Thursday, 22 August 2024

2024/25 UEFA Europa Conference League Play-offs (First Legs) - Referee Appointments

Referee appointments for the play-offs of 2024/25 UEFA Europa Conference  League, first legs.

Gergo Bogár HUN to referee Lens - Panathinaikos

Tuesday 20 August 2024

18:00 CET - City Stadium, Abovyan
FC Noah (ARM) - MFK Ružomberok (SVK)
Referee: Joey Kooij NED
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Inia NED
Assistant Referee 2: Dyon Fikkert NED
Fourth Official: Jannick Van Der Laan NED
Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Richard Wilhelmus Martens NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Edward Foley IRL 
UEFA Delegate: Patrick Wattebled FRA

Wednesday 21 August 2024

18:45 CET - Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes
Vitória SC (POR) - HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (BIH)
Referee: Vassilis Fotias GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Fotopoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Vasileios Nikolakakis GRE
Fourth Official: Panagiotis-Rafail Tsiaras GRE
Video Assistant Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos GRE 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Konstantinos Katoikos GRE
UEFA Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman NED
UEFA Delegate: Peter Lundström FIN

Thursday 22 August 2024

18:00 CET - Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan
Pyunik FC (ARM) - NK Celje (SVN)
Referee: Luka Bilbija BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Damir Lazić BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandar Smiljanić BIH
Fourth Official: Dragan Petrović BIH
Video Assistant Referee: Antoni Bandić BIH
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Miloš Gigovic BIH
UEFA Referee Observer: Stéphane Lannoy FRA 
UEFA Delegate: Johny Vanspauwen BEL

18:00 CET - The Marshall Józef Piłsudski's Municipal Stadium of Legia Warsaw, Warsaw
Legia Warszawa (POL) - KF Drita (KOS)
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Wade Smith ENG
Fourth Official: Darren England ENG 
Video Assistant Referee: Peter Bankes ENG 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ian Hussin ENG 
UEFA Referee Observer: Pavle Radovanović MNE
UEFA Delegate: Iva Olivari-Uliša CRO

18:00 CET - City Stadium, Mladá Boleslav
FK Mladá Boleslav (CZE) - Paksi SE (HUN)
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: David Akhvlediani GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Davit Gabisonia GEO
Fourth Official: Irakli Kvirikashvili GEO
Video Assistant Referee: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Giorgi Avazashvili GEO
UEFA Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer GER 
UEFA Delegate: Paul Lyon GIB

18:30 CET - LFF stadionas, Vilnius
FK Panevėžys (LTU) - The New Saints (WAL)
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Ilir Tartaraj ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Xhulio Mani ALB
Fourth Official: Kreshnik Cjapi ALB
Video Assistant Referee: Kreshnik Barjamaj ALB
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Olsion Yzeiraj ALB
UEFA Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas GRE 
UEFA Delegate: George Fantaros CYP

19:00 CET - GSP, Nicosia
AC Omonia (CYP) - Zirə FK (AZE)
Referee: Juri Frischer EST
Assistant Referee 1: Veiko Mõtsnik EST
Assistant Referee 2: Sander Saga EST 
Fourth Official: Kristo Külljastinen EST
Video Assistant Referee: Kristo Tohver EST
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Joonas Jaanovits EST
UEFA Referee Observer: Christof Dierick BEL
UEFA Delegate: Haris Gvozden BIH

19:00 CET - Stockholm Arena, Stockholm
Djurgårdens IF (SWE) - NK Maribor (SVN)
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Geerolf BEL
Fourth Official: Kevin Van Damme BEL
Video Assistant Referee: Erik Lambrechts BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jan Boterberg BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Emil Bozinovski MKD
UEFA Delegate: Marina Tashchyan ARM

