Gevorgyan (RUS)

12:00 CET - Poltava (Vorskla Stadium by Oleksiy Butovsky)
WFC-2 Kharkiv (UKR) - WFC BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ)
Referee: Justina Lavrenovaitė-Pérez (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Ieva Ramanauskiene (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Gerda Eidinzonaitė (LTU)
Fourth Official: Jurgita Macikunyte (LTU)
UEFA Referee Observer: María Luisa Villa (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Miroslaw Ryszka (POL)

13:00 CET - Gornja Radgona (TŠC Trate, Gornja Radgona)
WFC Pomurje (SVN) - Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paulina Baranowska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Katarzyna Wasiak (POL)
Fourth Official: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ingrid Jonsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Attila Tömő (HUN)

15:00 CET - Subotica (Gradski Stadion Subotica)
ŽFK Spartak Subotica (SRB) - VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
Referee: Melis Ozcigdem (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Deybet Gök (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Betül Nur Yılmaz (TUR)
Fourth Official: Neslihan Muratdagi (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Silvia Tea Spinelli (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Nermina Hadžibajrić (BIH)

15:00 CET - Turin (Juventus Stadium)
Juventus (ITA) - Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
Referee: Riem Hussein (GER)
Assistant Referee 1:Sina Diekmann (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Melissa Joos (GER)
Fourth Official: Franziska Wildfeuer (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Wendy Toms (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Iva Olivari-Uliša (CRO)

15:00 CET - Chomutov (Stadium FC Chomutov)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) - Glasgow City FC (SCO)
Referee: Eszter Urbán (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Judit Gavalla-Kulcsár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Noémi Baráth (HUN)
Fourth Official: Réka Molnár (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Christine Frai (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák (SVK)

16:00 CET - Seixal (Futebol Campos)
SL Benfica (POR) - Chelsea FC Women (ENG)
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Susanne Küng (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Emilie Aubry (SUI)
Fourth Official: Michèle Schmölzer (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Dilan Deniz Gökçek İşcan (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Barbara Moschini (ITA)

16:00 CET - Gothenburg (Valhalla IP) 
Göteborg FC (SWE) - Manchester City Women FC (ENG)
Referee: Jana Adámková (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Gabriela Hanáková (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Zuzana Špindlerová (CZE)
Fourth Official: Lucie Šulcová (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Irina Mîrț (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Nina Hedlund (NOR)

16:30 CET - Eindhoven (PSV Campus de Herdgang)
PSV Eindhoven Vrouwen (NED) - FC Barcelona (ESP)
Referee: Olga Zadinová (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Lucie Ratajová (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Nikola Šafránková (CZE)
Fourth Official: Helena Salková (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Katarzyna Wierzbowska (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Alin Cioban (ROU)

17:00 CET - St. Pölten (NV Arena)
SKN St. Pölten Frauen (AUT) - FC Zürich Frauen (SUI)
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lotta Vuorio (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jenni Mahlamäki (FIN)
Fourth Official:  Jelena Kumer (CRO) 
UEFA Referee Observer: Antonia Kokotou (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Michail Kassabov (BUL)

18:00 CET - Geneva (Stade de Genève)
Servette FC Chênois Féminin (SUI) - Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
Referee: Henrikke Nervik (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Monica Brun Løkkeberg (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Elisabeth Thoresen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Ingvild Langnes Aarland (NOR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gyöngyi Krisztína Gaál (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Garry O'Hagan (SCO)

10 December 2020

14:00 CET - Florence (Stadio Artemio Franchi)
ACF Fiorentina (ITA) - SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
Referee: Rebecca Welch (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Sian Massey-Ellis (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Emily Carney (ENG)
Fourth Official: Abigail Byrne (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ana Minić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Desislava Ralkova (BUL)

17:00 CET - Łęczna (GKS Górnik Łęczna)
GKS Górnik Łęczna (POL) - Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Referee: Lorraine Clark (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Kylie Cockburn (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Vikki Michelle Allan (SCO)
Fourth Official: Vikki Robertson (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jenny Palmqvist (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Alina Capatina (MDA)

18:00 CET - Oslo (Vålerenga Stadion)
Vålerenga FB (NOR) - Brøndby IF (DEN)
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Linda Schmid (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sabrina Keinersdorfer (SUI)
Fourth Official: Deborah Anex (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Carolina De Boeck (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Raili Ellermaa (EST)

18:00 CET - Duivendrecht (De Toekomst)
AFC Ajax (NED) - FC Bayern München (GER) 
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Almira Spahić (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Julia Magnusson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Lovisa Johansson (SWE) 
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslava Migalová (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: John Taylor (SCO)  

77 comments:

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  2. Team of Lehtovaara is a replacement. (Source: FA of Finland)

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  3. Any predictions for promotion from second to first category as well as from third to second?

