Thursday, 20 April 2023

Europa League 2022/23 - Referee Appointments - Quarterfinals (II)

2022-23 UEFA Europa League Quarterfinals, second legs: referee appointments. 


20 April 2023

21:00 CET - Seville (Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán)
Sevilla FC (ESP) - Manchester United FC (ENG) 
Referee: Artur Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Paulo Soares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ribeiro (POR) 
Fourth Official: António Nobre (POR)
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Martins (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Luis Godinho (POR) 
UEFA Referee Observer: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Michał Listkiewicz (POL)

21:00 CET - Lisbon (Estádio José de Alvalade)
Sporting CP (POR) - Juventus (ITA)
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA) 
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Stéphanie Frappart (FRA)
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Jaroslav Dudl (CZE) 

21:00 CET - Brussels (Anderlecht Stadium) 
Union St. Gilloise (BEL) - Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: Ricardo De Burgos (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)
UEFA Delegate: Tormod Larsen (NOR)

21:00 CET - Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
AS Roma (ITA) - Feyenoord (NED) 
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG) 
Fourth Official: Robert Jones (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG) 
UEFA Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel (FRA) 
UEFA Delegate: Iain Blair (SCO)

49 comments:

  1. It looks quite clear, given the VAR assignment and the second match to Letexier in a few days, that the French is replacement for Makkelie for some reasons. Indeed I expected him in Lisbon. It was reported he had a game on Sunday in domestic league, maybe an injury?

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    1. Letexier also refereed last Friday in Ligue 1. Just one day rest after his UCL game. Clear replacement. Ironically how some people immediately destroyed Rosetti.

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    2. Makkelie also not appointed in domestic league this weekend

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    3. @Fred: Saved for the cup final? Gozubuyuk can’t officiate PSV-Ajax twice in one week.

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  2. Clearly, Letexier's appointment in CL was not planned. I think committee chose such a path after Jovanovic's poor performance in Italy. Also, it's a big surprise that Makkelie didn't take part in any of the matches because he only officiated one display at the knockout stage.

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    1. Yes, the poor performance by Jovanovic in Italy - England can be reason for some changes, indeed the Serbian is missing in quarterfinals, and before EURO qualifiers, he was a fully expected name.

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  3. Second QF appointment for Letexier, so he probably was a replacement in one of them.
    Maybe for Schärer in RMA-CHE?
    On the other hand, he already had Sporting in this KO stage, so maybe rather this game is a replacement (for Makkelie?)

    The other three are normal appointments. Mateu and Soares Dias could maybe apply for a CL SF with a great performance. Taylor probably just needs to be solid to get another CL game.

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  4. Vincic maybe a light injury? He didn’t work in his domestic league for some time.

    Gozubuyuk is in charge of PSV-Ajax 23 April. Both teams meet again on 30 April in the cup final. Makkelie or Higler?

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    1. Vincic is appointed this Saturday and also he has been recently, so I don't know where you got this info from.

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    2. Last game 27 March

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    3. Nothing unusual in Slovenia to be absent from appointments for 3 weeks and, as I said, he has a match this week so he isn't injured or unavailable.

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  5. Is it impossible to appoint Orsato in the semi final UCL?
    i) They have to pair him with Real Madrid/Chelsea again.
    ii) He can (in)directly influence the opponent of the Italian team in the final.

    In case of errors or controversy, his integrity and neutrality can be questioned.
    The same applies to Anthony Taylor if he is on the other semi.

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    1. They will have a first leg

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    2. Last year kovacs did Athletico vs Man City QF First Leg then Man City vs Real Madrid SF First leg

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    3. But there weren't any Romanian teams in the other semi.

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    4. I think orsato season in ucl will finish today after Chelsea vs real Madrid orsato won't have any chance to referee in semi finals ucl as he can't referee winner Chelsea/ real vs man city / Bayern Munich 1 st leg as he refereed Chelsea vs real Madrid can't be referee one team 2 matches consequently in the other hand at least one Italian team in the other semi finals and he refereed ucl final 2020 in Portugal and can't be candidate for ucl final in Istanbul this season

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    5. Yes Anonymous, that is the main issue. Should be avoidable, but considering the Italian powers…And Taylor’s absence in QF UCL suggests that they are saving him for a full Italian tie.

      If they give Taylor and Orsato a first leg, we can see this:

      SF1: Man City/Bayern vs. Real Madrid/Chelsea
      1st: Orsato
      2nd: Makkelie or Kovacs

      SF2: Napoli/Milan vs. Benfica/Inter
      1st: Taylor
      2nd: Turpin

      Final Marciniak, unless he has a below par performance today.

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    6. The neutrality Versus the involved teams is almost never respected. In the past many many times in the first leg were appointed referees of the same country of the teams running in the other semifinal. The only problem could be that Orsato will see again Real or Chelsea in two rows without other matches in the middle. It depends how he will perform tonight and if there will be controversy. Same is for Taylor, could easily do the semifinal involving italian teams.

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  6. Manchester City FC (First Team) v Arsenal (First Team)
    Premier League
    Referee: Oliver, Michael
    Assistant Referee: Burt, Stuart
    Assistant Referee: Hussin, Ian
    Fourth Official: Pawson, Craig
    Video Assistant Referee: Coote, David
    Additional Video Assistant Referee: Smart, Edward

    Appointment for Man City vs Arsenal title decider.

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    1. Shocking appointments from the PGMOL, with Darren England reffing the same team he did last week and many others with one other game in between.

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  7. Second Yellow Card in English championship

    https://twitter.com/secondtierpod/status/1647982569193889792

    Second yellow card for passing the ball to someone?

    Nothing given to the West Brom player for time wasting

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    1. It's been reported that he called the referee a c**t.

