Referee appointments for 2023 FIFA Women's WC European Qualifiers, September 2022.
Thursday 1 September 2022
Group D
16:00 CET - Skopje (Trening centar “Petar Miloševski”)
NORTH MACEDONIA - LATVIA
Referee: Michalina Diakow (POL, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Karolina Zygmond (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandra Ulanowska (POL)
Fourth Official: Sylwia Biernat (POL)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Gyöngyi Krisztína Gaál (HUN)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Adrian Casha (MLT)
Referee Liaison Officer: Miloš Miloševiḱ (MKD)
Group A
18:00 CET - Gori (Tengiz Burjanadzis Stadioni)
GEORGIA - SLOVAKIA
Referee: Viki De Cremer (BEL, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Jennifer Maubacq (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Melissa Lejear (BEL)
Fourth Official: Caroline Lanssens (BEL)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Teodora Albon (ROU)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Könül Mehtiyeva (AZE)
Referee Liaison Officer: Koba Revazashvili (GEO)
Group E
18:00 CET - Viborg (Energi Viborg Arena)
DENMARK - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (SUI, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Linda Schmid (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Melanie Mazenauer (SUI)
Fourth Official: Nadine Reichmuth (SUI)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Galina Doneva (BUL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Knut Bjørn Nordheim (NOR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Lars Nordlund (DEN)
Group F
18:00 CET - Elbasan (Elbasan Arena)
ALBANIA - POLAND
Referee: Lorraine Watson (SCO, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Vikki Michelle Allan (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Vikki Robertson (SCO)
Fourth Official: Abbie Hendry (SCO)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Andonía Kókotou (GRE)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Roxana Berceanu (ROU)
Referee Liaison Officer: Kejsi Tafili (ALB)
Group H
18:30 CET - Ness Ziona (Itztadion Nes Tziyona)
ISRAEL - BULGARIA
Referee: Araksya Saribekyan (ARM, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Liana Grigoryan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 2: Kristine Grigoryan (ARM)
Fourth Official: Sofik Torosyan (ARM)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Emilia Wnuk (POL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Sviatlana Hrynkievič (BLR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Tzviya Malka (ISR)
Group C
19:00 CET - Larnaca (AEK Aréna - Geórgios Karapatákis)
CYPRUS - CZECH REPUBLIC
Referee: Zulema González González (ESP, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Silvia Fernández Pérez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Lorena Novas Benavides (ESP)
Fourth Official: Beatriz Cuesta Arribas (ESP)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Regien Konink-Belksma (NED)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Patrizia Hell (GER)
Referee Liaison Officer: Stávros Stávrou (CYP)
Group F
19:00 CET - Prishtina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
KOSOVO - ARMENIA
Referee: Jeļena Jermolajeva (LVA, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Līga Didriķe (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marita Vītola (LVA)
Fourth Official: Tatjana Lavrentika (LVA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Gitte Holm (DEN)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Vito Di Gioia (ITA)
Referee Liaison Officer: Drilon Rexhepi (KOS)
Group A
20:00 CET - Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - FINLAND
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (FRA, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Manuela Nicolosi (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Élodie Coppola (FRA)
Fourth Official: Alexandra Collin (FRA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Lilach Asulin (ISR)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Frédéric Veraghaenne (BEL)
Referee Liaison Officer: John Ward (IRL)
Friday 2 September 2022
Group I
17:00 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
ESTONIA - FRANCE
Referee: Sílvia Andreia Rosa Domingos (POR, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Vanessa Alexandra Dias Gomes (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ana Lóide Batista da Silva (POR)
Fourth Official: Maria Inês Mota Paiva de Andrada (POR)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Knarik Grigoryan (ARM)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Desislava Ralkova (BUL)
Referee Liaison Officer: Rasmus Maalin (EST)
Group G
17:30 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
MOLDOVA - ITALY
Referee: Emilie Rodahl Torkelsen (NOR, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Monica Brun Løkkeberg (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Line Cathrine Nymoen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Henrikke Holm Nervik (NOR)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Jelena Rankov (SRB)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Myrsíni Psaropoúlou (GRE)
Referee Liaison Officer: Ana Ciobotaru (MDA)
Group G
18:00 CET - Vilnius (LFF stadionas)
LITHUANIA - ROMANIA
Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (NED, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Franca Overtoom (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Martha Martina Boer (NED)
Fourth Official: Marisca Overtoom (NED)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Blaženka Logarušić (CRO)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Annelie Larsson (SWE)
Referee Liaison Officer: Šarūnas Tamulynas (LTU)
Group I
18:00 CET - Kranj (Športni center Kranj)
SLOVENIA - KAZAKHSTAN
Referee: Cristina Mariana Trandafir (ROU, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Constantinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandra Theodora Apostu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Ionela Alina Peșu (ROU)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Sofía Karagiórgi (CYP)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Stéphanie Forde (BEL)
Referee Liaison Officer: Aleš Perič Močnik (SVN)
Group D
18:30 CET - Esch-sur-Alzette (Stade Émile Mayrisch)
LUXEMBOURG - NORTHERN IRELAND
Referee: Jelena Pejković (CRO, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Sanja Rođak-Karšić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Gordana Katušić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Sabina Bolić (CRO)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Anja Kunick (GER)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Hanna Bordyuhova (UKR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Daniel Moreira da Silva (LUX)
Group B
19:00 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvøllur)
FAROE ISLANDS - UKRAINE
Referee: Louise Thompson (NIR, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Victoria Finlay (NIR)
Assistant Referee 2: Lucy-Anne Briggs (ENG)
Fourth Official: Emily Heaslip (ENG)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Carolina De Boeck (BEL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Sanja Bosanac-Perišić (MNE)
Referee Liaison Officer: Doris í Garði Olafsdóttir (FRO)
Group G
19:00 CET - Karlovac (Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek)
CROATIA - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Eléni Andoníou (GRE, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Chrysoúla Kourombýlia (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vasilía Tsiklitári (GRE)
Fourth Official: Anastasía Mylopoúlou (GRE)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Irina Mîrț (ROU)
FIFA Match Commissioner: František Laurinec (SVK)
Referee Liaison Officer: Maja Petravić (CRO)
Group I
19:00 CET - Volos (Panthessalikó Stádio)
GREECE - WALES