19:00 CET - Brann Stadion, Bergen 
SK Brann (NOR) - FC Astana (KAZ) 
Referee: David Šmajc SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Kasapovič SVN
Assistant Referee 2: David Gabrovec SVN
Fourth Official: Aleksandar Matkovič SVN
Video Assistant Referee: Asmir Sagrković SVN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alen Borošak SVN
UEFA Referee Observer: Antonio Damato ITA 
UEFA Delegate: Michalis Mitas CYP

19:00 CET - Hisingen Arena, Gothenburg
BK Häcken (SWE) - 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 (GER) 
Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Vysotskyi UKR
Fourth Official: Dmytro Kubriak UKR
Video Assistant Referee: Oleksii Derevinskyi UKR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn UKR
UEFA Referee Observer: Michal Beneš CZE
UEFA Delegate: David Pugh ENG 

19:00 CET - Parken, Copenhagen 
FC Copenhagen (DEN) - Kilmarnock FC (SCO)
Referee: Fabio Maresca ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Davide Imperiale ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA
Fourth Official: Antonio Rapuano ITA 
Video Assistant Referee: Paolo SIlvio Mazzoleni ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Matteo Gariglio ITA 
UEFA Referee Observer: Sabri Celik TUR
UEFA Delegate: Patrick Dempsey IRL

19:30 CET - CFR Cluj Stadium, Cluj-Napoca
CFR Cluj (ROU) - Pafos FC (CYP) 
Referee: Novak Simović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Djorović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Miloš Simović SRB
Fourth Official: Stanko Ostraćanin SRB
Video Assistant Referee: Momčilo Marković SRB
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Aleksandar Živković SRB
UEFA Referee Observer: Christopher Lautier MLT
UEFA Delegate: Konul Mehtiyeva AZE

20:00 CET - Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé (POR)
Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) - Larne FC (NIR)
Referee: Ishmael Barbara MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Vella MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Luke Portelli MLT 
Fourth Official: Trustin Farrugia Cann MLT 
Video Assistant Referee: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Paterna ITA 
UEFA Referee Observer: Alan Sars FRA 
UEFA Delegate: Bert Andersson SWE

20:00 CET - Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavik
Víkingur (ISL) - UE Santa Coloma (AND)
Referee: Ante Čulina CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pušić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Dario Kolarević CRO
Fourth Official: Ante Terzić CRO
Video Assistant Referee: Fran Jović CRO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dario Bel CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Marian Ruzbarsky SVK
UEFA Delegate: Aurel Ionescu ROU

20:00 CET - Stadion HNK Rijeka, Rijeka 
RNK Rijeka (CRO) - NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)
Referee: César Soto Grado ESP 
Assistant Referee 1: Iván Masso Granado ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Álvarez Fernández ESP
Fourth Official: Victor Garcia Verdura ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Ricardo de Burgos ESP 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Argyrou CYP
UEFA Delegate: Alpaslan Kavas TUR

20:00 CET - Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi, Florence 
ACF Fiorentina (ITA) - Puskás Akadémia (HUN)
Referee: Willy Delajod FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Erwan Finjean FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Philippe Jeanne FRA 
Fourth Official: Thomas Leonard FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Eric Wattellier FRA 
UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter SUI
UEFA Delegate: Andrew Shaw ENG 

20:00 CET - Košická futbalová aréna, Košice (SVK)
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (UKR) - Real Betis Balompié (ESP)
Referee: Arda Kardeşler TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Tugral TUR 
Assistant Referee 2: Deniz Caner Özaral TUR
Fourth Official: Zorbay Küçük TUR
Video Assistant Referee: Mustafa Ilker Coskun TUR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Onur Özütoprak TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Petteri Kari FIN
UEFA Delegate: Jean Paul Mievis BEL 

20:15 CET - Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade 
FK Partizan (SRB) - KAA Gent (BEL)
Referee: Elchin Masiyev AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Elshad Abdullayev AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Parvin Talibov AZE
Fourth Official: Farid Hajiyev AZE
Video Assistant Referee: Kamal Umudlu AZE
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rashad Ahmadov AZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Gylfi Thor Orrason ISL
UEFA Delegate: Hristo Zapryanov BUL