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    1. Second to First: Glova, Kruashvili, Orel, Strukan, Pandzic
      First to Second: Aranovskiy, Gil, Ivanov, Nijhuis

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    2. I would be surprised if there are promotions from Second to First in January. Last one was Ekberg Second -> First in 2018 IIRC.

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    3. Out of curiosity: did any country (likely Italy or Spain) have more than 3 referees in the Elite category at the same time?

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    4. Yes. Italy (Rocchi, Tagliavento, Orsato and Rizzoli) and Spain (Velasco, Undiano, F.Borbalán and Matéu)

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    5. In that case, Stieler can be promoted without necessarily replacing another German Elite referee.

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  4. OT

    Refereeing HL of Italy - Nigeria handled by Arturo Brizio Carter, one of the most remarkable WC games concerning the officiating ever (not just Zola's RC!).

    https://share.vidyard.com/watch/iaH8DTwwZTRLaJuQTA64a5

    Report will be up shortly on the blog shortly, along with all the other games so far.
    https://wc94refs.blogspot.com/

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  5. An interesting offside situation from Standard Liegi - Benfica, referee Kulbakov:
    https://streamja.com/kWvEe
    Punishable offside in my opinion (impeding defender's intervention being exactly right in front of him) and referee should have asked assistant referee whether the player ahead of defender close to net was in offside or not.
    However, about the position, looks like extremely tight offside, keeper is second last defender and it looks like the attacker is slightly ahead.
    https://postimg.cc/75r0bGyQ
    More cooperation was needed in this case.

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  6. predictions for the publication of the list of FIFA referees?

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  7. An interesting video from the 3rd Portuguese league:
    https://streamja.com/jnvJX
    Opinions?

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    1. Drop-ball for the team that last touched the Ball. (white) Assistant is not going to be happy with that, maybe he lost the flight of the ball, didn't want to get hit and made a step into the field. Or did he lose his footing?

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    2. But the LotG requires that the ball "remains on the field of play" to make the touch of the match official relevant. And it seems, the ball left the ball after the touch.

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    3. Throw in. The fact that it didn't change possession on the field and not attack was started it doesn't count when the ball is out as a changed possession. The laws of the game require that it remains on the field of play and changes possession. It's a regular throw in for the other team.

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    4. A mistake by referee. Correct decision is a throw in for the team that did not touch the ball last.

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  8. IG Schiedsrichter tweeted today that Stieler will replace Aytekin in the Elite category as of 1 January 2021. I guess the new categories are out and you are preparing the post? :)

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    1. I guess, they have taken Referee1's comment from yesterday as source...

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    2. IG Schiedsrichter usually has correct information from German refereeing. I recall him tweeting some appointments of German refs before they were posted by UEFA, which proved correct.

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    3. https://twitter.com/IgSchiri/status/1337373260023992326

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    4. IG Schiedsrichter is highly controversial among German refereeing. The main author there has been banned from refereeing for lifetime as he was convicted of having posted wrong, misleading and derogatory information about referees and observers. Still until today he has a good network where he receives information that appears to be sometimes quite delicate. I have heard that he uses DFB logos and picutres illegaly and sometimes called or wrote elite refeees claiming to be an official DFB organ, so he obtained their trust and they provided him with sensitive information. In general I think he is very biased when it comes to assess performances but that is up to his opinion. Towards the end of the season he regularly posts only positive articles about his favorite referees, even in lower leagues, and sometimes falsly claims promotion for his favorites. And due to his large range (10k followers) he therefore puts a lot of pressure on the local RFAs...but that is just my personal observation as I follow him for almost 7-8 years now...

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  9. Appointments - Germany:

    Bundesliga Matchday 11
    11th December

    20:30 VfL Wolfsburg - Frankfurt
    Markus Schmidt - Christof Günsch - Dominik Schaal - Jan Neitzel-Petersen
    [Benjamin Brand - Norbert Grudzinski]

    2nd Bundesliga Matchday 11
    11th December

    18:30 VfL Bochum - SC Paderborn
    Tobias Stieler - Marcel Unger - Konrad Oldhafer - Lukas Benen
    [Christian Dietz - Oliver Lossius]

    18:30 SV Sandhausen - Greuther Fürth
    Arne Aarnink - Eric Müller - Andreas Steffens - Julius Martenstein
    [Sven Jablonski - Henrik Bramlage]

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    1. I ask to the german forumists news of Soren Storks please.

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    2. Storks has done 3 BL matches (I expect the next one for this weekend) this season without any controversies, including the somewhat more prominent Frankfurt-Leipzig, where he performed quite well.

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    3. Thanks, is still far from the FIFA license ?

