Referees in charge of 2021/22 UEFA Youth League MD6. Thank to our reader Mark S. for having written down the appointments.
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| Rob Harvey (IRL) will referee Porto - Atlético Madrid |
Tuesday 7 December 2021
Group D
11:00 CET - Kyiv (Navchalʹno-trenuvalʹnyy kompleks FFU imeni Viktora Bannikova)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) – FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
Referee: Haris Kaljanac (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Dujak (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Damir Lazić (BIH)
Fourth Official: Klym Zabroda (UKR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)
UEFA Delegate: Kerim Altiay (TUR)
Group A
13:00 CET - Leipzig (RB-Training Center Cottaweg)
RB Leipzig (GER) - Manchester City FC (ENG)
Referee: Balázs Berke (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Szalai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Gergő Vígh-Tarsonyi (HUN)
Fourth Official: Alexander Sather (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Zgjim Sojeva (KOS)
Group A
14:00 CET - Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Stade Georges Lefèvre)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) – Club Brugge (BEL)
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mikael Hallin (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Niklas Nyberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Romain Lissorgue (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Pascal Pierre Garibian (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Charles Anthony Robba (GIB)
Group C
14:00 CET - Dortmund (BVB-Trainingsgelände Brackel)
Borussia Dortmund (GER) - Beşiktaş JK (TUR)
Referee: Denys Shurman (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Volodymyr Korotin (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Berkut (UKR)
Fourth Official: Thorben Siewer (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Dragoș Hîncu (MDA)
Group B
14:30 CET - Milan (Centro sportivo Giuseppe Vismara)
AC Milan (ITA) - Liverpool FC (ENG)
Referee: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Rustam Mukhtarov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Kovalev (RUS)
Fourth Official: Lorenzo Maggioni (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Antonio Damato (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Alex Miescher (SUI)
Group C
14:30 CET - Duivendrecht (Sportpark De Toekomst)
AFC Ajax (NED) – Sporting CP (POR)
Referee: Espen Eskås (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Thomas Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Anders Olav Dale (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sander Van Der Eijk (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Rudy Bossen (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Rudolphe Mannaerts (BEL)
Group B
15:30 CET - Vila Nova de Gaia (Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio)
FC Porto (POR) – Atlético Madrid FC (ESP)
Referee: Rob Harvey (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Christopher Campbell (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Shane Gerard O'Brien (IRL)
Fourth Official: Gustavo Fernandes Correia (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: João Francisco Lopes Ferreira (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Robert Kispal (HUN)
Group D
16:00 CET - Madrid (Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano)
Real Madrid CF (ESP) – Internazionale FC (ITA)
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jo de Weirdt (BEL)
Fourth Official: Álvaro Rodríguez Recio (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Jens Futterknecht (GER)
Champions path second leg
20:30 CET - Dumbarton (Dumbarton Football Stadium )
Rangers FC (SCO) –PFC Septemvri Sofia (BUL)
Referee: Sandi Putros (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Steffen Beck Bramsen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel R. Nørgaard (DEN)
Fourth Official: Grant Irvine (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Iain Robertson Brines (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: David Pugh (ENG)
Wednesday 8 December 2021
Group H
10:00 CET - St Petersburg (Stadion "Smena")
FC Zenit (RUS) – Chelsea FC (ENG)
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Denis Oala (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Natalia Ceban (MDA)
Fourth Official: Artem Lyubimov (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nikolai Ivanov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: David Avanesyan (ARM)
Group E
13:00 CET - Seixal (Benfica Campus)
SL Benfica (POR) - FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Referee: David Coote (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Nick Hopton (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring (ENG)
Fourth Official: Flavio Dinis Lima (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Parreira De Castro (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Nikola Kostov (MKD)
Group F
13:00 CET - Ciserano (Centro sportivo Bortolotti)
Atalanta BC (ITA) - Villarreal CF (ESP)
Referee: Yasar Kemal Ugurlu (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ali Saygın Ögel (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Özkara (TUR)
Fourth Official: Andrea Colombo (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Antonio Damato (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Ani Zere (ALB)
