Referee appointments for 2021-22 FIFA WC European Qualifiers, Matchday 7, games to be played on 8 October 2021.
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| Cüneyt Çakır to officiate Germany - Romania |
Group E
20:45 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
ESTONIA - BELARUS
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Mahbod Beigi (SWE)
Fourth Official: Bojan Pandzic (SWE)
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Luca Mondin (ITA)
Group E
20:45 CET - Prague (Eden Arena)
CZECH REPUBLIC - WALES
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Dietz (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal (GER)
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen (GER)
Group G
20:45 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
GIBRALTAR - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Filip Glova (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Bednar (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Polacek (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Kralovic (SVK)
Group G
20:45 CET - Riga (Daugava)
LATVIA - NETHERLANDS
Referee: Andrew Madley (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1:Ian Hussin (ENG) Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Harry Lennard (ENG)
Fourth Official: Robert Jones (ENG)
Group G
20:45 CET - Istanbul (Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu)
TURKEY - NORWAY
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel (GER)
Group H
20:45 CET - Ta' Qali (National Stadium)
MALTA - SLOVENIA
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychronis Kostaras (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lazaros Dimitriadis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Anastasios Papapetrou (GRE)
Group H
20:45 CET - Larnaca (AEK Arena)
CYPRUS - CROATIA
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Peter Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Darren England (ENG)
Group H
20:45 CET - Kazan (Kazan Arena)
RUSSIA - SLOVAKIA
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera Montero (ESP)
Group J
20:45 CET - Vaduz (Rheinpark Stadion)
LIECHTENSTEIN - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jakub Winkler (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Group J
20:45 CET - Reykjavík (Laugardalsvöllur)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Augustus Constantin (ROU)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Styrbjörn Oskarsson (FIN)
20:45 CET - Prague (Eden Arena)
CZECH REPUBLIC - WALES
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Dietz (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal (GER)
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Achmüller (GER)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Renatus Temmink (NED)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Christian Kofoed (DEN)
20:45 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
GIBRALTAR - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Filip Glova (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Bednar (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Polacek (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Kralovic (SVK)
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink (NED)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Duncan Fraser (SCO)
20:45 CET - Riga (Daugava)
LATVIA - NETHERLANDS
Referee: Andrew Madley (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2: Harry Lennard (ENG)
Fourth Official: Robert Jones (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lee Betts (ENG) Neil Davies (ENG)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Jouni Hyytiä (FIN)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Marcin Stefanski (POL)
20:45 CET - Istanbul (Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu)
TURKEY - NORWAY
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Georgios Bikas (GRE)
FIFA Match Commissioner: David McDowell Zor (SVN)
20:45 CET - Ta' Qali (National Stadium)
MALTA - SLOVENIA
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychronis Kostaras (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lazaros Dimitriadis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Anastasios Papapetrou (GRE)
Video Assistant Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (GRE)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Angelos Evangelou (GRE)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Edgar Steinborn (GER)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Neil Morrow (NIR)
20:45 CET - Larnaca (AEK Arena)
CYPRUS - CROATIA
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Peter Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Darren England (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sian Massey-Ellis (ENG)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (POR)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Luca Zorzi (SUI)
20:45 CET - Kazan (Kazan Arena)
RUSSIA - SLOVAKIA
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera Montero (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Helmut Fleischer (GER)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Aurel Mihail Ionescu (ROU)
20:45 CET - Vaduz (Rheinpark Stadion)
LIECHTENSTEIN - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jakub Winkler (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Video Assistant Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Aleksandr Gvardis (RUS)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Renata Tomášová (SVK)
20:45 CET - Reykjavík (Laugardalsvöllur)
ICELAND - ARMENIA
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Milutin Đukić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vladan Todorović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković (MNE)
Group J
20:45 CET - Hamburg (Volksparkstadion)
GERMANY - ROMANIA
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Milutin Đukić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vladan Todorović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković (MNE)
Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti (NED)
FIFA Referee Assessor: John Ward (IRL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Rudolphe Mannaerts (BEL)
20:45 CET - Hamburg (Volksparkstadion)
GERMANY - ROMANIA
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
Video Assistant Referee: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Andrei Medintsev (BUL)
Surprised Andy Madley (England) got quite a big game. Latvia vs Holland. Believe its his debut in qualifying. Does that mean we'll see Coote and Bankes (both England) at some point.
ReplyDeleteRussia with the third Spanish referee in the last 5 games.
ReplyDeleteRather weak matches for Oliver, Sidiropoulos and Frankowski, while I agree, that Madley gets a quite good game for his debut.
Important match for Aytekin, he seems to back in "real Elite".
Rest are normal appointments, I think.
so taylor will handle nations league final ..
ReplyDeleteMay be
DeleteMatching two different information, we have the proof that VAR for Cakir was replaced by UEFA.
ReplyDeleteRomanian Federation had revealed some days ago the appointment:
Cüneyt Çakır va fi ajutat de conaționalii săi Bahattin Duran și Tarik Ongun, alături de al patrulea oficial Alper Ulusoy, în vreme ce arbitrajul VAR va fi în sarcina lui Abdulkadir Bitigen și Huseyin Gocek.
