Appointments of match officials at 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.
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| Clément Turpin (FRA) will referee the first semifinal |
Semifinals
8 February 2022, 17:30 CET
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (BRA) - Al Ahly SC (EGY)
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Drew Fischer (CAN)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
VAR: Willy Delajod (FRA)
AVAR1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR2: Ashley Beecham (AUS)
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Drew Fischer (CAN)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
VAR: Willy Delajod (FRA)
AVAR1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR2: Ashley Beecham (AUS)
AVAR3: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Valentin Valentinovič Ivanov (RUS)9 February 2022, 17:30 CET
Al Hilal SFC (KSA) - Chelsea FC (ENG)Referee: César Ramos (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morín (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Hernández (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morín (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Hernández (MEX)
Fourth Official: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
VAR: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
VAR: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
AVAR1: Nicolas Gallo (COL)
AVAR2: Juan Pablo Belatti (ARG)
AVAR2: Juan Pablo Belatti (ARG)
AVAR3: Ammar Aljeneibi (UAE)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Valentin Valentinovič Ivanov (RUS)Fifth Place Game
9 February 2022, 14:30 CET
CF Monterrey (MEX) - Al Jazira Club (UAE)Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (ALG)
Assistant Referee 1: Mokrane Gourari (ALG)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdelhak Etchiali (ALG)
Assistant Referee 1: Mokrane Gourari (ALG)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdelhak Etchiali (ALG)
Fourth Official: Christopher Beath (AUS)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
VAR: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
VAR: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
AVAR1: Willy Delajod (FRA)
AVAR2: Diego Bonfá (ARG)
AVAR2: Diego Bonfá (ARG)
AVAR3: Pol van Boekel (NED)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Óscar Julián Ruiz Acosta (COL)
Serie A referee Andrea Tardino has been ulteriorly suspended because he did not carry out the required COVID-19 tests before games, but anyway claimed the costs for them from the federation.
ReplyDeleteHe was already suspended for false expense reimbursements. His excuse was that his mother administered his expense tickets and has misunderstood.
That's a very old news, I don't know why you report this right now and in this topic.
DeleteLa notizia della seconda sospensione è scattata poco fa.. Credo che tu stia parlando della prima sospensione (insieme a La Penna, Pasqua et al), che è stata confermata nell'estate dell'anno scorso. Solo dopo sono emersi questi ulteriori reati commessi dal Tardino che hanno portato al secondo deferimento nei suoi confronti e la conseguente seconda sospensione.
DeleteSorry to bother u with my question? Where is Yareboinen? Maybe he didn't travel to Emirates
ReplyDeleteYareboinen is a reserve referee, it is not mandatory that he be appointed.
DeleteIndeed being a reserve referee from the beginning could also mean no appointment at all, you can see that other referees are getting appointed as fourth officials as well. However, very likely, I think he could appear in fifth place game as fourth official. We will see.
DeleteOn paper to be a reserve referee could mean to be appointed at all, but generally never happened. An official selected as reserve referee ahs always been appointed as fourth official, while Yareboinen missed all previous matches. Ok, no problem
DeleteWho is the new ref of Lille vs Paris? Planned to see Letexier but found another guy...
ReplyDeleteAmaury Delerue.
DeleteOT
ReplyDeleteAndris Treimanis with 2 VAR interventions on PAOK - Panathinaikos last night.
VAR was Ivan Bebek
28' https://streamable.com/g7y2yu
90+4' https://streamable.com/917yyn
Plus a very interesting scene from a SL2 match yesterday. Ref is Antoniou (Women 1st).
https://streamable.com/de8vcj
IMO Treimanis did very well sticking with noPK at 28' The ball was fairly played and only quite a bit later there is a natural fallow-through contact.
Delete94' Would have been a big mistake, so a good intervention by VAR and I dont think anyone can have an argument.
Last clip: I don't understand why the ref blows while the ball is still in the air. The dafender cleared it to a corner and she would have been perfectly fine to blow then and not allow the corner to be taken. Or of course she could have blown directly after the foul, as 55 seconds (of 1 minute added) were already played.
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Delete28': to be honest watching it live I don't have the perception of a clear penalty, maybe efender doesn't touch ball but I don't see any significant evidence of a foul on attacker, this can be never argument for calling an OFR, rather a mistake by Bebek, I agree with Treimanis in not whistling penalty.
Delete90'+4 Is that a 100% clean tackle on ball? I think that there were a few arguments to support penalty. Expected decision in this case is play on but I don't think a 100% situation.