Group G
14:00 CET - Grödig (Das.Goldberg-Stadion)
FC Salzburg (AUT) – Sevilla FC (ESP)
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Gylfi Mar Sigurdsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Egill Gudvardur Gudlaugsson (ISL)
Fourth Official: Stefan Ebner (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad PLautz (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Michail Kassabov (BUL)
Group H
15:00 CET - Turin (Juventus Training Center)
Juventus (ITA) – Malmö FF (SWE)
Referee: Novak Simovic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Beljin (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milos Miskeljin (SRB)
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Milan Jankovic (BIH)
Group E
16:00 CET - Munich (FC Bayern Campus)
FC Bayern München (GER) - FC Barcelona (ESP)
Referee: Dario Bel (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Tomas (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Kruno Saric (CRO)
Fourth Official: Michael Bacher (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Johansen (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Johny Vanspauwen (BEL)
Group F
16:00 CET - Leigh (Leigh Sports Village)
Manchester United FC (ENG) – BSC Young Boys (SUI)
Referee: Mohammed Al-emara (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Mika Lamppu (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Juuso Mantere (FIN)
Fourth Official: Anthony Backhouse (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stephen Lodge (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Michael Hughes (SCO)
Group G
16:00 CET - Wolfsburg (AOK Stadion)
VfL Wolfsburg (GER) – LOSC Lille (FRA)
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Ilir Tartaraj (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Egin Doda (ALB)
Fourth Official: Florian Lechner (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Ahmet Erzurumlu (TUR)
Champions path second leg
16:00 CET – Haifa (Sammy Ofer Stadium )
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)– RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP)
Referee: Loukas Sotiriou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Nikos Egglezou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: ERAKLIS KOMODROMOS (CYP)
Fourth Official: Shalom Ben Avraham (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alon Yefet (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Emmanuelle Puttaert (BEL)
Zwayer with an interesting situation in Dortmund-Bayern. Penalty claim, Zwayer lets play go on and a very very short VAR check. For me a clear OFR.
ReplyDeleteFoul could have been whistled, you can argue about the OFR as Zwayer had a clear perception and evaluated the incident by himself. Intervention threshold for the VAR is therefore high. Also, there could have been an offside position prior the possible foul that would have been checked too.
DeleteWell Zwayer had a much more clear perception (right in front of him) in Dortmund PK area and didn’t evaluate handball as a PK, but he was called for an OFR! This penalty FOR Bayern would not be whistled AGAINST Bayern never. Ever.
DeleteNole: it is just your speculation, of course, and absolutely false.
DeleteI think the challenge is still of such nature that an OFR is necessary, Hernandez is behind, does not successfully challenge the ball and goes through his back. OFR for me but I understand other opinions.
DeleteThe commentators were quick to point out that it can't be offside, but from the cut of the grass and the player leaning I was not so sure myself.
Delete@Chefren
DeleteThere was a pretty similar hand offense by Müller 1st match day this season against Gladbach which didn't lead to an OFR. So it's not pure speculation to assume that the same offense wouldn't have been called against Munich.
Now, penalty for handball given after OFR for Munich. It is controversially discussed but in my view the decision is fully correct. Intentional handball initially missed by Zwayer. Also, Dortmund's coach was sent off (2nd YC) for unsporting behaviour.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It's a clear penalty in my opinion.
Deletehttps://streamwo.com/file/61abb5583648d
It's PK
DeleteAs Italian, arm raised and open, no other arguments needed, very clear penalty. :)
DeleteYou could also add: hand not in a natural position, arm tensed and not relaxed, arm toward the ball, not ball towards the arm.
DeleteSo this decision is causing a LOT of controversy now in Germany. People aren't particulary mad at the handball situation itself but rather that the Hernandez/Reus situation wasn't given as a penalty as well. I feel like the general consensus here in Germany is either both are penalties or both aren't.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I can understand why people seem upset. But at the same time, I can understand why both situations were decided by VAR exactly like that.
The handball situation is clear to me. Arm raised, not relaxed, towards the ball. Penalty is the only correct outcome for me.
The Hernandez/Reus situation is difficult for VAR Tobias Welz. Thomas Müller just described it quite well in an interview. If Zwayer saw the push and described exactly that to the VAR, there isn't much VAR can do; you can't deny that and definitely seems in line with what DFB wants to see in terms of VAR interventions.