20:30 CET - Reymana Stadium, Krakow
Wisła Kraków (POL) - Cercle Brugge (BEL)
Referee: Philip Farrugia MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Alan Camilleri MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Duncan Sultana MLT 
Fourth Official: Alex Johnson MLT
Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Constantine Hatzidakis ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Koukoulakis GRE
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Dervishaj Nelaj ESP

20:45 CET - Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) - HJK (FIN)
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Polychronis Kostaras GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Lazaros Dimitriadis GRE
Fourth Official: Athanasios Tzilos GRE
Video Assistant Referee: Stefanos Koymparakis GRE
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: 
Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen BEL
Fourth Official: Simon Bourdeaud'hui BEL
Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Michiel Allaerts BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Strömbergsson SWE
UEFA Delegate: Borja Bilbao ESP 

20:45 CET - Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
St Patrick's Athletic FC (IRL) - İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR)
Referee: Mohammed Al-emara FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Turkka Valjakka FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Juuso Mantere FIN
Fourth Official: Peiman Simani FIN
Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Patrick Hanslbauer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel FRA 
UEFA Delegate: Kim Hallberg DEN

21:00 CET - Arena St. Gallen, St Gallen
FC St. Gallen (SUI) - Trabzonspor (TUR)
Referee: Miguel Nogueira POR 
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Martins POR 
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Brás POR
Fourth Official: Bruno Miguel Carmo Vieira POR
Video Assistant Referee: André Narciso POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fábio Oliveira Melo POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Thomas Ross NIR 
UEFA Delegate: Gilles Petitmangin FRA

21:00 CET - Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens Agglo
RC Lens (FRA) - Panathinaikos (GRE) 
Referee: Gergo Bogár HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Theodoros Georgiou HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szalai HUN
Fourth Official: Tamás Bognár HUN
Video Assistant Referee: István Vad HUN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ferenc Karakó HUN
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi SMR
UEFA Delegate: Danilo Filacchione ITA 

21:00 CET - Stamford Bridge, London 
Chelsea FC (ENG) - Servette FC (SUI)
Referee: Jérémie Pignard FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Aurélien Drouet FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Laurent Coniglio FRA 
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Benoît Millot FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mathieu Vernice FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Drago Kos SVN
UEFA Delegate: Camelia Nicolae ROU
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61 comments:

  1. Elliot16 August 2024 at 23:18

    Unfortunately they're not, only the UCL POs are given to the official broadcasters and considered a part of the actual tournament

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  2. Chefren17 August 2024 at 04:10

    https://x.com/CabineSport/status/1824496252144488893
    It seems as Soareas Dias is about to retire as well...

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    1. Zwayerbrazil17 August 2024 at 04:27

      https://x.com/CabineSport/status/1824533745031868891?t=SRdkHEr_zZoM6knf_AwCUg&s=19

      It seems he will says goodbye in the Final of Saudi Super cup.

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    2. M17 August 2024 at 07:27

      If that's the case then one of the tougher match will he have to end his career.

      But he'll have his countrymen in Ronaldo,Otavio,Jesus,Castro,Neves so language barrier should not be a problem . 😀

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    3. Mikael W17 August 2024 at 12:54

      Saudi association formally announced Soares Dias as the referee about twenty minutes ago (lmn: Ribeiro, P. Martins; var: T. Martins, Malheiro; 4th is local).

      Some words on his career after the match, unlike the semifinals I'm free this afternoon and plan on watching the game.

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  3. Philipp S17 August 2024 at 08:05

    Kavanagh is also in the First Group, so it is a very normal appointment and not neccesarily a replacement for Brooks.
    However it doesn't currently look like he's a candidate for Elite.

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  4. vadim17 August 2024 at 08:23

    It's reported, that today match Torpedo-BELAZ - Neman in Belarusian league is the last match for Kulbakov, he is also retiring...

