MD5 of EURO 2024 qualifiers: first set of referee appointments, games to be played on 7 September 2023.
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| Urs Schnyder (SUI) will referee France - Republic of Ireland |
16:00 CET - Astana (Astana Arena)
KAZAKHSTAN - FINLAND | Group H
Referee: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marcel Birsan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marcel Birsan (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Popa (ROU)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marian Alexandru Barbu (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Kindle (LIE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Kindle (LIE)
18:00 CET - Kaunas (Dariaus ir Girėno Stadionas)
LITHUANIA - MONTENEGRO | Group G
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Klyver (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Max Robin Wilde (SWE)
Fourth Official: Fredrik Klitte (SWE)
LITHUANIA - MONTENEGRO | Group G
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Klyver (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Max Robin Wilde (SWE)
Fourth Official: Fredrik Klitte (SWE)
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mike Riley (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Borja Bilbao (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mike Riley (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Borja Bilbao (ESP)
20:45 CET - Paris (Parc des Princes)
FRANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND | Group B
Referee: Urs Schnyder (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Zürcher (SUI)
Fourth Official: Sven Wolfensberger (SUI)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
FRANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND | Group B
Referee: Urs Schnyder (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Zürcher (SUI)
Fourth Official: Sven Wolfensberger (SUI)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović.(SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Georges Lüchinger (LIE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović.(SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Georges Lüchinger (LIE)
20:45 CET - Eindhoven (PSV Stadion)
NETHERLANDS - GREECE | Group B
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
NETHERLANDS - GREECE | Group B
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Cook (ENG)
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Cook (ENG)
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Peter Bankes (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: David McDowell (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: David McDowell (SVN)
20:45 CET - Warsaw (PGE Narodowy)
POLAND - FAROE ISLANDS | Group E
Referee: David Šmajc (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: David Gabrovec (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandar Kasapovič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
POLAND - FAROE ISLANDS | Group E
Referee: David Šmajc (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: David Gabrovec (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandar Kasapovič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Video Assistant Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alen Borošak (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Phivos Constantinides (CYP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Phivos Constantinides (CYP)
20:45 CET - Prague (Eden Arena)
CZECH REPUBLIC - ALBANIA | Group E
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
CZECH REPUBLIC - ALBANIA | Group E
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Lee Betts (ENG)
Fourth Official: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Lee Betts (ENG)
Fourth Official: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Darren England (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Michael Salisbury (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sabri Celik (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: David Moran (IRL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sabri Celik (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: David Moran (IRL)
20:45 CET - Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)
SERBIA - HUNGARY | Group D
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Martínez Munuera (ESP)
SERBIA - HUNGARY | Group D
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Fourth Official: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Tompkins (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Tompkins (ENG)
20:45 CET - Copenhagen (Parken)
DENMARK - SAN MARINO | Group H
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Raimonds Tatriks (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Jevgenijs Morozovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA)
DENMARK - SAN MARINO | Group H
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Raimonds Tatriks (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Jevgenijs Morozovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA)
Video Assistant Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kristaps Ratnieks (LVA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Simon Lee Evans (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Sanja Bosanac-Perišić (MNE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Simon Lee Evans (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Sanja Bosanac-Perišić (MNE)
20:45 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
SLOVENIA - NORTHERN IRELAND | Group H
Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
SLOVENIA - NORTHERN IRELAND | Group H
Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giovanni Baccini (ITA)
Fourth Official: Gianluca Manganiello (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giovanni Baccini (ITA)
Fourth Official: Gianluca Manganiello (ITA)
Video Assistant Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Chiffi (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)
UEFA Delegate: Rudolphe Mannaerts (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)
UEFA Delegate: Rudolphe Mannaerts (BEL)
Big assignment for Urs Schnyder! France - Ireland has been always treated as big game by committee in recent times, one must also add the Martin Hansson famous handball to the history!
ReplyDeleteNow I think that the Irish side is seen by committee in a different way and so definitely less a big game, but still a top appointment for a Category 2, if you ask me. We can also continue to think that Schaerer is not available for this very long injury, at this point one should be really worried even about his career...