Not convinced by Bebek as VAR, I didn't watch games with him in charge in this role before, but it seems as he uses it with a certain freedom, without being strict to protocol.
About the other incident, she whistled free kick at 00:57, when three seconds were missing. Then, in my opinion you should decide to allow the execution of a free kick or not, you can't whistle in such moment because this irritates players. A better management was possible she had to wait for the end of the free kick, before whistling, however merely on LOTG you can't accuse her because she indeed waited only the missing three second and she decided to end. It is a question of experience and guidelines.
May I start to share my prediction for Uefa competitions on next week
ReplyDeleteCHAMPIONS LEAGUE:16-16 Feb.
SPORTING - MANCHESTER CITY: S. VINCIC (IV: JUG - VAR: IRRATI)
PSG - REAL MADRID: A. TAYLOR (IV: KAVANAGH - VAR: ATTWELL)
CHELSEA - LILLE: C. DEL CERRO GRANDE (IV: DE BUROGOS B. - VAR: HZ HZ
VILLAREAL - JUVENTUS: A. R. SOARES DIAS (IV: LOPES MARTINS - VAR: COSTA VERISSIMO)
EUROPE LEAUGUE 17/2
BARCELLONA - NAPOLI: W. COLLUM (IV: MADDEN - VAR: PAWSON)
ZENIT S.P. - REAL BETIS: D. AYTEKIN (IV: STEGEMANN - VAR: DINKERT)
B. DORTMUND - RANGERS GL.: J. GIL MANZANO (IV: MARTINEZ MUNUERA - VAR: MUNUERA MONTEIRO)
SHERIFF - BRAGA: H. OSMERS (IV: SCHLAGER - VAR: DANKERT)
SEVILLA - D. ZAGREB: A. STAVREV (IV: JAKIMOVSKI - VAR: MILLOT)
ATALANTA - OLYMPIAKOS: B. BASTIEN (IV: FRAPPART - VAR: BUQUET)
LEIPZIG - REAL SOCIEDAD: D. MASSA (IV: MARESCA - VAR: DOVERI)
PORTO - LAZIO: S. JOVANOVIC (IV: SIMOVIC: VAR: LINDHOUT)
CONFERENCE LEAGUE 17/2
FENERBACHE - SLAVIA PRAGA: S. GUZUBUYUK (IV: MANSCHOT)
MIDTJYLAND - PAOKS.: JOVIC (BEBEK)
RAPID WIEN - VITESSE: DI BELLO (MARIANI)
MARSEILLE - QARABAG: MELER (IV: PALABYIK)
PSV - MACCABI T.A.: KRUZLIAK (GLOVA)
LEICESTER - RANDERS: STRUKAN (PAJAC)
CELTIC GL. - BODO: PETRESCU (FESNIC)
SPARTA PRAGA - PARTIZAN B. SIDIROPOLUS (FOTIAS)
My predictions for next week (VAR in brackets)
DeleteSPORTING - MANCHESTER CITY: Hategan (Dingert)
PSG - REAL MADRID: Makkelie (van Boekel)
SALZBURG - BAYERN: Oliver (Attwell)
INTER - LIVERPOOL: del Cerro Grande (Martinez)
(Martinez was not on the list for the UEFA course, but with 7 GS appointments, it would be strange to leave him out)
BARCELONA - NAPOLI: Schärer (Dankert)
ZENIT S.P. - REAL BETIS: Massa (Valeri)
B. DORTMUND - RANGERS GL.: Sanchez (Hernandez)
SHERIFF - BRAGA: Ekberg (Irrati)
SEVILLA - D. ZAGREB: Guida (di Bello)
ATALANTA - OLYMPIAKOS: Letexier (Delajod)
LEIPZIG - REAL SOCIEDAD: Frankowski (Kwiatkowski)
PORTO - LAZIO: Gil Manzano (de Burgos)
FENERBACHE - SLAVIA PRAGA: Lechner
MIDTJYLAND - PAOKS.: Ivanov
RAPID WIEN - VITESSE: Dabanovic
MARSEILLE - QARABAG: Kehlet
PSV - MACCABI T.A.: Kruzliak
LEICESTER - RANDERS: Jovic
CELTIC GL. - BODO: Mariani
SPARTA PRAGA - PARTIZAN Nyberg
Taylor has no game in the weekend leading up to the Real Madrid vs PSG match so I wanted to bet on him being appointed for that match but realized that his AR1 Gary Beswick had a match on Sunday, so will it be a factor or AR really don’t matter in Sunday-Tuesday appointments. At least it doesn’t for some referees.