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  5. Chefren17 August 2024 at 13:13

    About all the appointments made during this summer for the preliminary rounds of the three club competitions, it's interesting to point out that no women were appointed as main referees. That's very particular after some female referees joined men's categories. At least a pair of assignments would have been expected.
    It seems that after a focus on women's officiating in men's game by committee, started with Frappart in Super Cup, now the trend is rather over, at least for UEFA, while FIFA continues regularly to make such choices even for Men's tournament. The fact that there were no women called for EURO is another signal of that.
    Still about the same argument, it went quite unnoticed, but it seems as Monzul has indeed retired.

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    1. Peter17 August 2024 at 14:05

      To be honest, it is also unclear to me what philosophy FIFA pursued at the Olympic tournament by nominating male referees for women's matches and vice versa - but only in the group stage. I had actually expected this exchange to continue in the knockout phase, up to the possibility of appointing a female referee for the men's gold medal match. An Olympic tournament would have been the best way to send such a "political" signal. In the group stage, however, there was no real need for such exchanges (und largely unnoticed by the public).

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    2. Unknown19 August 2024 at 17:02

      It is not true. S. Frappart was appointed for Slovan Bratislava - Struga in the 1-st preliminary round of Champions League.

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  6. Cassius17 August 2024 at 13:41

    Does somebody know about the refereeing crew for tonights german super cup?

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    1. Zwayerbrazil17 August 2024 at 13:46

      Leverkusen - Stuttgart: Stieler - Gittelmann, Weickenmeier - Exner - Müller, Zorn

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    2. Cassius17 August 2024 at 17:56

      Thank you!

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    3. Chefren17 August 2024 at 22:10

      Straight red card for SFP, an excellent live spot by the German Elite referee
      https://dubz.co/c/690f1d

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    4. Chefren17 August 2024 at 22:25

      Definitely an unconventional game for German football, with so many cards!

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    5. Philipp S17 August 2024 at 22:52

      Quite challenging game for Stieler. Most cards were given for unsporting behaviour (dissent, delaying the restart, altercations).

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    6. Cassius18 August 2024 at 00:13

      I was happy with Stielers performance. The RC was a very good spot and then he kept his strict line regarding unsporting behaviour during the whole match. But he issued many cards in his quite unique style, explaining a lot to the players. There also was an early YC for Xabi Alonso, which Stieler kind of prepared with a long talking to the Leverkusen coach before issueing the card and therefore preventing emotional reactions.
      And what was nice to see: also in tense moments, sometimes there was a smile on Stielers face.

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  7. Mikael W17 August 2024 at 21:33

    Tomorrow Karasev-Gavrillin-Demeshko will referee FC Gomel vs. BATE Borisov, in (coincidentally?) the home city of Kulbakov.

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  8. Mikael W17 August 2024 at 22:40

    Clips from the Saudi Super Cup final refereed by Artur Soares Dias:

    05 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/2acd4e
    11 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/6def9a
    12 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/bcebf3
    16 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/33e786
    28 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/8fa2c3
    29 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/46c616
    34 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/832282
    36 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/5f2ed8
    43 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/8f5dd0
    48 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/eccaec

    53 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/d19291
    77 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/df9425
    87 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/37640a
    89 - https://www.streambug.io/cv/293686

    Fulltime - https://www.streambug.io/cv/6ab422

    If that was his last ever game, then Soares Dias can be absolutely content happy with how he crossed the line: good performance, strong leadership of the game and consistent disciplinary, only question mark is the probable/possible foul before the game's opening goal (same app?).

    Soares Dias changed his style, how he approached the games, quite a bit over the course of his Elite career (lanyard, to loose whistle, to lanyard, and then finally the finger grip which suited him really well imo!) and ultimately in the most recent period, 2022-, presented an interesting dichotomy: his management skills and the way he carried himself were (to me) even TOP elite level, but his technical accuracy was not quite so good.