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  8. Why not considering an Italian Topref for a half final between both teams from Milano, Inter - AC? If there is trust for them in the Italian League to referee the Milan Clash, why not in the Champions League? Did something lime that ever happen, maybe in an inner Spanish clash on CL?

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    1. It hasn't happened before, but we are already considering it below the CL post. :)

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    2. Orsato can't officiate Inter due to Inter - Juventus in 2018, he has handled again the team only 2 times in the last 5 years for this reason and never in a big game.

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  9. https://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/ovidiu-hategan-a-facut-un-nou-pas-spre-revenirea-in-arbitraj-19639882
    First step by Hategan in returning to pitch officiating, he handled a training game. According to the article, he is going very careful in the process, without forcing, further medical checks are needed, but it seems he will do that. Excellent news.

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    1. Yes, today another step was succesfully made. It was a friendly game in his hometown Arad betwween the first league club UTA Arad and their U18 team. A couple of months ago, late March - early April was the initial date expected for return, but he decided to wait a little bit longer. The latest infos says that he will wait until summer, in order to officiate more friendly games between teams in the training pre-season and to take part in the referees detailed physical tests. However, the expected decision is to come back on the pitch.

      I have to say that his work as VAR is very appreciated domestically by everyone: media, fans, teams. He had so many excellent calls, and often received widespread praise. I can't remeber anything missed and definitely hadn't had any wrong OFR. Obviously, I would like to see him coming back on the pitch, but if he will decide to focus on work as VAR, I expect UEFA to trust him as VAR instead of AVAR starting from the next season. And he can achieve big also in this role given Kovacs's prospects for future.

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    2. Hategan had a bad game as a VAR in Rapid - CFR Cluj, with 2 soft penaltyes for the home team by Catalin Popa. And it was a huge scandal in that game, also Vassaras said that the second penalty was a mistake and Hategan didn't call Popa for a OFR. And after that game, I didn't saw Hategan as VAR at CFR Cluj games.

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  10. Saying that Orsato should do the Milan derby in the UCL is just out of sheer emotion or excitement of the possibility to see something out of the ordinary. Absolutely nothing logical about it and UEFA knows better than to attempt it.

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  11. Greece

    23/04

    19:00 PAOK - Panathinaïkós AO
    Daniel Siebert - Jan Seidel, Rafael Foltyn (all GER)
    [Sascha Stegemann GER]

    20:00 Olymbiakós SFP - AEK
    Davide Massa - Alessio Berti, Filippo Bercigli (all ITA)
    [Marco Piccinini ITA]

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  12. Very clear penalty whistled by Letexier, good positioning.

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  13. Crazy game in Rome. Now RC for assistent AS Roma for hitting a Feyenoord player(!)

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    1. And around 30th minute two penalty claims by the guests, one for alleged handball and one for a holding offence. Both no clear penalties, but not nothing either…

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    2. All of that is normal in a serie A game involving Roma... rather I would say this is even less heated than I expected! AS Roma officials get always red cards (but not Mourinho).

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  14. Funny mistake by AR in Roma. It was should be a corner, referee didn't notice and it was out, then goal from out.

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  15. Only watched the last 30', but it looked like a superb performance by Letexier in Lisbon.

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  16. A very good on field review initiated by VAR Stuart Attwell there in Rome for a horror tackle from Gimenez

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    1. Good review from Attwell and a good night for him overall. Could we start to see him more trusted for bigger games... it's about time England had a dependable VAR, let's hope he keeps this up

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    2. I disagree. He missed a clear handball penalty in the first half. And about that intervention late in the game. Yes, his boots were high, yes a red card was definitely possible but looking at pace and impact, was this VAR challenge really necessary?

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    3. I think if the player had gone down and rolled around there would be no debate and a clear, clear red for SFP. So why should it be different as he stayed on his feet? Definite VAR stuff for me

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  17. Early SF predictions
    Juventus - Sevilla: Vincic / Turpin
    Roma - Leverkusen: del Cerro Grande / Jovanovic
    Fiorentina - Basel: Stieler / Letexier
    West Ham - Alkmaar: Schärer / Zwayer
    (with Taylor, Orsato, Soares Dias and Marciniak in CL)

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    1. Are the FIFA U20 referees out for the semi's? Tournament starts 20 May, but they may arrive earlier to prepare and acclimate.

      Letexier, Gozubuyuk, Schaerer, Nyberg, Meler.

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    2. Right, I forgot about that.
      They will surely be out for the second legs, but first legs might be still possible.
      So I would just replace Letexier by Gil Manzano in my predictions and keep Schärer - who BTW has a domestic match this weekend, so seems to be recovered.

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  18. I think Rosetti bottled it with the Taylor appointment. I see Taylor as an extremely reliable referee, but tonight his style did not match with the emotional players from both teams. Both sides had a lot of southern american and southern european players and they were not impressed with the calm and icey style of Taylor. He tried to manage it to his best skills, but it didn't work in that game. That could have been avoided by appointing a more southern european referee, like they did last week.

    Now, appointments for last 4 UCL very difficult. I think Marciniak and Kovacs voor RMA-MCI are very clear but for the Italian derby I wouldn't really know who to appoint. Personally, I would definitely go for Mateu Lahoz in one of the legs and then Turpin in the other.

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    1. For me also a punishable handling. He controlled the ball with his arm.

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    2. Handball incident from that game, no VAR intervention.
      https://streamja.com/Lpg06

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    3. Are we talking about a touch with his hand in the beginning or about the touch on the upper arm / shoulder at the end?

      The hand would be punishable due to the outstretched arm, but can one be sure, that there was any contact?
      For the shoulder I hope, that this not punishable even with the strict UEFA guidelines (and also borderline, whether it was even in the forbidden area of the arm).

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    4. Never a penalty

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