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (POL, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Anna Dąbrowska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Julia Bukarowicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Anna Adamska (POL)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Carina Susana Vitulano (ITA)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Cristel Brorsson (SWE)
Referee Liaison Officer: Alexándra Deligiánni (GRE)
Group C
19:30 CET - Reykjavík (Laugardalsvöllur)
ICELAND - BELARUS
Referee: Karoline Wacker (GER, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Melissa Joos (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniela Göttlinger (GER)
Fourth Official: Miriam Schwermer (GER)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Esther Azzopardi Farrugia (MLT)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Anu Jokela (FIN)
Referee Liaison Officer: Pjetur Sigurðsson (ISL)
Group E
19:30 CET - Ta’ Qali (Centenary Stadium)
MALTA - AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (ITA, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Veronica Martinelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Veronica Vettorel (ITA)
Fourth Official: Anna Frazza (ITA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Kirsi Heikkinen (FIN)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Manuela Costa (POR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Kevin Magro (MLT)
Group H
20:00 CET - Stara Pazova (Sportski centar FSS)
SERBIA - PORTUGAL
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (FIN, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Heini Hyvönen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Tonja Weckström (FIN)
Fourth Official: Minka Vekkeli (FIN)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Olga Tanschi (MDA)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Susanne Erlandsson (SWE)
Referee Liaison Officer: Marija Đorđević (SRB)
Group F
20:30 CET - Leuven (King Power at Den Dreef Stadion)
BELGIUM - NORWAY
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Susann Küng (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Rahel Hasler (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Maria Persson (SWE)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Kadri Jägel (EST)
Referee Liaison Officer: Claudine Brohet (BEL)
Group B
21:00 CET - Madrid (Ciudad del Fútbol de la RFEF)
SPAIN - HUNGARY
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (MKD, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Vjolca Izeiri (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Elena Soklevska-Ilievski (MKD)
Fourth Official: Irena Velevačkoska-Ristevski (MKD)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Rhona Coombes (IRL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Rimla Akhtar (ENG)
Referee Liaison Officer: Paloma Quintero Siles (ESP)
Saturday 3 September 2022
Group H
14:45 CET - Bursa (Bitci Timsah Park)
TÜRKIYE - GERMANY
Referee: Maria Marotta (ITA, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Francesca Di Monte (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Tiziana Trasciatti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Martina Molinaro (ITA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (NOR)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Matthew Paris (MLT)
Referee Liaison Officer: Ebru Çelik (TUR)
Group D
17:30 CET - Wiener Neustadt (Wiener Neustadt ERGO Arena)
AUSTRIA - ENGLAND
Referee: Iuliana Elena Demetrescu (ROU, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Petruța Claudia Iugulescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihaela Elena Țepușă (ROU)
Fourth Official: Ana Maria Alexandra Terteleac (ROU)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Elke Günthner (GER)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Madeleine Ekvall (SWE)
Referee Liaison Officer: Gerhard Gerstenmayer (AUT)
Tuesday 6 September 2022
Group I
15:00 CET - Karaganda (Shahter stadıony)
KAZAKHSTAN - ESTONIA
Referee: Lyudmyla Telʹbukh (UKR, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandra Vdovina (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Iryna Chayka (UKR)
Fourth Official: Kateryna Usova (UKR)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Dilan Deniz Gökçek İşcan (TUR)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Diana Bulgaru (MDA)
Referee Liaison Officer: Artem Kýchın (KAZ)
Group D
16:00 CET - Jūrmala (Jūrmalas pilsētas stadions "Sloka")
LATVIA - NORTHERN IRELAND
Referee: Katalin Sipos (HUN, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Judit Gavalla-Kulcsár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Nikolett Bizderi (HUN)
Fourth Official: Réka Bognár (HUN)
FIFA Referee Assessor: María Luisa Villa Gutiérrez (ESP)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Sanna Pirhonen (FIN)
Referee Liaison Officer: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Group A
18:00 CET - Senec (Národné tréningové centrum Senec)
SLOVAKIA - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Referee: María Dolores Martínez Madrona (ESP, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Rocío Puente Pino (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Carmela Capistrós Bitrián (ESP)
Fourth Official: Sara Fernández Ceferino (ESP)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Marta Bonaria Atzori (ITA)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Svitlana Shkilʹ (UKR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Mária Krčová (SVK)
Group A
18:00 CET - Tampere (Tampereen stadion)
FINLAND - SWEDEN
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (CRO, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Sanja Rođak-Karšić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Maja Petravić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Sabina Bolić (CRO)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Claudine Brohet (BEL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Ginta Pēce (LVA)
Referee Liaison Officer: Lotta Vuorio (FIN)
Group C
18:00 CET - Larnaca, Cyprus (Stádio Andónis Papadópoulos)
CZECH REPUBLIC - BELARUS
Referee: Victoria Beyer (FRA, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Jennifer Maubacq (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Camille Soriano (FRA)
Fourth Official: Émeline Rochebilière (FRA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Eléni Kyríou (GRE)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Vilmos Szabó (HUN)
Referee Liaison Officer: Andréas Dimitríou (CYP)
Group E
18:00 CET - Podgorica (Trening kamp FSCG)
MONTENEGRO - MALTA
Referee: Kirsty Dowle (ENG, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Emily Carney (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Sophie Dennington (ENG)
Fourth Official: Louise Saunders (ENG)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Silvia Tea Spinelli (ITA)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Stijn Hutsebaut (BEL)
Referee Liaison Officer: Danilo Vukotić (MNE)
Group E
18:00 CET - Baku (Dalğa Arena)
AZERBAIJAN - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: Maïka Vanderstichel (FRA, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Solenne Bartnik (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Clothilde Brassart (FRA)
Fourth Official: Savina Elbour (FRA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Carina Susana Vitulano (ITA)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Ilona Tkač (BLR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Fəridə Lütfəliyeva (AZE)
Group G
18:00 CET - Vilnius (LFF stadionas)
LITHUANIA - CROATIA
Referee: Cansu Tiryaki (TUR, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Sedef Aktan (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Betül Nur Yılmaz Değermenci (TUR)
Fourth Official: Neslihan Muratdağı (TUR)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Ivana Vlaić (BIH)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Theodóra Marínou (GRE)
Referee Liaison Officer: Donaldas Urniežius (LTU)
Group F
18:30 CET - Lublin (Arena Lublin)
POLAND - KOSOVO
Referee: Triinu Vaher (EST, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Anni Koppel (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Helen Käosaar (EST)