    This was quite evident during the Euro even: more of a struggling appearance in Poland-Netherlands, but Austria-Turkey was simply very good and one of the best performances in the tournament. He could easily have refereed a fourth game in Germany and a pity that UEFA immediately (deliberate word choice!) after his R16 game decided that he would handle no further matches.

    There were some questions about his Conference League final appointment but, especially considering he reffed it well, I’d say it was a deserved call based on his whole career as an elite referee. If the information is correct, then Soares Dias finished on surely a pretty satisfying 2024 for him; all the best for the future!

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    1. Mikael W17 August 2024 at 23:02

      Ah and on a less holistic level, about today's game: it was competitive match, but at a very similar level to Scharer's R.Madrid-Atalanta, so not more than normal difficulty. The trophy was a very big deal there even quite recently -- I remember well the January/2020 edition which was a VERY challenging match for Danny Makkelie -- but the match today had a rather different feel. Still!

      To underline the point:
      Jan/2020 Super Cup - 41 fouls in 90min
      Aug/2024 Super Cup - 20 fouls in 90min

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    2. Chefren18 August 2024 at 05:04

      Thanks for the clips, will watch them carefully later on.
      No evident clues of his retirement after final whistle, we know that today we can expect everything about that, even after an announcement. But if confirmed, indeed we can even fully explain his appointment for Conference Leagul, giving him a final before retirement (possible he had already said that to committee some months ago), and it would be a very similar choice like Del Cerro Grande on previous season.

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    3. Mikael W18 August 2024 at 12:15

      One very final remark :D additional time calculation was like more like 2000s football than modern times: okay at the end of the second half it was common sense to minimise (2') but after soooo many stops in the first half, we had... 3'. It could have been even treble that in reality. Given the close relationship FIFA-SAFF this seemed a further signal that Soares Dias might be at the end, not caring for guidelines etc.

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  9. vadim18 August 2024 at 06:35

    Karasev will referee Gomel - BATE Borisov as part of the exchange program between Belarusian and Russian FAs. It was reported, that Belarusian referees earlier was in Russia to get some training with VAR, and possibly someone from Belarus will get a match in Premier League or 2nd division soon.

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  10. Nazar18 August 2024 at 14:28

    FC "Kryvbas" applied to UEFA with a request to replace the Turkish referee Arda Kardeşler appointed for the play-off match of the Conference League 2024/2025 "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine - "Betis" Sevilla, Spain, which will be held next Thursday, August 22 at city ​​of Kosice, Slovakia.

    We have learned that this referee was officiating a friendly match between Russia and Serbia on 03/21/2024 in Moscow, Russia. Because of this, we consider it inadmissible to involve Arda Kardeshler in officiating a match involving a Ukrainian football club

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    1. Chefren18 August 2024 at 15:29

      Interesting, I found this one as strange appointment in the context of how UEFA is indeed working now (but let's clarify: for me no problems, all officials should be allowed to referee all teams). Turkish referees and venues, like Hungarian, are indeed treated very particularly with assignments for Belarus teams. If UEFA does that, then a Turkish assignment for Ukrainian team can sound strange. But yes, we must only wish that this situation will end soon...

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    2. Holly18 August 2024 at 20:24


      These Ukrainians are so rude that they too should be banned from international competitions.

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    3. anty7522 August 2024 at 02:58

      Rude? They have absolutely valid reasons to complain in this situation. I don't know Arda Kardesler, may be he is a Putin supporter or may be he just loves money too much but either way it doesn't look nice.

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    4. Daniel G22 August 2024 at 20:53

      Great example. They think they have absolutely valid reasons to demand everything from everybody , and everyone who disagree with them is, of course, Putin supporter, and can be insulted and abused in any possible way.