ReplyDeleteObviously Taylor. Makkelie has a game on Sunday.
DeleteThe other option could be Orsato. My bet is also Taylor for the first game. If the standings are tight after the first game, we can expect another "upper elite"
Full CL predictions. I assume we can expect some 'upper elites' twice if the 1st leg isn't satisfying.
ReplyDelete-Salzburg-Bayern: Gözübüyük (NED) / Jovanović (SRB) /
-PSG-Real Madrid: Taylor (ENG) / Makkelie (NED)
-Sporting CP-ManCity: Hațegan (ROU) / Çakır (TUR)
-Inter-Liverpool: Del Cerro Grande (ESP) / Turpin (FRA)
22-23 february / 15-16 march
-Chelsea-LOSC: Soares Dias (POR) / Massa (ITA)
-Atletico-Man Utd: Orsato (ITA) / Karasev (RUS)
-Villarreal-Juventus: Marciniak (POL) / Siebert (GER)
-Benfica-Ajax: Kovacs (ROU) / Vinčič (SVN)
What happened with the early predictions from December? :) I stick with what I guessed back then:
ReplyDeleteSalzburg - Bayern : Massa - Oliver
Sporting CP - Man City : Orsato - del Cerro Grande
Benfica - Ajax : Kovacs - Zwayer
Chelsea - LOSC : Siebert - Cakir
Atletico - Man United : Hategan - Vincic
Villarreal - Juventus : Karasev - Taylor
Inter - Liverpool : Lahoz - Turpin
Paris - Real Madrid : Marciniak - Makkelie
Here they are: http://law5-theref.blogspot.com/2021/12/2021-fifa-arab-cup-referee-appointments_9.html
DeleteFor my part, I replaced Turpin in the first leg due to the CWC (it would be possible, but seems unneccessary). And I reconsidered Hategan in Paris as rather unlikely - although I would still like it.
The fact that Beath is not fourth official on the first CWC semi-final, although both his ARs are involved (reserve AR and AVAR), could indicate that he is being considered for the final and FIFA wanted to keep him away from the finalists? Fischer was selected as VAR, so what other reason can it be to use him as fourth official?
ReplyDeleteNew appointments have been released. I start to think that Rapallini and Yareboinen are not available for some reasons. Also, the fact that Turpin has been assigned to so many games as fourth official, also with Rapallini's AR as reserve in a case.
ReplyDeleteYes, the second semifinal appointments shows, that they are lacking some officials.
DeleteAppointing a 4th official a day after a games as referee never happens in FIFA tournaments otherwise, I think.
BTW, even without Rapallini and Yareboinen, I would have put Turpin as 4th in the less important 5th place game and Beath or Ghorbal as 4th in SF. Not a big problem to then work the final as referee, I think.
And a referee handling the same team in QF and SF is normally also avoided (even at CWCs with limited options).
It is still possible that Rapallini gets the 5th place game and then 3rd or final depending on Palmeiras, but in that case the appointments for the 2nd SF are even stranger.
Maybe the 5th place appointment will give further indications.
OK, so I should have waited a few minutes for the 5th place appointment, which makes my last paragraphs obsolete...
DeleteGhorbal will referee 5 th place match rapallini situation is not known
DeleteIn 2019 we had Al-Jassim appointed directly to the final, so everything is possible I think.
DeleteAs long as his ARs are in UAE, the only reasons for not appointing Rapallini at all so far could be either injury during training or covid.
DeletePenalty whistled by César Ramos in Al Hilal - Al Jazira:
ReplyDeletehttps://streamable.com/xu0bl8
Very quick, good positioning and reaction, very often these incidents are missed by referees, in case AR1 could have helped. However, Ramos immediately detected it.
As nobody commented more, I think nothing else remarkable happened in this game.
Ramos has been showing more and more that he is the best referee in CONCACAF, first the CAN-USA WCQ on Jan 27 and now the Second Rd match. Happy to see he got a Semifinal appointment to further prove himself to the FIFA Referee Committee. If he is not the first selection from CONCACAF, I don't know anymore.
DeleteWatched him in both matches and agree with you.
ReplyDeleteHe booked his ticket to wc 2022 in Qatar Cesar ramos
ReplyDeleteYareboinen remains at home after getting covid before traveling
ReplyDeleteVery unlucky circumstance for him!
DeleteWow; Yareboinen won the gold prize of the bad luck :-(
DeleteIt was the chance of his life.......
Strange not to see Rapallini; If he is not injured or sick I don't exclude a direct assignment in the final
With Vigliano (and not Fischer) VAR for Ramos semifinal, we can easily understand that this was the game for Rapallini.