Fourth Official: Reelika Turi (EST)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Snježana Fočić (CRO)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Ingrida Siliūnienė (LTU)
Referee Liaison Officer: Ewa Walczyńska (POL)
Group F
18:30 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - ALBANIA
Referee: Rasa Grigonė (LTU, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Ieva Ramanauskienė (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Gerda Eidinzonaitė (LTU)
Fourth Official: Jurgita Mačikunytė (LTU)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Katarzyna Wierzbowska (POL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Barbara Moschini (ITA)
Referee Liaison Officer: Kushtrim Dreshaj (NOR)
Group F
18:30 CET - Yerevan (HFF Tekhnikakan-Kentron Akademiayi Marzadasht)
ARMENIA - BELGIUM
Referee: Tanja Subotič (SVN, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Staša Špur (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Helena Buh (SVN)
Fourth Official: Aleksandra Česen (SVN)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Anelia Sinabova (BUL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Boryana Stoycheva (BUL)
Referee Liaison Officer: Arman Alaberkyan (ARM)
Group G
18:30 CET - Ferrara (Stadio Paolo Mazza)
ITALY - ROMANIA
Referee: Sara Persson (SWE, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Jilan Taher (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Camilla Stendahl (SWE)
Fourth Official: Maral Mirzai Beni (SWE)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Paloma Quintero Siles (ESP)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Darko Ramovš (SRB)
Referee Liaison Officer: Michele Franceschi (ITA)
Group G
18:30 CET - Lausanne (Stade de la Tuilière)
SWITZERLAND - MOLDOVA
Referee: Lovisa Johansson (SWE, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Ida Kellström (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Emelie Elfstrand (SWE)
Fourth Official: Anastasia Oberlauf Poopuu (SWE)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Ana Minić (SRB)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Filips Dhondt (BEL)
Referee Liaison Officer: Antoine Lehmann (SUI)
Group H
18:30 CET - Plovdiv (Stadion “Lokomotiv”)
BULGARIA - GERMANY
Referee: Elvıra Nurmustafına (KAZ, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Nargıs Maǵaý (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Dınara Idirisova (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Tatıana Sorokopýdova (KAZ)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Hilda McDermott (IRL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Diana Andersen (DEN)
Referee Liaison Officer: Lyubima Banova (BUL)
Group H
18:30 CET - Ness Ziona (Itztadion Nes Tziyona)
ISRAEL - SERBIA
Referee: Frida Mia Klarlund (DEN, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Fie Bruun (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Line-Maria Rasmussen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Nanna Løf Mørch Andersen (DEN)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Christine Frai (GER)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Philippe Demarigny (FRA)
Referee Liaison Officer: Arie Wolf (ISR)
Group H
18:30 CET - Vizela (Estádio do FC Vizela)
PORTUGAL - TÜRKIYE
Referee: Jana Adámková (CZE, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Lucie Ratajová (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Nikola Šafránková (CZE)
Fourth Official: Lucie Šulcová (CZE)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Regien Konink-Belksma (NED)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Cristiano Ascari (SMR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Vanessa Alexandra Dias Gomes (POR)
19:00 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvøllur)
FAROE ISLANDS - SCOTLAND
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (POL, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Katarzyna Wójs (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulina Baranowska (POL)
Fourth Official: Ewa Augustyn (POL)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Galina Doneva (BUL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Nina Hedlund (NOR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Doris í Garði Olafsdóttir (FRO)
Group D
20:30 CET - Wiener Neustadt (Wiener Neustadt ERGO Arena)
AUSTRIA - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Frederikke Lydia Søkjær (DEN, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Sidsel Fabricius Dall (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Katrine Wulff Stensholm (DEN)
Fourth Official: Anna Kjær Schmidt (DEN)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Miroslava Migaľová (SVK)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Florin Prunea (ROU)
Referee Liaison Officer: Manfred Schiffl (AUT)
Group D
20:30 CET - Stoke-on-Trent (Bet365 Stadium)
ENGLAND - LUXEMBOURG
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (SUI, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Belinda Pierre (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Laetitia Nuara (SUI)
Fourth Official: Deborah Anex (SUI)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Nelly Viennot (FRA)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Kari Iuell (NOR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Carla Parker (ENG)
Group C
20:45 CET - Utrecht (Stadion Galgenwaard)
NETHERLANDS - ICELAND
Referee: Rebecca Welch (ENG, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Natalie Anne Aspinall (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Sian Massey-Ellis (ENG)
Fourth Official: Abigail Byrne (ENG)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Ingrid Jonsson (SWE)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Camelia Nicolae (ROU)
Referee Liaison Officer: Wout Schaap (NED)
Group I
20:45 CET - Sedan (Stade Louis Dugauguez)
FRANCE - GREECE
Referee: Riem Hussein (GER, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Katrin Rafalski (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Sina Diekmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Angelika Söder (GER)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Anri Saarivainio (FIN)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Alina Capațîna (MDA)
Referee Liaison Officer: Claude Cauvet (FRA)
Group I
20:45 CET - Cardiff (Cardiff City Stadium)
WALES - SLOVENIA
Referee: Kateryna Monzulʹ (UKR, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Maryna Striletsʹka (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Svitlana Hrushko (UKR)
Fourth Official: Anastasiya Romanyuk (UKR)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Gitte Holm (DEN)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Mark Bos (NED)
Referee Liaison Officer: Matthew Johnson (WAL)
Group B
21:00 CET - Madrid (Ciudad del Fútbol de la RFEF)
SPAIN - UKRAINE
Referee: Jelena Cvetković (SRB, 1st Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Danijela Mitrović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandra Stojanac (SRB)
Fourth Official: Milica Milovanović (SRB)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Sjoukje de Jong (NED)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Iva Olivari-Uliša (CRO)
Referee Liaison Officer: Alicia Espinosa Ríos (ESP)
The biggest game of them all to Rebecca Welch - very well!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Rebecca! Hope she will do well.
ReplyDeleteOff-topic: Do we already expect the big hitters for Atletico vs Porto and PSG vs. Juventus next week?
On one hand, I think the committee won’t take a risk. Rosetti is always a bit too careful with Italian teams. And the game in Madrid can be a hot one. Not as challenging as last season (both teams have a good possibility to qualify).
On the other hand, Matchday 1 used to be the opportunity to assign a (promising) younger Elite, whereas big hitters were kept for MD4-MD6. And to add, there is a WC in November. What do you guys think?