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  11. peterszky18 August 2024 at 18:56

    Bogár @ yesterday's hungarian derby:

    https://www.facebook.com/M4Sport.hu/videos/1016956240122399/
    https://www.facebook.com/nsonline/videos/838971637952990/

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  12. Groule20 August 2024 at 15:56

    Last minute change for :
    KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) - HJK (FIN)

    Finally it's :

    Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL
    Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere BEL
    Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen BEL
    Fourth Official: Simon Bourdeaud'hui BEL
    Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Michiel Allaerts BEL

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    1. Chefren20 August 2024 at 16:36

      Thanks, son of Paul Allaerts? :)

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    2. Groule20 August 2024 at 17:07

      Yes, of course, son of Paul Allaerts :)

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    3. Groule20 August 2024 at 17:38

      About of Paul Allaerts' son, this weekend he had a contentious phase during his match (STVV-Dender) in JPL. He blew his whistle before the ball had gone into the goal. VAR was unable to intervene after that... According to the federation, he should not have whistled for a foul. Here is the link to the video at minute 00:18'.
      https://www.rbfa.be/fr/nouvelles/under-review-journee-4-0

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  13. Euro Soccer Ref21 August 2024 at 21:24

    Highlights of Vasílios Fotiás' performance in Vitória SC - HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

    https://files.fm/u/q7ev388m53

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  14. Chefren22 August 2024 at 19:27

    Straight red card for DOGSO in Legia - Drita by Kavanagh after OFR
    (Original decision: YC for SPA)
    https://streambug.org/cv/c90ead

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    1. Daniel Bailey23 August 2024 at 09:45

      It's one of them. Live, you can see a defender close on the right, and very quickly after the foul everyone else is back. On the replay, clear no other defender is covering and it's DOGSO. Good OFR. I also really like how Chris Kavanagh stepped back, told everyone to stop surrounding him and called the captain towards him to explain his initial decision... textbook

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  15. anty7522 August 2024 at 20:43

    Any video of straight red in CFR Cluj vs Paphos match?

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    1. Ichigo23 August 2024 at 11:17

      Sorry, I don't have the red card for CFR. By the way, the president from CFR Cluj was very harsh about Novak Simovic style in this game. First time it was a penalty appeal by CFR from an elbow in the stomach, but he didn't whistled. After two minutes the ref whistled a foul attack against CFR, when it was shoulder vs shoulder, and he broke the VAR protocol. Also, he said that the serbian referee often was appointed in the Cyprus champion and UEFA should be avoided this situation.

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  16. schen7522 August 2024 at 21:08

    Clear missed RC for SFP after VAR Review in Panevėžys vs The New Saints by Hamiti.

    https://streambug.org/cv/d85fdd

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    1. MX22 August 2024 at 21:19

      Clear RC. Very surprised VAR didn’t intervene here (also very surprised the original decision was a YC)…

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    2. Chefren22 August 2024 at 21:34

      VAR intervened, the referee confirmed YC. It's a clear RC looking at how player enters the challenge with both legs, absolutely, he knows that he can endanger opponent's safety. I think the only small argument for talking about YC, but stll a mistake if you ask me, is only the exact point of impact and how much player suffered the injury, but this shouldn't be relevant for issuing such clear red card...

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    3. Elliot22 August 2024 at 21:35

      VAR did intervene, referee just didn't follow the advice :) Indeed I guess you can, even if I don't understand Welsh, hear how sure the commentator is about this being a red card and then his reaction when Hamiti upholds his decision...

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    4. Michael22 August 2024 at 22:45

      Surely even if the player missed the opponent it would still be a RC for SFP? Just as well it had no bearing on the match with TNS winning 3-0.

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  17. Elliot22 August 2024 at 21:37

    https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/4BO6VR/josip-ilicic-sparkade-ner-besard-sabovic-i-djurgardens-match-mot-maribor

    Is the video in this article geoblocked? (I don't think it should be). Only a yellow card to Ilicic from Vergoote for this incident, no intervention from Lambrechts, imo clear VC

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    1. Chefren22 August 2024 at 21:54

      The video works here. Well, we must give up. If this is not a violent conduct, I definitely don't know what a player should do to be sent off... this is clearly a VC also according to modern UEFA guidelines about intensity and trying to avoid red cards at all cost... unacceptable mistake by Belgian VAR.