ReplyDeleteIn that case, Beath very likely in the final.
DeleteBeath will referee the final
ReplyDeleteChefren in your opinion who will referee the final cwc ?
ReplyDeleteGiven the appointments we saw so far, Beath should be the first option.
DeleteIf Al Hilal in final (quite unlikely) then Turpin of Ghorbal.
Unless Rapallini recovers by then.
DeleteYou meant turpin or ghorbal but ghorbal will referee the 5 th place
ReplyDeleteBeath or Turpin, depending on the teams.
DeleteI wrote Ghorbal because I can't exclude that a referee gets a third game in this particular situation, but it is indeed unlikely.
DeletePotential penalty - no VAR intervention?
ReplyDeleteMinute?
Deletemin 54
DeleteMin. 80 yellow card changed to red after OFR. Was that a clear and obvious error by Turpin? If VAR did not call him for the earlier penalty, why now for this orange card?
ReplyDeletePenalty appeal by Al Ahly, minute 55', no VAR intervention:
ReplyDeletehttps://streamable.com/uyfyvq
In addition to the incident, one should know whether the possible foul was inside or outside the box. In my opinion it is correct to support referee's decision if he saw exactly what had happened. I see that defender has a certain attitude to leave the foot there but it is not a very clear situation if you ask me. Also, if we analyze most of the FIFA VAR interventions, we must say that indeed in this case it is rather surprising to have such an outcome (supporting referee), but this comes from a very experienced UEFA Elite with his VAR.
YC changed to RC after OFR, minute 80':
https://streamable.com/s02lce
This is in my opinion a very clear RC, first of all excessive force is extremely noticeable live, the normal reaction of a referee must be red card in this case, AR2 should have informed Turpin. In addition, no chance to play ball with a direct challenge on opponent.
55': Clear foul IMO, but indeed quite possible that it happened just outside, which would explain no intervention.
Delete80: Yes, clear RC.
I agree it is a clear red card. I called red on first look without having to see a replay. I'm surprised that Turpin didn't get it live.
DeleteIndeed knowing Turpin it is indeed strange he didn't give it live, all was about positioning there, he didn't see correctly the incident.
DeleteMy predictions for wc 2022 referees :caf 6 referees Ghorbal - Jiyed - Gassama - Gomes - Tessema - Ndala / afc 6 referees Faghani - beath - Mohamed Abdullah - Al Jassim - sato - shukrallah / ofc 1 referee Conger / concacaf 6 referees Cesar ramos - Elfath - Barton - Martinez - Marrufo -Montero / conmboel 6 referees sampaio - tello - tobar - Gonzalez - Ortega - jesus Venezuela / uefa 10 referees orsato - turpin - makkelie - Taylor - hategan - vincic - karasev - hategan - siberet - grande
ReplyDeleteFor predicting the wc 22 is is much too early, it is in Winter and so many things can still change the picture... By the way, you have Hategan 2 times, so whom did you forget... Cakir? Marciniak?
ReplyDeleteYes marciniak
ReplyDeleteYeah It's really early to predict the names, but I guess that 35 main referees is really too much !!! If we add assistant referees, reserves and VARs we will reach the whole population of the Qatar.... :-)
ReplyDeleteI guess that 24 main referees are enough considering 2 matches each one in the GS; in addition I think hat AFC will not deserve to bring 6 referees.
I would say:
MAIN REFEREES: 24
2 from AFC
4 from CONCACAF
4 from AFC
4 from COMNEBOL
9 from UEFA
1 from OFC
16 reserves acting at IV official
24 VARs/VMO
FIFA could follow your suggestion, I just find it difficult for Infantino to have the AFC 46 votes on any issue after that.
DeleteSorry there was a typo mistake in my previous post; I think that CAF (African continent) should have no more than 2 referees, while AFC (Asian) 4.
DeleteI meant 35 referees included the 4 th officials such as wc 2018 in Russia
DeleteOk, we are aligned :-)
DeleteRussia 36 referees were selected, 35 were after the problem with Al-Mirdasi who was not replaced.
DeleteI knew that but i meant final list
DeleteFIFA is discussing whether to use the same number of seats as 2014 or 2018, the heads of the referee committee want 2014, but politics may want 2018.
ReplyDeleteremembering
2014: AFC 4+1 (maybe AFC wouldn't have that extra, so 3+2), CAF/CONCACAC 3+2, CONMEBOL 5+1, OFC 1+1, UEFA 9+1
2018: AFC/CAF/CONCACAF 4+2, CONMEBOL 5+1, OFC 1+1, UEFA 10
The amount of VAR is more resolved, must be 24 in Qatar.