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    4. Mostly depends on how many places become available in the next years. Brych is clear, but also Aytekin could leave the list earlier as well as Dankert, Dingert or Fritz (especially with the perspective of a FIFA VAR list).
      Jablonski (1990) should be ahead of Storks (1988) after a much better last season. Then I would say, Brand (1989) and Storks come next with currently similar chances. And Schlager (1989) is already in his third season, so he also becomes a candidate sooner or later.
      Petersen and Schröder (both 1985) are probably getting too old for a FIFA selection.

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  10. Referees are beginning to punish goalkeeper more often now adays as they are oftenly so protected... Another penalty giving in Real Valladolid vs Osasuna, just like the on Benoit Bastien whistled yesterday but this one and of quite clearer than yesterday's

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    1. Interesting. This was not a punch but rather a collision, but important part is, that the GK did not get a touch on the ball. I think PK is correct.

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    1. News or prediction?

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    2. Please don't share wrong info, it is quite unlikely to have all these promotions, and you also wrote some wrong names... so for this reason I must delete the comment.

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    3. If predictions, please specify that, thanks.

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    4. maybe with knowledge of date of referee committee meeting we are able to avoid this speculations...
      Chefren, could you please help us with sharing of this info?

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  12. Portugal
    New FIFA
    Correia, Gustavo Fernandes
    (1991)

    He replaces Jorge Sousa.

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  13. To all readers, please don't trust anonymous post regarding possible official news. Thanks!

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  14. Appointments - Germany:

    Bundesliga Matchday 11
    12th December

    15:30 Borussia Dortmund - VfB Stuttgart
    Christian Dingert - Benedikt Kempkes - Timo Gerach - Mark Borsch
    [Deniz Aytekin - Christian Bandurski]

    15:30 RB Leipzig - Werder Bremen
    Sören Storks - Thorben Siewer - Philipp Hüwe - Jan Seidel
    [Benjamin Brand - Thomas Stein]

    15:30 Mönchengladbach - Hertha BSC
    Robert Hartmann - Christian Leicher - Eduard Beitinger - Guido Winkmann
    [Sven Jablonski - Christian Gittelmann]

    15:30 SC Freiburg - Arminia Bielefeld
    Harm Osmers - Robert Kempter - Thomas Gorniak - Florian Badstübner
    [Günter Perl - Rafael Foltyn]

    15:30 FSV Mainz - FC Köln
    Felix Zwayer - Thorsten Schiffner - Marco Achmüller - Sascha Stegemann
    [Bibiana Steinhaus - Stefan Lupp]

    18:30 FC Union Berlin - Bayern München
    Bastian Dankert - René Rohde - Markus Häcker - Patrick Ittrich
    [Frank Willenborg - Christian Fischer]

    2nd Bundesliga Matchday 11
    12th December

    13:00 FC Heidenheim - Hannover
    Sven Waschitzki - Florian Exner - Bastian Börner - Patrick Hanslbauer
    [Daniel Siebert - Henrik Bramlage]

    13:00 SV Darmstadt - Hamburger SV
    Nicolas Winter - Patrick Schwengers - Roman Potemkin - Lars Erbst
    [Pascal Müller - Arno Blos]

    13:00 Jahn Regensburg - Holstein Kiel
    Robert Kampka - Jonas Weickenmeier - Marcel Gasteier - Marcel Schütz
    [Christian Dietz - Norbert Grudzinski]

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    1. Please correct me if I am wrong. In the Borussia Dortmund game, Mark Borsch is standing as the forth Official but isn't that Felix Brych regular AR or am I missing something. Do AR work as Fourth official

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    2. You are right. Mark Borsch is Brych's regular AR.
      In Germany, it's common to see ARs as 4th Officials and AVARs.

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    3. And the replacement referee would be AR2 Timo Gerach, who referees in 2. Bundesliga.

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    4. Thanks guys.. curious question, has there been a case where an AR serving as Fourth official handled a game as a result of injury or something else to the center referee in the Bundesliga

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    5. No, because one of the ARs will always be a 2.Bundesliga referee, if the 4O is a specialised AR. In case of an injury, this 2.Bundesliga referee takes over as center referee and the 4O becomes AR, as he would do, if the AR gets injured.

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    6. Oh, thanks, it's quite clear now, but I am really surprised that Referees in 2.Bundesliga also serve as Assistant Refereess, their weekly training and all other individualistic events for both Roles

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    7. But there are several advantages:
      - More flexibility in appointments
      - Referees already get a feeling for the higher league (and IMO more than only as 4th, because you are more involved in e.g. foul detection)
      - it could improve teamwork, if the referee is more aware of the challenges for an AR, because he does that job himself
      - referees, who don't manage the last step to 1.Bundesliga still have the chance to become specialized AR (happens regularly) - and then already have some experience, i.e. could become FIFA AR faster.