Jovanovic and Carlos DCG to get at least one risky game imo
DeleteVanderstichel back after a long time witout refereeing
ReplyDeleteSince you start talking about CL next week appointment, I dare to send you my prediction
ReplyDeleteDINAMO ZAGRB - CHELSEA KABAKOV G. (Bul)
B. DORTMUND - COPENAGHEN MARIANI M. (It)
SALZBURG - MILAN COLLUM W. (Sco)
CELTIC - REAL MADRID SOARES DIAS A.R. (Por)
LEIPZIG - SHAKTHAR EKBERG A. (Swe)
SEVILLA - MANCHESTER CITY MARCINIAK S. (Pol)
PSG - JUVENTUS MATEU LAHOZ A. (Sp)
BENFICA - MACCABI H. SANCHEZ MARTINEZ J.M. (Sp)
AJAX - RANGERS GIL MANZANO J. (Sp)
FRANKFURT - SPORTING LISB. MASSA D. (It)
NAPOLI - LIVERPOOL SIEBERT D. (Ger)
ATLETICO MADRID - PORTO ORSATO D. (It)
BRUGGES - LEVERKUSEN BASTIEN B. (Fr)
BARCELONA - PLZEN VISSER L. (Bel)
INTER - BAYERN TAYLOR A. (Eng)
TOTTHENAM - MARSEILLE SHARER S. (Swi)
I think Orsato would be a sensible choice in Madrid. Unfortunately last season he wasn’t available for this game as AC Milan was in the same group
DeleteLets hope Makkelie gets PSG Juve. Cant wait to see the face of the PSG president in that case
DeleteYeah :D but impossible. Chefren posted the name of the observer below. The Swiss Bianchi is in Paris; he observed Makkelie quite recently (in Bodo and in Scotland).
DeleteI’d go with Taylor, Carlos DCG or Kovacs.
Yes, I was just thinking that committee may choose a different strategy than in other years, because of the World Cup. Normally they kept the big names for the last MD’s. Now they can choose the reverse strategy and use the WC refs in big clashes in the first matchday’s, but not to anything sonorous or sensitive in the final matchday’s
ReplyDeleteThey also had big names out on MD1
DeleteLiverpool v AC Milan: Marciniak
A Madrid v Porto: Hategan
I Milan v R Madrid: Siebert
Barcelona v B Munich: Oliver
Villareal v Atalanta: Turpin
The up and comers were appointed to the lesser games but involving big clubs (so to speak)
Brugge v PSG: Shrarer
Young Boys v Man United: Letexier
Chelsea v Zenit: Frankowski
as examples
as they are done in batches
MD2 big games were refereed by Cakir, Del Grande, Karasev, Orsato & Manzano as examples whilst Meler and Visser received appointments with bigger team involved. Jovanovic & Guida received a bigger appointment in MD2.
Yeah that could a real option. I was thinking how to conclude such European season and if Mateu, Del Cerro and Orsato will leave their FIFA badge on December 2022, we honestly will have only Turpin, Taylor, Oliver, Marciniak, Vincic, Siebert and Makkelie fully reliable for semifinals and finals. It's time to grow up a new generation. Names like as Bastien, Jovanovic, Kovacs, Soares Dias, Zwayer, Gil Manzano should become the new high top level referees
DeleteIt will be a very different year with a World Cup in November.
DeletePerhaps the UEFA committee tries to protect a prospective / potential WC final referee (if Faghani doesn’t get it for whatever reason), although this is not Collina style. Interesting to monitor the assignments.
FIFA Women's U17 India
ReplyDeleteReferees and AR appointed
https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4a46bbd51dff1793/original/FIFA-U-17-Women-s-World-Cup-India-2022-Match-Officials.pdf
https://law5-theref.blogspot.com/2022/08/fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup-india-2022.html
DeleteMy gut feeling says:
ReplyDelete-UEFA (and maybe FIFA as well) are pushing Clément Turpin for something “big”. The French have big political influence and are hungry. They haven’t got a referee in a EURO or World Cup final for ages. In season 2021/2022 Turpin has been pushed by UEFA: he officiated at the FIFA Club World Cup and suddenly got the UCL final. He wasn’t faultless in Milan-Porto, Porto-Atletico and Bayern-Salzburg though. The FIFA CWC and UCL final was all planned in advantage imo; Turpin was protected all the way in the knock-out stages, didn’t get any risky games. I predict him as the referee for (at least) the opening game in Qatar and probably something bigger…
-Orsato is a great(!) referee but he was never really loved by Collina, wasn’t he? Always blocked by Rizzoli and Rocchi. In addition, in the WC 2018 finals the great mr. Irrati (ITA) was assigned as head VAR, and in 2014 it was another Italian in the final. I wonder whether this has any impact on Orsato’s chances at the World Cup 2022. Is Collina as political minded as UEFA..?
-Furthermore I love mr. Antonio “lights on” Mateu Lahoz and his style, but I doubt FIFA would trust him with something big. The same applies to Taylor; Collina prefers Oliver. This will be interesting to follow: UEFA has trusted Taylor with quite a lot heated games however Collina loves Oliver. I doubt we can see both British in a KO game.
-Makkelie is a phenomenal referee as well. Especially under high pressure. Often assigned to challenging or sensitive games. Perhaps he could be a dark horse in Qatar.
To be honest, given his reputation, I would call Makkelie a white horse, surely not a dark (in the meaning of unexpected) one!
DeleteUEFA referees called for the tournament are more or less all big names, the concept of dark horse could be assigned only in a partial meaning to Kovacs, but he has already shown more than excellent stuff. For sure, among the names, at moment, given also the experience, he is the one about which one can expect less if compared to other referees (but again, that's only on paper of course).
Yes, perhaps you are right about that dark horse.
DeleteI do think Faghani could be the front runner, if he shows some flashes of his 2018 shape. And Turpin was obviously pushed for a reason :)
What do you think of Orsato’s chances? Is it impossible to see Irrati again as head VAR (or another Italian)? My gut feeling says: the Italian team is not qualified, so Orsato could be used as a “Cakir” (semi-final referee)
I think that Orsato can't expect more than a semifinal appointment in case of excellent performances in the previous games. Too many Italian referees and VARS in last WC finals.
DeleteIn a more general discussion, a referee outside UEFA and/or CONMEBOL would be expected this time, because we had:
2002 Collna
2006 Elizondo
2010 Webb
2014 Rizzoli
2018 Pitana
Even more, Argentina and Italy should be without hopes for a quite long time, but we know this is only on paper then in reality due to performances, political choices and so on, all can happen. I think that Italy out from the tournament this time will not help too much Orsato due to the circumstances, he could have had the same chances with his national team at the tournament (just stopping at the quarterfinal in that case, not a big difference).
And about VAR, after Irrati, it will be interesting to see the new names, we will see whether the big appointment (final) will be possible for a main VAR outside Europe. This is very hard to happen on paper, if you ask me... surely for Irrati the similar speech as Orsato, he already made everything.
Yes, I see the same things. Faghani (and maybe Elfath) have the political advantage based on the past.
DeleteThe experienced Orsato [Irrati] do have a good shot for the opener (but rather Turpin with Frappart as 4O).