AFC/CAF/CONCACAF 3, CONMEBOL 5, UEFA 10.
when designating the spots, the question will also be: will we see people in double roles from the smaller countries? CAF and OFC i personally do not see any VARs? The small amount of qualified officials they have should be used as referees, i think...
DeleteI think, e.g. Ashour, Guirat and Zourak could be selected as specialist VARs without being Elite referees as it happens in UEFA with Dankert, Irrati etc.
DeletePersonally, I would prefer a smaller number of referees, because this should automatically mean higher quality. Even if you have 5 very good referees from a confederation with 3 spots, selecting the top 3 of them means an upgrade in quality
Furthermore the travel distances are significantly shorter than in the previous World Cups.
So I would choose around 24 referees + 8 reserves. Some of the reserves could bring their whole trio, so that they can not only be 4th officials, but actual alternatives in case of injuries etc. among the main 24.
The number of VARs will probably higher due to 4 games a day in the GS - and more options from different confederations than 2018. So I would assume 16-20, maybe even the 24 reported above.
Well, it could be quite simple: If e.g. Makhadmah and Al-Kaf are already better than Shukralla, they should be selected. If not, they have to wait until 2026 to compete for the WC again.
DeleteAnd yes, the committee has to take a decision, which referee they expect to perform better in the World Cup, but this is a normal task for them.
Ahmed al- kaf not in wc pre list
DeleteWill VaR be working at each venue or centralized?
DeleteFor WC I would prefer 28 referees, so that you can give the 2nd match of 1st round to the colleagues with the best 20 performances in 1st game
Delete24 not enough imo, cause more risks this time, esp. Covid
Var in Africa in egyptian league and Morocco league
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/oscarluisblanc3/status/1491156221919117313
ReplyDeleteConfirmed health issues for Rapallini, we wish him a quick recover.
Referee is doing a good job overall in Chelsea-Al-Hilal game, but at about 52" Al-Hilal player came in very hard with a high, exposed boot, striking Chelsea player in his boot. YC warranted but perhaps due the atmosphere of the match, almost like an international friendly, the referee kept his card in his pocket.
ReplyDeleteYC at 83" for Al-Hillal with very strident raising of the card above the referee's head. Makes it look like the referee is upset with the player: punish the offence not the player.
ReplyDeleteInteresting situations, I will make clip later.
DeleteThanks, Chefren. Since it looks like it's just you and me, what about that idea to making an open page for all domestic competitions? Would make coverage of blog much wider and interesting.
Deletepredictions for final day of cwc Ahli vs hilal 3 rd place Turpin / Chelsea vs palmeras final beath
ReplyDeleteCésar Ramos in Al Hilal - Chelsea second half.
ReplyDelete52' Possible YC. Careless or reckless?
https://streamable.com/c4jgec
66' YC for a very blatant charge.
https://streamable.com/g6rjh7
81' YC for a reckless challenge.
https://streamable.com/r6idmi
82' - 83' Players management and YC.
https://streamable.com/crvkop
If you have other incidents to suggest, please do that, about Ghorbal fifth place game as well!
I need the first goal for Monterey i ask it's goal or not
Deletehttps://streamable.com/uguyrr
DeleteNot clear, very strange situation. Who detected the goal?
Possible offsides before the goal as well.
Maybe further replays were shown later?
Minute 9', we have the solution!
Deletehttps://streamable.com/d4r0c8
I wouldn't have bet on that!
As bonus, a possible YC, I think to be given, missed by Ghorbal.
'82-'83
DeleteIf a player is going to gesticulate and dissent by word like that. It's a no brainer to caution the player. Referees all over the world at all level need to start reclaiming their authority/respect on the pitch. Enough with putting up with whining childish behavior and just standing their taking it with no reaction or consequences.
Secondly I like the "strong" action in showing the yellow card. #Authority
Yeah, goal line technology amazing there, as it didn't look like goal in first replays. In Chelsea-Al-Hilal match, for 52' offense, I would give YC simply because force of which player comes in with raised boot, even if force of contact isn't as great. For player management in 82-83', Mount deserves at least a stern talking to or gesture after first altercation. Without that, he perhaps felt free to engage in second altercation that led to YC for El-Hilal player.
DeleteAhli vs hilal 3 rd place Turpin / Chelsea vs palmeras final Beath
ReplyDeleteWhat's your opinion chefren ?
ReplyDeleteFinal Beath, third place Turpin.
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