About Schnyder ARs, Marco and Benjamin Zürcher... Are they brothers or Zürcher is very common surname in SUI?
DeleteThanks.
they are twins 😉
DeleteUrs Schnyder again with Mr Dejan Filipovic, after match UECL Borac (B&H) - Austria Wien played on August 1st current year.
ReplyDeleteGood games for Martinez and Petrescu, if we look at the group table situations.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.uefa.com/returntoplay/news/0284-18dda9cdec4c-11e31524e8ef-1000--referees-urged-to-protect-football/
ReplyDeleteUEFA summer course for top referees in Geneva this(?) week! The article was posted on 31 Aug but today is the first time I saw it on UEFA official account on X.
+ Rosetti urges referees to give YCs for dissent, mobbing, simulations, time wasting etc.
3rd September until 6th september
DeleteLike a said, handball rule will change dramatically, for Italian readers… For Premier League watchers, not so much
Deletehttps://streamable.com/0f4qs5
ReplyDeletePorto - Arouca final minutes, quick video.
What happened in that match, +17 minutes additional time?
DeleteWhat a mess… ref completely lost in the atmosphere to whistle the first penalty…
DeleteFor the umpteenth time, a Cypriot referee (in this case new FIFA referee Kyriakos Athanasiou) had a bomb planted on his car. The bomb went off at night causing fortunately no casualties, only material damage.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.gazzetta.gr/football/2252149/kypros-bombistiki-epithesi-kata-toy-diaititi-kyriakoy-athanasioy
Is it possible to put captions on the photos so we know who the referee in the picture is?
ReplyDeleteRosetti will present new rules to referees tonight in Geneva.
ReplyDelete"Enough is enough – it’s time to act," Rosetti said as he urged referees to show strength and courage and give yellow cards for actions such as dissent, running towards the referee, mobbing or any kind of unsporting behaviour.
"Yellow cards must be shown for attempts to deceive the referee, feigning injury, simulation or exaggeration, or delaying the restart of the game," he added. "And in cases of offensive or inflammatory conduct such as insults or abuse, the punishment should be a red card. Of course, football is a game of emotions – but a player or coach insulting or abusing a referee cannot be considered as an emotion.
"It is our duty to protect football’s image, and we must seize this opportunity for change," Rosetti explained. "Certain behaviour cannot be tolerated anymore. We must set a good example for boys and girls who love the game. We want our referees to be robust and take action." Europe’s top referees will be briefed on what is expected of them on this respect at their UEFA summer course in Geneva next week.
We have talked about this here on blog and as we could stated so far only England and Germany follows this new directives for yellow cards.
But I suppose this will change after tonight when UEFA has come with this directives to.
We could see some elite referees like Sanchez in PSV-Glasgow who did not cared at all and missed 4,5 situations like this and no card, I wonder how he will act now.
In France they tolerate everything, I saw many games in Ligue 1 this round and it is incredible that no unsporting behaviour is punished with yellow card. Gautier was famous that he hated cards but he must follow new trends if he wants that France keep having elite referees in future. You could see clearly that only UEFA refs in Ligue 1 punish simulation,exaggeration,delaying the restart of the game with cards Delajod,Letexier,Turpin,Pignard the rest just talks and kills the tempo.
Portugal and Italy must adept to but as Chefren wrote problem there is in culture and many refs have problem with this when some big hot teams are involved.
Big respect for Webb and Frohlich to implement this new yellow cards rules before even UEFA and Rosetti.
What Rosetti stated about handballs. Can we FINALLY get a rid of those handball penalty’s where the ball accidentally touches the arm in a NATURAL position based on the movement or football action (incl. Jumping or running)….
Delete@Scandinavian Ref:
DeleteThese guidelines to issue YC’s to protect the football image (blah blah), we have heard it so many times before, but its worth nothing if referees refuse to apply these rules in games that involve PSG or Italian teams. Or if referees refuse to issue a YC to mr Mourinho (and his entire staff), instead he’s hugged after the game by the same RR.