Turpin seems (on paper) slightly ahead of Makkelie, with his UCL final, however the latter did more challenging/ sensitive games overall.
The Taylor vs. Oliver fight is gonna be interesting.
Regarding VAR’s, I can see a big
role for the Germans (and perhaps Spanish).
When it comes to "allocation", this should be the time for Asia to place its representatives in the final for the first time. On paper practically only Faghani is "decent" but actually based on Faghani's recent form I think he gets VAR calls quite often, so I'm quite doubtful of his chances. Is it impossible to consider referees like Chris Beath (Tokyo Olympic final) and even the young host representative (we all know how powerful "Qatar money"), 34 y.o., Abdulrahman Al Jassim? For VAR, I think Muh. Taqi Aljafaari bin Jahari (SIN) is the best VAR in Asia right now (VAR on FIFA U20 WC 2017).
DeleteHONDA: I have been saying for two years, Elfath will make the final. Chefren knows my thoughts
ReplyDeleteNot this year imo. He might have a shot in 2026, where it’s in his home country as well (advantage)
DeleteHONDA : 2026 is Makke
Delete@ 23:13 - the WC in your home country was never really a decisive factor was it?
Delete-2006 Germany Elizondo (ARG)
-2010 South Africa Webb (ENG)
-2014 Brasil Rizzoli (ITA)
-2018 Russia Pitana (ARG)
Rather the teams that play the final are decisive, other politics (whose turn is it). Referees that failed or when their country is in semi-final were sent home
I think Faghani and Elfath will be in focus when the tournament starts. The former has the advantage of being a returnee. If both don’t perform well, focus will move to Turpin first (strong political background). Turpin could be lucky that his country won the WC in 2018 (WC winner “curse”; the reigning champion often fails to survive groupstage). However if Turpin fails to perform well, I think focus will move to either Makkelie, Mateu Lahoz or a British. And all their countries can all play a role as well in a semi.
Opening game = European VAR + either Turpin or Orsato, depending on their UCL group stage form?
Some observers for CL games of MD1 have been appointed, among them Velasco Carballo in Leipzig for Leipzig - Shakhtar.
ReplyDeleteBig test for referee here.
PSG - Juventus with Francesco Bianchi should mean a standard big name, without focus by committee, as well as for Atlético - Porto with the less known Pilav from BIH.
The same goes for Napoli - Liverpool with Tritsonis (GRE) and Inter - Bayern with Jareci (ALB). Expected high-ranked Elite officials.
Sevilla - City with Johannesson (SWE) should follow this path as well.
Finally, not a Spanish referee for Benfica at home in their game, but a Spanish observer, Clos Gómez.
We will see the choices by committee, with the most interesting game so far very likely the one in Leipzig.
Tritsonis? Jesus.....
DeleteThat should be a category 1 or young Elite ref in Leipzig? game is suitable
DeleteBtw I noticed that Pilav is very often assigned as observer to hot games :D
DeleteForgot to mention Trefoloni in Dortmund, Borussia - Copenhagen. It seems like a promising Cat. 1 will be there, Rumsas possible name.
DeleteA few predictions based on observer
DeleteBorussia Dortmund - Copenhagen: Rumsas
Leipzig - Shakhtar: Mariani
PSG - Juventus: Taylor
Inter - Bayern: Vincic
Atletico M - Porto: Orsato
Napoli - Liverpool: Carlos DCG
Sevilla - Man. City: Turpin
Lawrence Visser (BEL) will probably get a CL match, or an EL or ECL. He will whistle the Bruges Derby on Friday with his 2 assistants Rien Vanyzere and Thibaud Nijsen. Lawrence and Rien are VAR and AVAR on Saturday while Thibaud is AVAR on Sunday.
Delete@Mathias, That must be Champions League! Could be Visser in Dortmund or Leipzig?
DeleteTurpin has a game today. I think we will see him next week as well.
Oliver and Taylor (derby) on Saturday.
Makkelie - game on Saturday is also particular, since it’s two teams he officiated recently.
Siebert whistles on Friday between Dortmund - Hoffenheim. Zwayer is VAR in the 2. Bundesliga between Heidenheim - Düsseldorf.
DeleteTo be frank, the referees that are not assigned in MD1 UCL should have a reserve spot, considering the narrow Elite group, so I don’t think we can draw too many conclusions :) But like Chefren wrote, the important observers accompany the more inexperienced referees and vice versa
DeleteDFB announces the appointments earlier than last season?
DeleteYes, they’ve gone back to the pre-COVID announcement strategy, which means appointments are released 2 days prior to the game
DeleteThomas Bramall had a good game on his debut in the premier league last night. A difficult penalty to spot but good OFR by Paul Tierney.
ReplyDeleteHowever, AR1 Constantine Hatzidakis had another howler of a decision https://twitter.com/JakubKrupa/status/1564920173727023105
Superb Aureliano in Sampdoria-Lazio: called for no reason by Guida at OFR, he does not change his mind and avoids awarding a ridiculous penalty (30'). Excellent
ReplyDeleteTerrible call by Guida, but clearly explained, he assessed a step on foot, and he was afraid of missing a big incident if not inviting referee to OFR. Watching the situation, one could even say that contact is not sure between the players, even less than a very soft touch. He didn't take the responsibility he had to take as VAR, but referee, Aureliano, was excellent.
DeleteAnother referee, a young one or afraid to stay with the original call after OFR, would have easily followed this invitation... in this way most of the shocking VAR mistakes happen. Good that Aureliano was a man of strong personality there. If you remember, not the first time this season that Guida (injured by a long time in this start of season) calls a very soft OFR, remember CL in Monaco with Massa. Definitely, he is not brave and he thinks that everything must be sent to main referee. Not a good VAR, at least in recent times.
If I'm not mistaken, something similar also happened in a Roma-Inter match, when Guida understood that Roma's goal would cause controversy because of a dive by Lautaro and decided to shift all the responsibility to Di Bello by calling him to the OFR.
DeleteYes, it was another example of that.
DeleteInteresting VAR intervention around 13' in West Ham - Tottenham Hotspur, referee Peter Bankes awarded the penalty for handball, but the ball hit the head first and than deflected to the hand. For me, fully correct decision to overturn the penalty. Var referee is Stuart Atwell.
ReplyDeleteThe never ending story of handball and interpretation…
DeleteThe problem is that a previous touch on another part of body can't be considered always an objective criterion to remove a penalty for handball, I didn't watch this situation, but I think that the big problems with handballs will last forever, definitely no solution for that.