Reporting Bitigen as VAR, now you can see that Kalkavan is appointed.
So a signal that indeed the final decision in Milan was wrong.
Chefren,
DeleteHow do you read this appointment then?
Considering that it is probably made before the match in Milano, and the committee didn't change it afterwards, they only changed the VAR team.
IMHO, I think RefCom is overall satisfied with his performance in the field otherwise I wouldn't expect another appointment that early. What are you thoughts?
Can we assume that the committee is overall satisfied with Cakir's performance in Milano and the last minute mistake was considered as pure VAR mistake?
Yes, this is the most likely analysis we can make, based on what we can see. It is impossible to deny that overall Cakir did well in Milan, in my opinion he had a quite good performance, I liked all his decisions and the control of the game. Regarding the final call, surely he can't be blamed at all because handballs are always difficult to detect and understand, so maybe committee wanted more by VAR in that case.
DeleteApart from that, I can't remember any single fault for Cakir.
Bitigen was VAR by Galatasaray - Rizespor in turkish Superlegague. After big mistake(s) the turkish referee commision banned Referee Ali Palabiyik and Abdulkadir Bitigen for 4 weeks. Maybe this is the reason for the replacement by Cakir-Team
Delete@BarisA. Bitigen was incredible in Rize. I think something was said to him because of the match in Milan. Because his concentration was zero.
DeleteBig appointment for Aytekin. This match could determine the PO spot.
ReplyDeleteWeak match for Oliver, even worse for Sidiropoulos. MLT-SVN could go to a First Group referee or even a Second Group one.
Not so important. Both teams will go to PO, one as 2nd place, one from Nations League. From Nations league there will be 2 teams in PO: Austria and Wales/Czech.
DeleteOT:
ReplyDeleteMiloš Gigović and Antoni Bandić are new referees from Bosnia who are suggested to be internationals. Bilbija, Kaljanac and Peljto (Cat1, soon Elite?), they are also there.
Miloš Gigović is one of the most controversial referees in Bosnia. Ylu can Google his name and read many articles. He is so, so bad.
Bandić has one very bad decision few years ago and he was punished by 2 years out from the Bosnian Premier League. Now he is right next to the Peljto.
Bilbija deserves to stay int. referee more than Kaljanac.
I'm regretted that at this stage Brych will not be recognized with NL Final match
ReplyDeleteCorrect me if I'm wrong but I thought that Felix Brych being that he's soon gonna stop he wasn't going to take International matches.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed that Danny Makkelie didn't have any matches recently which I thought that It's a bit weird being that he is considered one of the best.
Any thoughts? :)
I thought Brych will stop after 2021.
DeleteMakkelie had a game in Dutch second league last Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSTRwzqaBAg
I don't think this is a punishment (FIFA refs are often appointed in Dutch 2nd league) but maybe NL ref watchers can tell :)
Internationally I think we saw Makkelie on MD1 (CL). And on MD2 we only saw refs that were not appointed on MD1. Nothing strange I guess :)
No punishment indeed. Every referee has to whistle some matches at the second division every year
DeleteThanks :) already thought so. It also looked like a potentially hot game in the video, with the fireworks etc
DeleteIn general, it must be a real benefit for Makkelie working at the police. They face tough situations in daily life. He usually keeps his head cool in big matches when the tension is high
Indeed in my opinion a factor that contributed to Makkelie success in his international career is his job.
DeleteThank you for the link :)
DeleteSlovakia referee FIFA 2022 (ranking):
ReplyDeleteReferee:
1. Ivan Kružliak (1984)
2 Filip Glova (1988)
3. Peter Kráľovič (1983)
4. Michal Očenáš (1991)
5. Martin Dohál (new, 1987)
Assistent referee:
1. Branislav Hancko (1987)
2. Ján Pozor (1983)
3. Milan Štrbo (1986)
4. Peter Bednár (1987)
5. Daniel Poláček (1988)
6. Tomáš Vorel (1982)
7. Františsk Ferenc (1986)
8. Erik Weiss (1979)
9. Adam Jekkel (new, 1987)
10.Tomáš Straka (new 19887)
Out?
Referee: Erik Gemzický
Assistent referee: Tomáš Somoláni, Peter Kováč
Looks as though VAR will be coming to the Scottish Premiership. Likely not next season given the time it would take to train officials. Only 3 referees are currently trained in it according to bbc. Collum, Madden and Beaton.
ReplyDeleteHowever I have noticed that Scottish cup competition rules this year mention using VAR in the semis and final so possible well see it this season in the cup
LATVIA - NETHERLANDS
ReplyDeleteAssistant Referee 1: Lee Betts
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Neil Davies
Very late change. Probably injury in the warm up.
DeleteThat seems unlikely, because where should Neil Davies come from on such a short notice? In case of a late injury one could rather expect a switch between Betts and Hussin.
DeleteBetts was assigned to be a AVAR in the Nations League on Sunday. Davies must have been flown in from England.