      The physical training during the week is adapted to the role, you have on the weekend (Ref, AR, 4O or VAR) as far as I know.
      I don't think, that those referees take part in specific AR courses, but I am not sure on that.

      It's also only 10 referees, who do both roles. The number has reduced (from ~18) in recent years, because DFB wants more specialiced ARs.

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    8. So great to read. Thanks alot

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  17. Panathinaikos - PAS Giannina

    Ref: Papadopoulos (UEFA 2nd) VAR: Ruperti (NED)

    DOGSO or SPA?

    https://streamable.com/bl826r

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    1. I disagree. From that very close distance to goal for me is more RC than YC. Wrong intervention.

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    2. IMO absolutely wrong VAR intervention. RC is at least supportable.

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    3. I don't want VAR there, RC is good.

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  19. The Concacaf Referee Committee has announced the referees and assistant referees that have been selected for the 2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League (SCCL) Final Rounds (The tournament was delayed due to Covid-19). The final seven matches of the tournament will be played December 15-22, at Orlando’s Exploria Stadium.

    https://concacaf-cloudinary.corebine.com/concacaf-production/image/upload/v1607817381/championsleage-prod/assets/20_SCCL_List_of_Match_Officials.pdf

    All Match Officials have been following a high-frequency Covid-19 testing regime prior to arriving in Orlando, Florida.

    I'd say that the pre-tournament favorites to handle to Final would be. Mario Escobar (GUA), Said Martinez (HON), or Ivan Barton (SLV). But we'll see how things play out.

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  20. Appointments - Germany:

    Bundesliga Matchday 11
    13th December

    15:30 FC Augsburg - FC Schalke
    Manuel Gräfe - Guido Kleve - Markus Sinn - Matthias Jöllenbeck
    [Daniel Siebert - Arno Blos]

    18:00 Bayer Leverkusen - TSG Hoffenheim
    Martin Petersen - Alexander Sather - Robert Wessel - Mike Pickel
    [Felix Brych - Christian Gittelmann]

    2nd Bundesliga Matchday 11
    13th December

    13:30 FC St. Pauli - Erzgebirge Aue
    Lasse Koslowski - Max Burda - Henry Müller - Franz Bokop
    [Pascal Müller - Felix-Benjamin Schwermer]

    13:30 Karlsruher SC - Düsseldorf
    Tobias Reichel - Asmir Osmanagic - Tobias Endriß - Timo Klein
    [Frank Willenborg - Rafael Foltyn]

    13:30 FC Nürnberg - Würzburger Kickers
    Daniel Schlager - Frederick Assmuth - Martin Speckner - Manuel Bergmann
    [Günter Perl - Tobias Fritsch]

    13:30 Braunschweig - VfL Osnabrück Martin Thomsen - Robin Braun - Dominik Jolk - Fabian Porsch
    [Bibiana Steinhaus - Stefan Lupp]

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  21. AFC Champions League semifinal

    Kobe-Ulsan

    Shukralla disallowed the goal after OFR. What's your opinion?
    https://twitter.com/brentonspeed/status/1338087945492856833?s=21

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    1. True that was a little contact but clear kick on foot’s opponent so supportable call IMO !

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    2. Although they seemed to focus on the foot contact, for me it's more the push which makes the foul here. Supportable decision IMO.

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    3. IMO absolutely supportable.

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    4. Watching the match in real-time, I didn't perceive any type of foul. What added to this perception was the fact that no Ulsan player protested or complained to the referee. So I was actually surprised by the VAR intervention. However, upon seeing the images. There was indeed a foul. And I agree with Phllipp, not only the contact with the ankle but also the push.

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    5. Shortly after this incident. VAR was once again used to validate an ULSAN goal which had been incorrectly disallowed for an offside. No OFR was used, VAR simply confirmed the validity of the goal via comms

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  22. Is Handball or NOT? (2:53 Min)

    https://streamable.com/vob8pn

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    1. Based on the current LotG, this handling is punishable. Not deliberate, but happens in the immediate build-up of the goal. Any handball - deliberate or not - in the build-up of a goal is punishable, this for almost now two years. Correct intervention by VAR, an on-field was not needed here as such scenes are seen as 'black-or-white' decisions.

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    2. IMO clear and mandatory, no matter if it is deliberate or not, as it is in the direct build-up phase.

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    3. Punishment for nondeliberate movement of the arm in the normal position is against the spirit of football.

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    4. Handling has become one of if the most controversial interpretations with the new wording that is being used. It doesn't help that the application of the law seems to vary from continent to continent and from league to league.

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    5. @Modern < By the Book Absolutely!

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