DeleteAbout Europa and Conference League, still 3 or 4 games are missing but mostly regular observers, I can just report De Bleeckere for Slovan Bratislava - Zalgiris in Conference League as interesting one. I think we will see more big names among observers on MD2.
ReplyDeleteTo add,I think worthy of being mentioned, it seems that as for now committee is working only on MD1, differently from the past in which, you know, officials were appointed together for both MD1 and 2. Now, due to the particular schedule and the very short times between the games, it seems as something has changed. We already saw such trend on recent seasons, differently from years ago. Committee could finally abandon the habit to appoint most of the Elite for 3 CL games, as it was in past. A new management of appointments is possible, by selecting referees based on their form and making selection more frequently than every 2 weeks. We will see when the first names for MD2 will appear.
DeleteExactly, we won't know until MD 2 appointments come out
DeleteWrong info! MD1 & MD2 were appointed and informed to the officials.
DeleteThanks for the correction, so let's wait for the appointments ;)
DeleteIn Romanian Superliga was an interesting goal scored by U Craiova against Sepsi OSK, the attacker stopped the ball by chest and then deflected to his arm and then he scored in minute 43 confirmed after a long check of VAR. The replay is into this link at 43. What’s your opinion about this?
ReplyDeletehttps://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/u-craiova-1948-sepsi-1-0-victorie-importanta-pentru-trupa-lui-marius-croitoru-in-absenta-lui-compagno-1883761#19
Even in case of not punishable touch before goal, the handball must be punished, would have been different if the attacker had passed the ball to a teammate, but in this case the goal is not regular, who was the VAR? Only reason for playing on is being not 100% sure about the touch by arm.
DeleteThe referee was Horatiu Fesnic, 1st category and the VAR was Iulian Dima, non-Fifa referee.
DeleteSampdoria - Lazio (Aureliano /Guida) full clip https://streamable.com/tqnqkc
ReplyDeleteChefren has explained in details in a comment above so nothing to add, completely agree with his words. Good and brave Aureilano to non change his decision.
West Ham United - Tottenham (Bankes/Attwell) full clip https://streamable.com/f05293
Handball discussion will never end, always will be a situation where many will disagree with the call. IMO here we have an outstretched arm/hand, clearly away from the body and I will prefer a penalty. Also I think not everyone but most of the football fans are expecting a penalty here. Saying that a play on its not totally wrong because the ball touches a part of the body first (head) then the arm. From all of the many criteria that we use for handball in this clip this is the only one criterion for a no penalty. But also, for this criterion we have seen videos on UEFA Rap and in the last seminar in Frankfurt that UEFA say penalty even the ball touches a part of the body first. About VAR intervention I think is totally wrong. Once again Attwell with this OFR showed us why he is not in Qatar as a VAR. Here we never have a clear an obvious mistake by the Referee. One last thing I noticed is the longtime of checking by the VAR (2’15”) and 4’ in total for an OFR in Premier League as I seen so far is to long.
Simply said, wrong VAR intervention, not enough to say that this was a clear and obvious mistake, same intervention in UEFA games would be a huge mistake for VAR, and I hope that committee is aware of that. When you use VAR in such manner, it is like a random decision, nothing else. Better to leave the referee's original call on the pitch. This is only a second officiating and not correcting a clear and obvious mistake. Moreover, when referees on the pitch receive the invitation to OFR and they show to be so passive, it is even worse.
DeleteI actually prefer no handball there as I see it as head to hand and I feel like In that situation the hand is in a natural position for having jumped up I believe the hand being out is a result of the jump
DeleteWest Ham: Clearly unnatural position. Doesn’t matter if it hit his head first. Unnatural position is always, always and always a handball offence, just like scoring with the hand and deliberate handball no matter if it hit the body first or not. It’s literally stated in the laws of the game that these 3 offences are always handball.
DeleteAccording to serie A appointments for Saturday's games, I think we can expect Massa in CL but even more in a big game, because he has been kept in this start of the season very far away from spotlights, without a motivation so far. Below expectations appointments for him, mostly in serie B, but very good performances. He has a game in serie B on Saturday while his assistant referee are in a serie A big match, Fiorentina - Juventus, with Doveri.
ReplyDeleteOrsato could be in Champions League as well, no appointment in serie A for him, and his assistant referees were with Mariani yesterday in Udinese - Fiorentina. Let's see, I think we can expect some interesting assignments for Italian officials on next week (let's include Mariani possible debut in CL as well).
That’s interesting. Massa in a sonorous CL game would be no surprise, and in line with appointment strategy of prior years, to protect the experienced referees for MD5-MD6 (or in shadow for WC)
DeleteCould be sth like Sevilla - Man City or Atletico - Porto? however I’d expect a more sonorous observer with Massa in that case…
Athletico vs Porto will be a top elite, Taylor would be a good bet
DeleteIf an English appointment is to be made, both Taylor and Oliver would be available as they have early games on Saturday, both with usual assistants
DeleteTaylor and Oliver have their usual assistants almost always in the premier league
DeleteNick Walsh appointed to Glasgow Derby on Saturday, with his regular UEFA ARs. Beaton and Collum not with their usual ARs. Would be interesting to see if Walsh gets a game midweek
ReplyDeleteHello, I am back. I had some problems with the account. So, why not Kovacs for MD1. He is VAR today with his AR2, Ovidiu Artene, and AR1, Vasile Marinescu, has a game tomorrow. BTW I’m Ichigo.
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/i/status/1565779967354540039
ReplyDeletePossible red card, referee Lawrence Visser give a yellow card. VAR: Wim Smet
Most likely we would all agree it should have been a red card for SFP but without a full studs contact with leg (no replay proved it) we all know what is UEFA's verdict - YC preferable... And I can confirm that's what UEFA want also for this season. In case of a red card given by the referee, no VAR intervention though.
DeleteI think Lindhouts performance is the worst i saw so far this season, damn
ReplyDeleteLuuk, is that you
DeleteI have watched many Dutch referees this season and I’m convinced that a big part of the “issue” are the Assistents. Dutch FA needs to train AR’s better.
DeleteKuipers, Makkelie performed well in international games, thanks to good AR’s, good teamwork. Gozubuyuk’s AR’s are not at that level, and I think this is one of reasons why he looks hesitating sometimes. Lindhout also needs better trained AR’s. Higler - I doubt he has future - for some reason works with Zeinstra
Ok, what do AR’s have to do with this discussion? Did Lindhout’s AR’s blew his performance tonight?
DeleteI completely disagree with you by the way. Blaming his AR’s for Gozubuyuk not being up to serious elite tasks is utter nonsense. Kuipers and Makkelie were (and are) TOP level referees because of their skills, and led TOP teams, but in that order.
