The referee from Argentina will handle his third clash at this tournament, and he will meet again Morocco. Let's comment his game here.
MOROCCO - SPAIN
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Pablo Belatti (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Bonfa (ARG)
Fourth Official: Raphael Claus (BRA)
Reserve Assistant Referee:
Video Assistant Referee: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Gallo (COL)
Offside Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Taran (URU)
Support Video Assistant Referee: Julio Bascunan (CHI)
Standby Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
Rapallini with a very lenient style in the first 10 minutes. Rather risky in this game I would say, but let's give him the benefit of the doubt
ReplyDeleteRapallini kinda lenient style
ReplyDeleteIt seems that Claus is busy with the coaches
ReplyDeleteSurprised not to see any verbals to Gavi.
ReplyDeleteI know,those are all small fouls,but Gavi made 5 of them,that's plenty if you ask me.
Extratime again? Very very close game
ReplyDeleteSpanish commentators very critical with Rapallini foul detection. One way direction according to them
ReplyDeleteDon't think a Spanish speaker ref being assigned was a good idea. Only good thing is that most of Moroccans speak Spanish too.
ReplyDeleteI don't like Rapallini, I'm sorry but I hate his style
ReplyDeleteWhat about it?
DeleteHis "foul line" sometimes yes, sometimes no
DeleteHe is not constant
Starting to get very chippy. I noticed Rapallini wasn't calling the small stuff like Zyech running into players after they kicked the ball, but to prevent things from getting out of hand, I think he'll have to take a more preventive approach from here on out.
ReplyDeleteThe problem being that once things get a little heated, it's hard to bring things back under control by calling the small stuff. Let's see how he manages.
DeleteTerrible card management. In 63 still without cards . I Think three cards in second half missed
ReplyDeleteYes. These were cards number 150,151 and 152 missed at this Tournament (irony)
DeleteCard management for me rather ok in a tight match like this, but what I don't like, his foul detection is just not good enough. He misses too many obvious fouls
ReplyDeleteThese players are falling after small contacts. Then there's normal contacts and some are staying up. Then there's strong ones with advantage and other results. Because there's so MUCH variety (with varying results/demands from the victimized team), it's very difficult to make a line of any kind. Not always referee fault.
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DeleteWhat a boring game god!!
ReplyDeleteAre we watching the same game?!
DeleteRather bad foul detection tonight by Rapallini. Sometimes he goes with the whistle to his mouth, but then he changes his mind. First half many decisions against Spain, if I'm honest. I can understand their frustration. Also missed YC for Hakimi for SPA. Seems like he uses a bit to lenient style imo.
ReplyDeleteWrong offside in 88'
ReplyDeleteIt was correct. The offside situation happened in the last phase of the play when the defender blocked the ball. There was an offside attacker who moved toward the ball to play it.
DeleteThat said, the AR seemed to be really struggling to keep up on this sequence (was back in right spot, though, for the offside).
Oh dear, Rapallini let Busquets choose which goal they were going. Wrong procedure. First coin toss referee should decide which side of the coin stands for which goal. Then second coin toss whoever wins decides who to start the series. Can't believe a referee on this level screws this up
ReplyDeleteNo he didn't. He clearly said "green" this end and "blue" this end. Busquets just pointed after the toss.
DeleteAre you just waiting for situations that can trigger your imagination so as to provide fake information?
DeleteClearly done correctly
DeleteMateu Lahoz is now in big shock I think...
ReplyDeleteAnd what seemed like a clear path for Elfath gets less clear.
DeleteWith all this, I keep Mateu and Orsato for SF
DeleteAnd Marciniak, Makkelie, Oliver and Elfath (or Ramos) I distribute them in the quarterfinals
Obviously breaking the confederations rule
Well - I didn't expect that result!! I had Lahoz for NED v ARG but now I think he will do ENG v FRA. Elfath may get a QF in which case goes to NED v ARG as a test for him. I had Gomes for a QF, i don't actually think he can now and may have to be unlucky in this WC.
DeleteI think Conmebol are the winners and can now appoint for a QF.
So, Ned v Arg: Elfath, Cro v Bra: Oliver, Eng v Fra:Lahoz, Mor v Swi/Por: Claus or Sampaio.
I think so:
DeleteNED-ARG: Elfath
CRO-BRA: Oliver
ENG-FRA: Makkelie
MAR-POR/SUI: Marciniak
SF1: Lahoz (I feel like his name for an ARG-BRA wouldn't be bad)
SF2: Orsato (a European clash FRA-POR or ENG-POR suits the Italian very well)
I think Orsato for a SF - just not sure yet for the other one (good shout though)
DeletePretty sure we will have a Conmebol official still on at least 1 of the remaining matches
Elfath doesn’t deserve another game.Makkelie doesn’t either.
DeleteNot really enforcing the keeper on the line rule.
ReplyDeleteWas it last year they tightened up on that rule, and many people were upset about it, but now it looked like they were giving the keepers at least one step off the line before the kicks.
DeleteWell yeah that's what the LOTG says...
DeleteFully enforced. For all saves, one foot stayed on line clearly.
DeleteAnalysis of MARESP
ReplyDeleteI must be honest: I’d say that Fernando Rapallini has been the biggest disappointment of Qatar 2022, at least according to comparing with my pre-WC expectations. EURO2020’s Argentine official certainly ‘did the job’ in all three of his games on a bigger picture level (indeed I’d say that he ‘passed the test’ three times over). But I do wonder whether even FIFA themselves were a bit negatively surprised at the level displayed in his first game, MARCRO, and thereafter ‘sacrificed’ him a bit on the two later appointments.
Often delays in (sometimes wrong) assessments of foul vs. no foul scenes, and what stuck out most to me, a pretty glaring lack of player-management skills. His facial expressions are excellent and use of body language/presence is really good - but that is where the merit ends for Rapallini. I was actually quite stunned at how poor he was in the softer skills area. Check out this clip posted on social media as one example (84’ is another):
https://twitter.com/AleJhate/status/1600592764915355649
In the end, he finished the game enough in control (not helped by Raphael Claus’ extremely passive mgmt of both benches), and again passed through a pretty high-risk encounter unscathed. For that he should be praised. However, I would be very surprised if Rapallini now appears on a further game (negatively), and in my eyes, he asserts himself as the least good Argentina WC referee since Carlos Alfonso Espósito in 1986. Finally: his trusty ARs, Belatti and Bonfá, were again very good in Morocco vs. Spain (borderline to 8-level).
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It doesn't give me any pleasure to say this, but I have to agree with your statements in the first paragraph of this comment. Rapallini impressed me during EURO 2020 and has become my favourite CONMEBOL referee among the candidates for this WC, after the retirement of Roberto Tobar. Unfortunately, I've never seen that Rapallini during the WC, with him showing pretty important deficiencies in player management and a certain lack of feeling in the same aspect, IMO. However, to say something in his defence, the teams he got at this WC were never easy to officiate, and that is especially true for Serbia and Switzerland, with all non-football aspects surrounding this match ever since the groups were formed. I sincerely hope we will get to watch the "old" Rapallini again and that these deficiencies were the result of a temporary loss of form, not an indicator of a deeper lack of skill.
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