Really difficult evening in Zwayer who in my opinion can't be blamed for the decisions he took but still now faces big media critiscm. :/
So there we go, Zwayer just gave an interview on Sky Germany. Basically said exactly what I suspected.
DeleteHandball: He saw that the ball touched Hummels' hand, didn't exactly see how and where so couldn't make a full assesment, VAR therefore gave him the option for an OFR.
Hernandez/Reus: He saw the push clearly; wasn't enough for him as the allowed a high line of physical play the whole match; had a full perception of the incident, VAR couldn't prove anything different, therefore no intervention.
Is there any video about the penalty appeal situation?
DeleteThanks in advance.
This should be the video:
Deletehttps://streamable.com/13dfrw
Zwayer Interview on Sky Germany (Only German) : https://streamable.com/zezz2w
DeleteThis is an obvious penalty for me. Clear pushing without intention to play the ball. Look at AR attitude: i think he saw the same thing…
Delete@ Dominik M.
DeleteI agree completely. One can understand different perspectives.
Zwayer: not convinced about the intensity, attacker maybe just wait to feel the contact and fall
VAR: Not enough evidence to 100% claim it is a pk
Bor. FANS: Disaster, they are protecting Bayern
Football context: the defender cant get to the ball and his only goal is to prevent attacker from controlling the ball and scoring.
Forlan is quite correct IMO. Zwayer was very unlucky that the incidents happen the way round that they did.
DeleteScene 1 -
football people: clear penalty(!)
technical ref analysis: excellent play on! at least IMO, attacker only wanted to be charged
bigger picture: call goes for the 'big cheese' team, wrongly in the eyes of most people
Scene 2 -
football people: acceptable VAR penalty, but harsh (in GER/ENG culture at least)
technical ref analysis: correct intervention
bigger picture: call goes for the 'big cheese' team, hard to accept when a perceived clearer penalty is not given against them
If only the decisions happened the other way around, Zwayer could have awarded the penalty for charging, and everyone would be happy.
In refereeing it helps to be good, but you also have to be lucky. Clattenburg in Milan, for instance, which we spoke at length about before, was lucky. Zwayer here was not. [NB: I didn't watch the whole game and maybe FZ was also not good in this match on the whole, idk]
btw: Bellingham and Håland are behaving like sore losers. It really bothers me that most people have more respect for them, than referees, whom try their best to make the game enjoyable for everyone and follow the rules / avoid mistakes / have a completely thankless task, are less respected than such actors in football... but such is our life :)
To add: if the VMOs determined that the position which David noted was indeed offside, then an OFR would be a very clever move by the (VA)R team. It would ensure maximum acceptance from wider public + most important, correct outcome (1- objective offside, but imperatively, 2- no penalty!).
DeleteThanks for the video. Are we sure there wasn't offside before?
DeleteMy opinion is that this was an expected penalty, most of referees would have whistled it, but never VAR suff. Zwayer had his reasons to play on, however, given his position, I'm not sure he saw everything in the perfect way.
Haaland and Bellingham are angry after Zwayer`s performance tonight. The first one describe the referee as arrogant while the Englishman mentioned the old match-fixed scandal from 2005.
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/ViaplayFotball/status/1467219720042594317
https://twitter.com/ViaplayFotball/status/1467223997549060103
https://streamable.com/skyb0g
ReplyDeletePosition Penalty? Is it Okay for VAR to intervine? Because the Referee sees the position on the field.
IMO fully correct initial decision by Cakir, excellent position and clear gesture.
DeleteWhat is the explanation in the end for VAR intervention and changed decision? The hand is in natural position for the movement and does not make the body larger, the ball comes unexpected from short distance. It is not a shot towards the goal...
Honestly, to me it looks liks the ball hits the body and not the arm, first problem in this situation is that there aren't clear cameras to show exactlywhere touch occurred. But... if ball touched one of the arm, penalty is expected there.
DeleteAgain, Forlan, all the arguments you report nowadays are mostly not considered anymore, especially short distance. It is also worthy to mention that shouldn't be relevant whether it was shot on goal or not for assessing the handball.