After failing a LOTG test himself, this is not the right moment to point towards Gözübüyük’s assistants.
DeleteLindhout wasnt that great today, however i have seen worse. And why only blame the ref when the VAR also is sleeping/isnt intervening? And lets be fair the only real big mistake is the fact that the match wasnt abandonded completely after the disgraceful behavior from the fans.
DeleteLindhout was rated a 2 by Dutch football magazine VI, so they/general public do not agree with you @Anonymous 23:53.
DeleteAnd why do you criticize VAR while stating at the same time that “there was only one big mistake by not abandoning the game”?
2!? When was the last time a referee was rated so low?
DeleteRating 2 is way to harsh. Then every referee that whistles a wrong PK should get this rating, but in reality this is not the case.
DeleteMy comment about the AR’s was “in general” and not in relation to this game. 50% is AR’s, 50% is skills of the referee. Both Lindhout and Gozubuyuk AR’s didn’t convince me. In general, the level of AR’s ik Eredivisie is pretty weak compared to other countries. Just watch at the early Sparta goal against AZ (after 8 sec) with the sleeping AR1 completely out of position.
A failed LOTG test is a different story and pretty shocking. And Gozubuyuk 100% to blame (is refereeing his nr 1 priority or his own business?)
Perhaps it’s time for a new coordinator after so many years.
Another incident that comes to my mind: one assistent literally stepped away from a confrontation between two players in front of him during Vitesse-Heerenveen (recently). AR did nothing, referee had to be the firefighter. I found this pretty awful and in the end, the referee is always blamed. I’m pretty sure that v.Roekel or Steegstra etc would be proactive and interfere in such case.
DeleteSorry, I don’t know your agenda but I think your statement is puzzling… There is no issue with AR’s in the Netherlands, they’re not better nor worse than the average level throughout Europe.
DeleteAnd I diasagree on the 50-50 statement as well. Obviously it’s mainly the referee determining the level of refereeing in a match. Of
course good AR’s very much help in showing a good refereeing performance, but in general the image is set by the referee.
About Lindhout’s mark, it might be exaggerated and journalist’s marks usually are not to be taken seriously, but probably there was more to it than just a wrong penalty. Unclear line in foul selection, disciplinary problems, issues with keeping control? I haven’t seen, but it probably is not 1 wrong penalty.
To be frank: not really. It was a fair match. No harsh fouls, Lindhout was consistent in his foul selection. Issued three correct YC’s. No confrontations between players or lost control.
DeleteThe penalty was a mistake. VAR stayed quiet though.
In 2nd halve, one of the Utrecht players was hit by firework during his warming up, by one of the Utrecht(!) supporters. Referee and players left the pitch, to calm things down. Meanwhile there was a warning by the speaker in stadium: they would continue after a few minutes break, but if another incident would happen (no matter by which side) they would stop the match permanently. Things were calm again, but late in the game supporters started throwing beer glasses. And that was the reason for referee team to leave the pitch again, to their dressing room. Fortuna players (including Yilmaz) very angry about this, cause in their eyes, it was nothing. They stayed on the pitch. After consultation with the FA, game was re-started again, for the 2nd time.
After this break, Lindhout whistled a 2nd (correct!) penalty. So, it was mostly a wrong penalty kick (VAR could have helped him) and external circumstances
https://ligaportugal.vsports.pt/vod/78059/m/BM_22721/liga/990ceae7126cfafe97f0b2a5252821fb
ReplyDeleteFábio Veríssimo árbitro no Benfica x Vizela
ReplyDeleteVAR António Nobre
ReplyDeleteOpiniões ?
ReplyDeletehttps://ligaportugal.vsports.pt/vod/78069/m/BM_22721/liga/e64b4e172bfae3476b93eaf3f7dcf82d
ReplyDelete80' Luxembourg v Northern Ireland, possibly raising a question of what constitues removal of a shirt? As I'm struggling to see what else other than thinking about doing it warrented a second caution. Unless I've missed something, it seems like a lack of understanding as I don't believe the LotG or spirit of football wants a card and therefore dismissial in this scenario
ReplyDeleteIf i may just say something...
ReplyDeleteI see one specific Anonymous person screwing the Dutch referees every week.
Lindhout, Makkelie... Who is next… Higler?
Regardless of whether the criticism is justified, this is done in a very unpolite, straightforward, almost “rude” manner, without any nuance or arguments. "Worst performance ever". We are talking about people of flesh and blood. They do their utmost very best every week and probably aren’t happy with their own performance either.
In addition, it’s just the rude comment. No videos are posted, therefore this person apparently does not realize (?) that this is an international blog and 99% of the readers do not follow or are not interested in this competition. What is the added value of doing this over and over again?
Sorry. I had to get that out.
Anyone want to see some clips of a very talented young referee, 22 years of age?
ReplyDeleteAnyone watching Nottingham vs Bournemouth. Michael Oliver initially gave a penalty, then an around 3,5 minutes VAR review, he sticks with his decision. Clear penalty though. He might be the first one in EPL to stay with his initial decision, after a very long time
ReplyDeletenow in Stamford Bridge, I would have liked to see also Madley stucking with his initial decision. No obvious error.
DeleteFor me is wrong VAR Intervention in Stamford Bridge.
DeleteThe intervention to wipe out a Newcastle goal is shocking. The attacker is shoved when he's about to head the ball and flys into the GK. The ball then goes in for an own goal. VAR asks the ref to come over and we restart with a foul on the GK!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteRidiculous foul call against Newcastle. If you get pushed by the opponent how can they consider him beeing careless… If that’s a foul it’s just as much of a for the push. Clear goal.
ReplyDeletein Aston Villa-Manchester City, AR1 signals offside position of Coutinho who shots on goal. while the shot is in air, Hooper whistles the offside. Actually, Villa player was onside. the goal would have been the one of 2-1…
ReplyDeleteImo Hooper should've seen that Coutinho was about to take the shot and waited with his whistle
DeleteDay full of events in the Premier League. Nottingham vs Bournemouth, Newcastle vs Crystal Palace, Aston Villa vs Manchester City moments were discussed above. I would also add the possible RC for Van Dijk in Everton - Liverpool, only YC given and the 2-2 goal cancelled in Chelsea - West Ham.
ReplyDeleteThink the YC for VVD was correct. There where similar incidents throughout the game, one in Nunez with play on. Taylor was fine. Shocking day for the PGMOL with 5 games ruined by refereeing incompetence.