If even French or Italian referees refuse to apply these guidelines in their own domestic competition 🤦♂️ , for simple reason that they don’t want to draw any attention or being rejected by big clubs in the future…
So, what will happen if a referee issues a 2YC to a PSG player for dissents and the PSG president is furious after the game? Will UEFA support the referee for following the “new” guidelines to protect the football image? Think again.
The referees that achieve a UEFA finals, they all have something in common: they didn’t make a mistake in games that involve Italian teams, they are not the bravest referee. No, they didn’t trigger any (negative) headlines, or influence the game with their disciplinary management or soft penalty kicks. They are smart managers, able to bend the LOTG a bit in their favour, to be invisible at all cost. That’s unfortunately where we are now.
Finally.
DeleteHe saw positive changes in Grrmany and England,saw negatives in Italy,Spain and Portugal with all this mobbing and protesting to every refereeing decision and he decided to act.
Seriously,what they do,especially in Italy with timewasting is beyond me,what goes unpunished becomes funny,but the most ideal match that has shown weakness of that style and that old school of refs is Psv vs Rangers.
And France...
In terms of referreeing, looks like they are 3rd world, allowing everything.
England and France are 2 great examples-one evolved and the other did not.
Well, in fact it seems like English and German directives have arrived at UEFA level. I can only speak about Germany, it has been practiced for years now. Of course there was a lot of criticism in the first months and maybe even first season. However, after years of practice, it works very well. Everyone knows there will be a YC if you visibly mob the referee, everyone knows there will be a YC if you prevent a quick restart by taking or kicking the ball away, even if it is only two meters, everyone knows there will be a YC if you behave in an unsporting behaviour. For sure, the punishment does not mean there won‘t be any UB anymore. But everyone knows the consequences if they do so. It helped a lot in respect to consistency. For German referees, it won‘t be an issue to follow the new guidelines (especially not for Daniel Schlager who is super strict in respect to UB). However, so far we only have words by Rosetti. I am very curious how the guidelines will be applied. Without any prejudices, I think it is fair to say that the player‘s attitude and temper is a bit different in southern countries. Not sure whether this will work out internationally. It will be important to pursue this path, without caring to much about media in the first season. We will have to wait whether UEFA can manage or is willing to manage to do this. Being strict does not mean you have to penalise everything.
DeleteMaybe even more interesting what Rosetti said about handball interpretation. We all remember the statements before EURO, that there would be changes, that the referees would only punish clear handballs. But it did not even take one match to leave this approach behind… We will have to wait. Again: If they follow these guidelines, we‘ll rather have debates in Italian and Spanish media than in English and German press. After some weeks of the new season, handball is surprisingly well and consistently interpreted by the referees here so far. Hope we will see something similar in CL, EL and ECL.
In fact, this is (partly) the reason why many German teams are ‘easier’ to referee in UEFA competitions, compared to the Italians…
DeleteTalk is cheap! I'll believe it when I actually see it happen "CONSISTENTLY" on the field of play in ALL matches by ALL referees.
DeleteLike they do in the EPL already ? One from Friday night was not punished, and rightly so
ReplyDeleteFrom 28 to 31 August UEFA Headquarters hosted Talent & Mentors program.
ReplyDeleteMarian Barbu and Ana Maria Terteleac were there for Romania.
https://www.frf.ro/recomandate/istvan-kovacs-arbitreaza-in-play-off-ul-ligii-campionilor/
Some of the referees (not all) who are also in the T&M program for this season, from my research: Xhaja, Jablonski, Kikacheishvili, Ladebäck, Frid, Masiyev, Ciochirca, Sylwestrzak, Ocenás.
DeleteAbout the above topics, I'm curious to see how handball could change in Italy, to be honest so far, looking at the early matchdays of serie A and B, nothing has changed and all handballs as it was before are always reported by VAR. To be honest, I find impossible to make a change, but I will update you in due course, with the season going on.
ReplyDeleteAbout unsporting behaviors and protests, I can only welcome such strictness, hopefully it will be applied, but be sure that without UEFA input here nothing would change. Years and years of promises by heads of referees, alwyas the same history...
Junet Chakir, head of the Referees Department of the Georgian Football Federation, participated in the UEFA Referee Talents and Mentors Program, which was held on August 29-31 in Nyon.
