Relatively quiet finish to Group B for appointed referees. While one of the Hispanic-Lusitanic duo in charge respectively recommended himself for higher tasks, the other probably now handled his final game of the competition. Full remarks in this prose post.
CONMEBOL guest referee Fernando Rapallini was able to confirm the strong impression from his opening game with a second convincing performance in the winner-takes-all match in Glasgow, Croatia vs. Scotland.
The Argentine didn't overcomplicate what was actually a less demanding task than his opener. He issued cards when they were expected in the first half (challenge at 26', SPA at 34'), and only missed one card when 'the battle had been lost and won', at 86' for a reckless stamp.
The only real criticism one could have of this performance was that the referee didn't really act during a small contretemps at 67'; the bad blood remained, and so followed a bigger incident at 70', after which the referee returned the game to calm. He dealt with the more sensitive closing stages well (79', 82').
The performance principle can only dictate one thing - a third appointment for Fernando Rapallini! I hope UEFA will respect that.
Artur Soares Dias was quite correctly rewarded with a second appointment after his successful performance in the Turkey - Wales game, but unfortunately his appearance in Czech Republic vs. England was one of the weaker impressions of the group stage thus far.
The biggest problem with this performance was it's low technical accuracy - mistakes in foul detection were not rare (eg. 17', 19', 35', 43', 45', 49', 52', 62', 63', 63', 89'). I would even argue that this was the weakest foul recognition which we've seen so far at this EURO, at least amongst the two worst.
In addition, the Portuguese ref's disciplinary control was too reactive - verbal warning to Shaw for a clearly reckless stamp (19'), followed by an ignored chance to get him on PI minutes later (22'). There was scant difference between 58' and 61' on a SPA level, but Soares Dias only in the second case issued a yellow card.
The referee and his assistant, Paulo Soares, should be praised however for correctly perceiving the disallowed goal scene at 86' (clip). That is the only significant positive point however - Artur Soares Dias' performance was subpar for a EURO-level, and UEFA surely won't appoint him again.
Balance: Argentine Fernando Rapallini continues to succeed! With his enjoyable performances, at least on this side of the Atlantic Ocean (and we hope on the other, too!), we can declare the UEFA-CONMEBOL exchange to be a real success.
While Artur Soares Dias' performance won't do anything to alter the positive narrative of the tournament's refereeing, the official from Portugal ruled himself out of a third appointment with his Wembley showing.
Refereeing highlights:
Croatia - Scotland
Czech Republic - England
The Argentine didn't overcomplicate what was actually a less demanding task than his opener. He issued cards when they were expected in the first half (challenge at 26', SPA at 34'), and only missed one card when 'the battle had been lost and won', at 86' for a reckless stamp.
The only real criticism one could have of this performance was that the referee didn't really act during a small contretemps at 67'; the bad blood remained, and so followed a bigger incident at 70', after which the referee returned the game to calm. He dealt with the more sensitive closing stages well (79', 82').
The performance principle can only dictate one thing - a third appointment for Fernando Rapallini! I hope UEFA will respect that.
Artur Soares Dias was quite correctly rewarded with a second appointment after his successful performance in the Turkey - Wales game, but unfortunately his appearance in Czech Republic vs. England was one of the weaker impressions of the group stage thus far.
The biggest problem with this performance was it's low technical accuracy - mistakes in foul detection were not rare (eg. 17', 19', 35', 43', 45', 49', 52', 62', 63', 63', 89'). I would even argue that this was the weakest foul recognition which we've seen so far at this EURO, at least amongst the two worst.
In addition, the Portuguese ref's disciplinary control was too reactive - verbal warning to Shaw for a clearly reckless stamp (19'), followed by an ignored chance to get him on PI minutes later (22'). There was scant difference between 58' and 61' on a SPA level, but Soares Dias only in the second case issued a yellow card.
The referee and his assistant, Paulo Soares, should be praised however for correctly perceiving the disallowed goal scene at 86' (clip). That is the only significant positive point however - Artur Soares Dias' performance was subpar for a EURO-level, and UEFA surely won't appoint him again.
Balance: Argentine Fernando Rapallini continues to succeed! With his enjoyable performances, at least on this side of the Atlantic Ocean (and we hope on the other, too!), we can declare the UEFA-CONMEBOL exchange to be a real success.
While Artur Soares Dias' performance won't do anything to alter the positive narrative of the tournament's refereeing, the official from Portugal ruled himself out of a third appointment with his Wembley showing.
Refereeing highlights:
Croatia - Scotland
Czech Republic - England
A good analysis. Dias was definitely less convincing this time. Some of the ‘warnings’ seemed just for show, rather than actually preventing anything. Would add that his positioning was also poor. Far too central, often in the D on edge of area with play behind him.
ReplyDeleteAR2 did well with the disallowed goal but previously made two errors. One level was given offside and the first one, flagging offside far too early against ENG, as a long ENG pass went forward (from GK?) - a CZE player deliberately played the ball back and the ENG player in possession should have been allowed to play on.
I think that Rapallini did well, BUT it is not completely fair the way you analysed it compared to Soares Dias, because also if we watch every foul, there were at least 2-3 blatant (although small) mistakes, corner missed for Croatia etc.
ReplyDeleteMy impression of Soares Dias was not that badly, i.e. not worse than 8.2.
ReplyDeleteWith a quite good and a mediocre performance, he remains a deserved candidate for a KO match in my opinion. E.g. more than Orsato and both matches combined, I also prefer him over Hategan (but that's quite subjective tbh). And Karasev and Oliver still have to confirm the positive first impression today.
I think Rapallini in ITA-AUT, Dias will remain as Fourth official.
ReplyDeleteDear Mikael, thanks for your analysis. But I slightly disagree with your analysis of Dias' performance.
ReplyDeleteI thought his performance was of the HIGHEST STANDARD. One should not rate a referee's performance low based on one's subjective opinion regarding what constitutes a foul or not.
Granted, he missed one slightly obvious foul on Saka on 16' AND it can be strongly argued that he should have issued a YC to Shaw on 18'.
Aside from those two incidents described above, there was NOTHING else that one can point to as a MAJOR mistake. So with all due respect, I think your analysis is a little biased against the Portuguese referee. This is because his overall performance was fine, and the fact that nobody (Eng, Cze, journalists or pundits) talked about the referee at the end of the game is a great indicator that his performance was quite good.
The biggest reason why Dias may not get a KO game in this tourney is because his name is NOT 'Brych', or 'Lahoz', or 'Orsato', or 'Makkiele' or 'Kuipers' etc.
Look, let's be honest, if Dr Brych was the one that had the same performance as Dias yesterday, nobody will be saying that he will be sent home based on that performance.
Anyways, the beauty about this group is that there can be sometimes a difference of opinion, and we can sometimes agree to disagree.
At Euro 2016, 12 referees were kept after the group stage. Clattenburg got R16 and then directly the final. Rizzoli R16 and semi-final, while Eriksson semi-final without any other KO match.
ReplyDelete