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    2. Elliot22 August 2024 at 22:02

      Good to know it works for future purposes :) Indeed, I can only agree with you on the rest

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  18. Forlan22 August 2024 at 21:52

    3 pks and a RC given by Culina in Vikingur:Santa Coloma!

    Must have been a challenging game, anyone has videos or replays?

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  19. Chefren22 August 2024 at 22:03

    In the 20' minute of Lens - Panathinaikos, Hungarian referee Gergő Bogár was called to OFR for assessing a possible straight RC.
    Here a picture:
    https://ibb.co/mcMcgxz
    It was in my opinion an accidental stepping on opponent who was lying down (the player couldn't be aware of him before).
    Very long analysis, the referee was clearly unsure. Then, he decided for the RC. These situations are always controversial because in my opinion you must be sure that the player acts in full disregard of opponent, but this wasn't the case, I think, and the most common mistake by referees (and VARs), still in my opinion of course, is to think that just this kind of contact should be always punished by a RC.

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    1. Chefren23 August 2024 at 04:47

      https://dubz.co/c/b70424
      Here the video, to explain better my opinion, but I think it's clear, when opponent started with tackle, the player was already running very close to him so he couldn't know about this action and he couldn't stop definitely in the right time.

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    2. referee observer23 August 2024 at 07:57

      Is there a video with the handball incident?

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    3. Chefren23 August 2024 at 11:35

      Yes, here:
      https://streambug.org/cv/02c71c
      In my opinion good intervention, the arm was in the expected position, close to body, impossible to ask to defender to remove it, correct decision to revoke penalty.

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    4. referee observer23 August 2024 at 15:10

      I disagree. Hand in unnatural position. Bad intervention once whistled.

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  20. Groule23 August 2024 at 00:26

    Does anyone have the Highliths of : Klaksvik - HJK? by Lawrence Visser ?

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    1. Mikko23 August 2024 at 05:35

      https://youtu.be/jrtASYfPBa4

      At least the 2YC is there.

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    2. Groule23 August 2024 at 14:00

      Thanks for the link :)

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  21. Chefren23 August 2024 at 11:28

    Cluj - Pafos
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCVubgdHnHM
    01:30 red card after OFR, violent conduct

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  22. Chefren23 August 2024 at 14:04

    Here the higlights of Culina game in Reykjavik:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB4W90-nxKE
    01:00 First Penalty looks correct decision for the unfair upper contact by defender, Croatian referee needed VAR for assessing the red card for DOGSO, he had given YC, maybe thinking about a genuine attempt to play ball or SPA
    02:00 Second Penalty, handball, whistled live, looks correct, I think player was booked for SPA
    02:55 Third Penalty, another handball, again detected live.

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    1. Chefren23 August 2024 at 14:05

      And another VAR intervention in the very last minute of the game for the last goal scored by home team, wrong offside flag by AR1.

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  23. Chefren23 August 2024 at 14:16

    Omonia - Zirə, Juri Frischer EST
    https://streambug.org/cv/23556c
    OFR for penalty, should be for the situation on the goal line with keeper bringing down attacker, totally missed live by referee, as you can see. Also, penalty repeatedfor the extremely blatant infringment by defender who then participated in the action, impeding attacker to reach ball after the missed penalty.

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  24. Chefren23 August 2024 at 19:27

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiwHooSyfeQ
    Lincoln - Larne, honestly the 0-1 should have been detected by AR1, one can't believe the goal was missed and the officials needed VAR.
    I'm always at assistant referees side, but in this case... a must see, even if ball was quick in the net, too evident.

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  25. Euro Soccer Ref23 August 2024 at 20:08

    Highlights of Christopher Kavanagh's performance in Legia Warszawa - FC Drita:

    https://files.fm/u/8j4rjg3hx2

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