DeleteNice to see Michael Oliver reject the review, first time since 20/21 that’s happened in the PL
A lot of Var intervention today at Premier League. Some of them controversial IMO. None of them was for SFP OR VC. Two OFR for foul on GK. Two for Penalty. Four of them for offside
ReplyDeleteEVERTON – LIVERPOOL REF/VAR (TAYLOR/ENGLAND)
https://streamable.com/c4ahr1 Disallowed goal by VAR (offside)
CHELSEA – WEST HAM UNITED REF/VAR (MADLEY/GILLETT)
https://streamable.com/4x6ewa Disallowed goal after OFR for foul on GK
NOTTINGHAM FOREST – BOURNEMOUTH REF/VAR (OLIVER/SCOTT)
https://streamable.com/4z9jov Penalty confirmed by Oliver even after OFR
TOTTENHAM – FULHAM REF/VAR (ATTWELL/MARRINER)
https://streamable.com/uri2xw Handball by defender before Goal
https://streamable.com/shxip4 Disallowed goal by VAR (offside)
NEWCASTLE – CRYSTAL PALACE REF/VAR (SALISBURY/MASON)
https://streamable.com/ryt25m Disallowed goal after OFR for foul on GK
BRENTFORD – LEEDS REF/VAR (JONES/ COTE)
https://streamable.com/02llhj Penalty given after OFR
https://streamable.com/vvrgsz Goal confirmed by VAR
CHEL – WHU Correct call by Officials after OFR. I see clearly an infringement by attacker with his foot on GK in attempt to play the ball. Interesting part here is just before the foul on GK attacker was clearly in offside position but he received the ball after a deliberate play by defender. I don’t know if VAR has cheeked that or they focus was only on collision of attacker with GK.
DeleteNEW - CRY In this collision between GK and attacker I can not blame the attacker because he has been pushed by another defender. I agree with some of comments above. Wrong OFR
NFO BOU I really don’t understand this OFR by Scott. Good call by Oliver and well done that he sticked with his original decision for handball, make the body bigger.
TOT – FUL A clear handball just before the goal has scored. Lucky Atwell for the outcome of play because as I see he didn’t notice this offence; no advantage was showed.
Thank you for this excellent work, Anthony.
DeleteMy opinions are the following.
CHE - WHU
Clear foul on keeper, but thank only to last replay, closer. At first glance, one can have the opinion that it was keeper going against attacker and not the contrary, I would say absolutely correct intervention with the evidence shown to audience.
NFO BOU
Meaningless OFR suggested to Oliver who applied the UEFA criteria and a very clear line on this handball incident. In this video you can see the difference between him and all the other PL referees (unless Taylor).
TOT - FUL
Very lucky for Attwell, indeed he hadn't spotted that!
NEW - CRY
This OFR can be valid only if we consider every touch by attacker on keeper as foul, always the same speech about overprotection for them. Rather wrong, but in such situations you know a referee can be afraid of confirming as regular a goal after a contact on keeper. I think also the heads of refereeing should instruct more about such incidents, to avoid controversial call. A totally different case from the previous one in CHE - WHU.
BRE - LEE
Very clear penalty, nothing to add. About the handball before, I think VAR would have supported as well in case of call by referee.
Worth noting that Oliver didn't caution for SPA as he surely would have in a UEFA or FIFA match.
DeleteVery refreshing to see this from Oliver. As Chefren mentions this is the difference he has, I can’t imagine another PL ref doing this.
DeletePerhaps (although unlikely) it will be a reminder to EPL VAR’s that they are there to correct CLEAR and OBVIOUS errors, not to examine every single decision
Thanks for the clips Anthony. My opinion is very negative about the interventions in Chelsea vs. West Ham and Newcastle vs. Crystal Palace. Here are two further incidents from the games today, first is reckless vs. SFP scene in the big derby match for Taylor:
DeleteEVERTON - LIVERPOOL Taylor/England (Ref/VAR)
https://vk.com/video-214218677_456239129?t=1h42m29s
ASTON VILLA - MANCHESTER CITY Hooper/Dean (AR: Adrian Holmes)
https://vk.com/video-215744366_456239017?t=1h59m1s
My concern with the Chelsea West Ham OFR (and also other OFRs I've seen) is that both replays are in slow motion. Surely the referee must be also shown a normal speed replay, as I think it's noted in the VAR protocol how slow motion exaggerates things and should only be used for point of contact.
DeleteChelsea - West Ham is a completely wrong intervention. Never a clear foul in real time, simply a collision
DeleteNot a great night for Sozza in Lazio-Napoli, with at least one crucial mistake. Foul selection was inconsistent, acceptance good until midway through the second half, then failing. Napoli's first goal was vitiated by a foul. In the second half, a borderline situation was assessed as a non-penalty by Sozza: personally I think it is more penalty than no penalty, but it isn't a clear mistake. All in all, not entirely bad game but certainly insufficient.
ReplyDeleteMy late CL predictions (VAR in brackets):
ReplyDeleteAjax-Rangers: Sanchez (Hernandez)
Napoli-Liverpool: Bastien (Millot)
Atletico-Porto: Oliver (Kavanagh)
Brugge-Leverkusen: Kabakov (Blom)
Barcelona-Pilsen: Kovacs (Kamphuis)
Inter-Bayern: Vincic (Tierney)
Eintracht-Sporting: Schärer (San)
Tottenham-Marseille: Massa (Irrati)
Zagreb-Chelsea: Sidiropoulos (Fritz)
Salzburg-Milan: Zwayer (Dingert)
Leipzig-Donetsk: Frankowski (van Boekel)
Celtic-Real: Marciniak (Kwiatkowski)
Dortmund-Copenhagen: Peljto (Guida)
Sevilla-ManCity: Meler (Valeri)
Paris-Juventus: Mateu (Martinez)
Benfica-Haifa: Rumsas (de Burgos)
João Pinheiro do grupo 1 estreia se na Champions League dia 6 Setembro
ReplyDeleteEle vai ser arbitro da ELITE, na vez de Artur Dias
ReplyDeleteToday is the day. I can't wait to see the appointments.
ReplyDeleteVery weak Welch in Utrecht
ReplyDelete"Very weak" is much exaggerated. For sure the Englishwoman has many weaknesses as we saw at EURO, but her performance was basically satisfying tonight. The biggest problem is that she probably missed a penalty to NED at 81', but even if not for the late goal, I doubt most people would have really seen it as a (big) mistake. Walker-Aspinall also with a big call in the 1H, where she rightly assessed that a goal wasn't scored, ball not over the line. Some clips to follow once I have access to an FMR :).
DeleteHighlights here:
Deletehttps://youtu.be/w8HVK0hiT9I