ReplyDeleteJunet Chakir was a mentor of Austrian and Norwegian referees within the program. Georgian referee of the second category of FIFA, Goga Kikacheishvili, also participated in the mentioned program, who took part in video tests within the framework of the training session and passed the test on the rules of the game.
All referees participating in the meeting underwent a medical examination and several tests to prevent injuries. Within the framework of the one-year program, Goga Kikacheishvili will be mentored by a former referee, Milorad Majich.
https://www.gff.ge/ge/media/news/25694
DeleteHere some pictures.
The Norwegian referee should be Saggi.
Do I see Hugh Dallas on the rear seat?
DeleteThe size of the picture doesn't help us, but indeed it looks like it's Dallas. Maybe involved in this new role of Mentor.
DeleteWhat is the role of Dallas now at UEFA? Why has he left the Referees Committee?
DeleteFriendly
ReplyDeleteWednesday 6 September 2023
20:00 CET - Ta' Qali (National Stadium)
MALTA - GIBRALTAR
Referee: Miloš Bošković MNE
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Đikanović MNE
Assistant Referee 2: Nikola Radulović MNE
Fourth Official: Fyodor Zammit MLT
What has happened to Chris Kavanagh? No games this season, not many at all under Webb actually and he gets League 2 MK Dons-Notts County as his first game this season
ReplyDeleteHe was injured...
Deleteyeah I thought so but he came back at the end of last season. unless he got injured again which is unlikely
DeleteHe got injured again. Which is why he was replaced from his CL qualifier
DeleteBack to the UEFA Summer Course in place now in Geneva from 3rd to 6th September, can you provide the list of attendees ? I was wondering if Hategan, Koulbakov and Karasev are among the participants, how many and who of the first class is attending and if any female referees are there, Thanks
ReplyDeleteUEFA Referee Observer: Simon Lee Evans (WAL) leaves his post a referees manager in Wales, now working full time for the PGMOL in England.
ReplyDeleteInteresting to see Dankert with SUI crew.
ReplyDeleteIMO a disaster to see Salisbury name as AVAR, similar feeling when I see Al Marri name :)
Interesting choices again with VAR, Dankert for France - Ireland and this confirms that the Swiss referee got a big game, while for other assignments we have VARs from the same countries of referees.
ReplyDeleteJust as discussion, one could wonder whether making a selection among VAR is a fair thing, based on the game they are going to officiate, because on paper, regarding VAR, all should be at the same level. But I realize this is impossible...
Another 4 friendly games in on 7 September. Most notably, William Collum in Wales - Korea Republic. I really don't think Elite is necessary for these friendly games altough in practice Collum is not Elite for some years.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see the appointment in Germany - France, I think about someone like Eskas, Rumsas or an Albanian - Xhaja or Jorgji
The management of Collum at this point is really unfair: unless he did something wrong, he has been excluded in reality from Elite group, getting only minor games, but this doesn't apply to other Elite referees who are regularly appointed, being in the same situation of the Scottish, at least in terms of performances... no need to mention names! It seems committee is only waiting for his retirement.
DeleteIs Collum the biggest failure from UEFA? I mean in terms of his Supercup appointment. Can I ask more for his story why he’s career will likely end as the worst from an elite referee, similar with Kralovec.
DeleteSo Anonymous you think MR Collum is the biggest failure from Uefa .So the Q is why is he still there .
DeleteGo and look at his record in Europe refereeing plus domestic refereeing.
This simple answer is your do not like him .
So anonymous what is your career in refereeing at Uefa or domestic league then .
Mate I 14
DeleteThe appointment for Mr Collum is not unusual in a game like this .The host country can ask for a referee to come for the match. Plus Scotland is only 4 hours from Wales or 2 by plane .
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this approach .
Scotland,Wales , England and Ireland have been asking for officials from the each country for many years in the past .
So what is your problem with this appointment?
I'd say that in recent history, Svein Odvar Moen (NOR) was a bigger disappointment than Collum. He achieved a lot very quickly and early in his career. Yet he amounted to nothing in the long run and as a whole.