@Chefren
DeleteAbsolutely true, I described the whole context of the situation, not necessarily strictly by Lotg. But technically, the first part of my sentence is relevant, i.e. you cannot jump high with hands behind your back. The defender by no means show movement towards the ball, at least from what i see. And about direction of the ball... watching some VAR interventions, I would say that in practice there is some small bias towards the situations where the hand blocks the shot towards goal. But maybe its just my impression
As a professional football journalist, this blog is at 95% of times a good reference point to me when covering important matches because it explains the reasons behind decisions and tells what is reasonable and what is not.
ReplyDeleteBut on the other 5% of occasions, You guys get hoplessly lost in trying to justify referees in cases of obvious crimes against the soul of football. Like Zwayer yesterday. There is no justification fot not giving Borussia a penalty. It is simply unacceptable and Zwayer deserves all the criticism (including Bellingham's!) coming his way.
These are the incidents that undermine refereeing as a whole. It creates distrust and disrespect. And the creators in this case are the referees themselves and their peers who do not dare to call out things as they were, but instead try to find some theoretical reasons to protect them. Ridiculous.
I can assure You that journalists do not and will not buy this lobbying that refereeing departments are trying to dish out towards us. Referees on the top level are over protected (by the way, they are also way under paid, imho). Their mistakes should be openly discussed by their superiors and punishments should also be made public. Zwayer deserves a public punishments (2 or 3 rounds without a match or in 2. Bundesliga) after yesterday. It was a crime against the soul of football and has no justification.
100% agree.
DeleteLike a wise man once said:
“The game is not ABOUT the rules. The rules just support the game.”
The best referees are those who can feel the game and take decisions in the spirit of the game.
In my country (Netherlands), the amount of provided penalties in our domestic league has heavily decreased compared to the previous season. I’m very glad about that. The game is often 'destroyed' by soft penalties. We don’t want to see a referee deciding a game by providing a penalty that is (at least) debatable. IMO it should be 100% clear and obvious. I’ve seen too many players falling in the box like a dying swan, after a contact that can’t cause the fall of the player.
Like: "oh I feel a contact, now I have to fall down and act like I have a lot of pain because we there a VAR who will look at it and maybe I get a PK."
We don’t want soft penalties for just a small contact, do we? Or a handball that a player can’t avoid.
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DeleteMakkelie for AC Milan - Liverpool
ReplyDeletehttps://www.knvb.nl/nieuws/scheidsrechters/aanstellingen/65558/makkelie-leidt-champions-league-kraker-tussen-ac-milan-en
Really unexpected. In particular because there are groups that are not so flexible based on politics (example: Atalanta-Villareal ; Salzburg-Sevilla). And he already officiated Liverpool.
DeleteI was indeed expecting Makkelie at Atalanta-Villareal. I predict now Cakir now for this match. The 2 games in group G cold go to Hatagan and Vincic. But let`s see.
DeleteCakir with an Italian team? :)
DeleteC'est la vie :) At least it is not from Milano.
DeleteDo you have other name in mind?
Maybe we can see Taylor on Atalanta-Villareal, as Man utd is already qualified?
DeleteYes I think Taylor will be in Bergamo.
DeleteDortmund v Bayern in Bundesliga:
ReplyDeleteThese decisions are causing a lot controversies in German media also the day after.
Manuel Gräfe (ex FIFA referee) stated the following: there are arguments for and against the decisions and they are supportable isolatedly - however, Zwayer's decisions aren't balanced and he only used the arguments against the penalty in scene one and the arguments for a spotkick in scene two to justify the decisions taken.
Meanwhile, German media report that DFB has filed a complaint with judicial proceedings against Bellingham (after yesterday's interview: see above) and Gräfe (who repeatedly criticized DFB's way of dealing with Zwayer after the match fixing scandal) because of defamation.
I think, we won't see Zwayer with Dortmund at least for this season.
I would just like to point out that the defamation charge does NOT come from DFB but from Marco Haase, a referee observer. Also as far as I'm concerned, defamation charges would have to be filed by Felix Zwayer himself here in Germany, which tbh I don't really see happening.
DeleteDFB is investigating now which could lead to a fine/match ban for Bellingham.
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