DeletePGMOL had reported this change earlier in the day on their Instagram, so seems likely that it was done a few days ago and just not communicated.
DeleteCakir with a penalty for Germany in the early minutes. VAR in my opinion should confirm, but not a very clear call.
ReplyDeleteOFR now. I think because there was very few contact. And Cakir takes back the PK, correctly I think.
DeleteI don't see any legs contact, maybe a slightly push with hand.
DeleteCakir was called by Kalkavan, Cakir after a long review changed decision. I think that, based on VAR protocol, this OFR is wrong, but looking at the soft penalty whistled, a good decision for the game.
DeleteI‘m curious what UEFA thinks of that. Based on what we saw during EURO, I think it was wrong to call Cakir over for the OFR. (It is a similar situation like the Sterling PK against Denmark.)
DeleteBut in my eyes the final outcome was correct and better for the game.
Andorras var tomorrow might be out of action as a fire has damaged the monitor apparently.
ReplyDeleteGermany - Romania is the game selected by Italian brodcaster today for WC qualifiers, commentators are blaming Cakir from the kick off, reporting all his previous games with Italian teams and just whishing to not see him again. Then the OFR happened and they continued to talk against him. That's shocking and I absolutely disagree with such words.
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DeleteIn german TV Cakir is well accepted and praised for the PK decision, even if it wasn‘t in favor of the german national team.
ReplyDelete42' Possible RC for SFP in GER-ROM; Cakir issues a YC, supportable decision I think.
ReplyDelete45' Possible 2ndYC for the same player now (reckless stamp); I would have liked a stronger warning but no card is sensible.
DeleteYes, a warning would have been nice. As a signal to team and player and also to sell a possible 2YC later on.
DeleteAll in all, a good first half by Cakir; penalty IMO correctly overturned (German media sees the decision as clearly correct), otherwise not too much to report..
DeleteYes. Not much trouble for Cakir. He is well accepted by players, one can feel his reputation.
DeleteBut second half could become hot and therefore more difficult.
Second half didn't offer too much room for discussion as well IMO, simply solid/expected level refereeing by Cakir tonight.
Delete#23ROM is on thin ice now. Here I missed a strong warning by Cakir.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't watching the match with full concentration and am happy to be corrected by someone who was, but I saw a strong 1H by Felix Brych in Istanbul:
ReplyDelete- prepared, preventative start with clear warnings, took the initiative in the game
- interesting penalty appeal at 31'/32', Brych missed a running-too-close tripping on Yilmaz, but I think the contact was outside, also what Brych seemed to gesticulate what VAR Fritz told him; worth a rewatch
- Norway's equaliser was correctly played onside by Stefan Lupp
- good verbal warning at 45', no caution, challenge was only late and careless
In general Brych very well accepted with his experience and in control.
Clear ball out of play for Armenia’s first goal. Not in the APP.
ReplyDeletePenalty after OFR, LIE - MKD, Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
ReplyDeletehttps://streamja.com/d503p
Quite clearly wrong IMO; the attacker puts his leg there unnaturally on purpose because he sees that the defender is in a unstoppable movement to kick the ball away; the contact is totally 'accidental'/unambigious..
DeleteI don't know whether committee has a different approach regarding these scenes but this one is NEVER VAR material for me
IMO the attacker doesn’t put his leg there to earn the penalty, but to play the ball. He actually, and clearly, plays the ball before the (slight) contact. Nevertheless this is no penalty for me and especially no intervention.
DeleteI understand what you mean, defender is already trying to kick ball, then attacker puts leg there (with intention or not) and contact occurs. So, clear penalty or not? You can hear the commentator who says "clear penalty", according to most of people, having such contact is enough to assess as penalty because factual situation. But if we indeed analyze the action, we find that this is not defender's fault.
DeleteI think that it becomes a difficult topic, because these assessments can be different country by country, for example in Italy most of people don't make such deep analysis, they just look at contact, so they would agree with Polish VAR there.
However for sure we can say that VAR will be never perfect, we all can have very different ideas about what is a clear and obvious mistake and what not.
The fact that the attacker clearly plays the ball makes this a clear PK for me. In other instances (SVKESP in Euros) it's a different story IMO.
DeleteFor the sake of completeness:
ReplyDeleteIn CYP-CRO the first goal by CRO (23') was disallowed for offside after a rather long check.
And the penalty for CRO (53') was given directly by Oliver and looks supportable - although it's a bit hard to determine the exact offence.
Penalty: https://streamja.com/XQM64
DeleteDisallowed goal (player who made assist was offside): https://streamja.com/EZAzb
I think indeed the penalty is questionable, not clear what exactly referee punished but VAR was right in supporting.
GIB-MNE: Penalty to MNE (41') for a reckless challenge by the GK was correctly given by Glova
DeleteMLT-SVN: Second goal (49') given by VAR after the initial decision was offside.
DeleteMadley did well in a really easy game.
ReplyDeleteHe's not normally known for controversy. Had an eye on the uefa text feed of the match.
DeleteHIGHLIGHTS
ReplyDeleteTURNOR
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