DeleteFriendlies
ReplyDeleteThursday 7 September 2023
18:00 CET - Plovdiv (Stadion "Hristo Botev")
BULGARIA - IRAN
Referee: Lazar Lukić SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Dragan Bogićević SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Banović SRB
Fourth Official: Kristiyan Kolev BUL
19:00 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - JORDAN
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Kristensson SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Marcus Lundgren Klitte SWE
Fourth Official: Jakob Alexander Sundberg DEN
20:30 CET - Linz (Reiffeisen Arena)
AUSTRIA - MOLDOVA
Referee: Robert Jones ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Ian Hussin ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Constantine Hatzidakis ENG
Fourth Official: Thomas Bramall ENG
20:45 CET - Cardiff (Cardiff City Stadium)
WALES - KOREA REPUBLIC
Referee: William Collum SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor SCO
Assistant Referee 2: David McGeachie SCO
Fourth Official: Donald Robertson SCO
Scotland V England will be another interesting friendly appointment
ReplyDeleteneeds to be a strong elite with VAR aswell
DeleteFor a friendly? Give me a break.
Delete[Friendly] MLTGIB
ReplyDelete36' PAI: illegal use of arm
https://streamable.com/qusd2n
Clear penalty with an evident illegal use of arm, at least careless. Should have been spotted by officials, also AR, I think it wasn't difficult to detect.
DeleteChefren this is not a penalty. Clear exaggeration by the attacker, ball in control of the defender and in no way a foul. You do create drama sometime
DeleteIt's not "drama" when he is right. I'm sorry that you're a terru
Delete*terrible referee (I get the feeling that you're not an actual referee). That is a clear as day PK. The defender's arms/hands have zero business being up near the face/neck of the attacking player. The defender could have (should have) shielded the ball with a FAIR shoulder challenge. A FAIR challenge is done without the use of arms/hands near the neck/face.
DeleteCan someone share appointments for the South American World Cup Qualifiers? Thanks!
ReplyDeletehttps://cdn.conmebol.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/14_08_2023-Eliminatorias-FWC2026-Fecha-1-y-2-para-prensa.pdf
DeleteMatonte,Herrera and Roldan.
Delete3 of elites in CONMEBOL right now.
Especially Roldan,that ref has been on high level in Libertadores and Sudamericana for a long time.
You can say that only thing missing from his career is WC Final,but that will be very hard.
As for the rest,he has done all finals that has been possible;
2xCopa Libertadores Final
2x Sudamericana
2x Recopa Sudamericana
Copa America 2015
Great ref no doubt.
I would not label Roldan as "great". Sure, his resume in South America is a great read. But IMO that says a lot about how limited CONMEBOL has been(is). He's aided by the fact that he's Colombian and teams from that nation rarely make it to Finals. The same can be said about Bascunan (CHI) who seemed to be assigned to every "BIG" match during a short yet sustained period.
DeleteIn regards Roldan in ARG - ECU. He was the "same" Roldan that I've seen all along in CONMEBOL. Overly lenient while clearly favoring the local team when he would actually call fouls. The poor Ecuadorians couldn't seem to get a call to go their way for most of the match. Yet many small "touch" fouls were consistently whistled in Argentina's favor. The match became heated and combative because he allowed it to get to that point. The match also had a couple mass confrontations which happened after clear fouls were not whistled. Roldan was yelled at and mobbed for the entire match without him taking any steps to stop the misconduct.
"Great" Roldan? NO
I never saw him different from that, lenient, completely inconsistent and whistling in favour of the hometeam or the favorite..
DeleteDisallowed goal in KAZ-FIN. IMO the ball was still in play
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKd8TWZtEIs
ReplyDeleteDo you recognize the frontman? ;)
Urs Schnyder! Nice
DeleteDenmark - San Marino, minute 20.
ReplyDeleteTreimanis invited Spasjoņņikovs to OFR for a possible penalty for Denmark. After rewatching incident, the reaction by referee was very particular, he made a blatant gestures like player had made a dive, you don't see this very often. Instead of calling penalty he did that and all fans at stadium were surprised. Of course this could only come from a referee without long experience with VAR. An incident to be watched!
I think that Spasjonnikovs' gesture didn't mean «dive» but «dropped ball» ;)
DeleteImagine cancelling a PK, saying that the attacker dived, without giving a YC for simulation...
Yes, that was a dropped ball gesture. But it clearly should have been a YC and an IFK.
Delete18' [OFR] Penalty revoked - no foul
Deletehttps://streamable.com/zp6dpu
43' PAI kicking
https://streamable.com/vmxohw
Imo wrong OFR by Treimanis, I don't see a clear and obvious error here. The better decision is probably IFK and YC though, so if you absolutely have to make an OFR, that should be the recommendation.
DeleteAbout the penalty revoked, I thought it was an OFR to call a penalty, sorry. Correct decision by Treimanis and correct decision to remove penalty by referee after reviewing, but clearly missed YC and indirect free kick. Once no foul, clear simulation for me.
DeleteThe penalty appeal is particular: I think that low head was strong argument for Treimanis to stay silent, because without that there aren't other reasons for playing on. Clear kick to face. In such situations it is very difficult to have consistency for VAR, I think a call to OFR wouldn't have been wrong, but still... different VARs can have different views. To me this was rather a clear penalty to be whistled.
For me this is an perfectly justified intervention as well. The mere existence of a contact cannot be the sole reason the support. Attacker clearly created his own fall, which had nothing to do with the (minimal) contact. Ofc the decision should have been Ifk + Yc.
DeleteAfraid Oliver and Taylor supported by sub standard officials
ReplyDeleteWhy, what happened?
DeleteGoal scored by CZE allowed by VAR after a wrong offside call by AR1.
ReplyDeleteA few minutes before, a correct offside call by the same assistant referee, disallowing a a goal, was confirmed by VAR, but I think there was a possible handball by defender before, but it looked like it wasn't checked and the focus was only on offside (based on replays).
70', POL - FRO: clear penalty for handball, Slovenian referee to OFR. Easy to guess.
ReplyDeleteNot the best match for Šmajc, few obvious fouls missed in 1H. It's not the best night for polish players either.
Delete25' PAI GK's challenge
Deletehttps://streamable.com/9a6vun
70' [OFR] Penalty awarded for handball
https://streamable.com/s4zcru
DENSMR
ReplyDelete78' [VAR] Goal disallowed for offside but it wasn't factual and should've been an OFR instead?
https://streamable.com/ly15ly
Absolutely. Should have been an OFR.
DeleteSorry for Treimanis but this is difficult to accept, referee had to go to monitor to watch himself...
DeleteRather than offside could there have been a foul pulling by the attacker.
DeleteFor those of you that complained about Sanchez’ leniency and card management should watch Oliver’s performance (NED-GRE) yesterday. No-nonsense approach imo. Showed 6 YC, the first one in ‘11. He draw a line and sticked to it the entire game.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Oliver was very good. All YC's were spot-on.
DeleteYes indeed. Also in the 92 minute when the game was played no leniency but a right YC. Good performance for Oliver specially in mind that he last game with the NL team was the controversial Turkye-NL. Good revanche!
DeleteMichael Oliver 🔥🔥 top referee this one
ReplyDeleteThe UCL observers for MD1 are announced. Anyone fancy to post it here?
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DeleteVery interesting situation from last night in Prague.
ReplyDeleteReferee indicates for a defensive foul, not clear if it was for handball or he insinuated a foul from the attacker to GK.
Still i think this is a accidental handball and PK would be the right decision.
https://streamable.com/1lsop0
Any different opinion?
There is no accidental handball. He gains advantage from the handball. Good call from Taylor.
DeleteClearly a punishable handball, player had all the time to avoid contact, he controlled ball thank to the arm in that position.
DeleteVery curious to see what VAR would have done if the referee whistle for penalty. If the white player is a defender this is clear penalty?
DeleteUrs Schnyder with an absolute good job in FRA-IRL, clear foul detection, very good management, absolutely respected by the players, friendly, but not at all lenient and a good team... He is a very promising talent. Compliments!
ReplyDeleteI watched the game aswell, and I agree that he did a good job. It was a relatively ‘easy’ match, but he did definitely did well.
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