2024-25 UEFA Champions League Matchday 6, second set of games, to be played on 11 December 2024.
18:45 CET - Madrid (Riyadh Air Metropolitano)
CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP) - ŠK SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK)
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Mangirdas Mirauskas LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas LTU
Fourth Official: Mindaugas Jackus LTU
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI
UEFA Referee Observer: Howard Webb ENG
UEFA Delegate: Edy Kindle LIE
18:45 CET - Villeneuve-d’Ascq (Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy)
LOSC LILLE (FRA) - SK STURM GRAZ (AUT)
Referee: Georgi Kabakov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov BUL
Fourth Official: Dragomir Draganov BUL
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Peter Bankes ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav BIH
UEFA Delegate: Renáta Tomášová SVK
21:00 CET - Dortmund (Signal Iduna Park)
BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER) - FC BARCELONA (ESP)
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Michális Argyroú CYP
UEFA Delegate: Marko Simeunovič SVN
21:00 CET - Turin (Allianz Stadium)
JUVENTUS (ITA) - MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG)
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Erwan Christophe Finjean FRA
Fourth Official: Mathieu Vernice FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Willy Delajod FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benoît Millot FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Hansson SWE
UEFA Delegate: Rudolf Řepka CZE
21:00 CET - Lisbon (Estádio do SL Benfica)
SL BENFICA (POR) - BOLOGNA FC 1909 (ITA)
Referee: Radu Marian Petrescu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Adrian Ștefan Ghinguleac ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu ROU
Fourth Official: Marcel Bîrsan ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alen Borošak SVN
UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP
UEFA Delegate: Michael O’Brien ENG
21:00 CET - London (Emirates Stadium)
ARSENAL FC (ENG) - AS MONACO FC (FRA)
Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio ITA
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Gylfi Þór Orrason ISL
UEFA Delegate: Peter Lundström FIN
21:00 CET - Milan (Stadio San Siro)
AC MILAN (ITA) - FK CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB)
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez ESP
Fourth Official: Francisco José Hernández Maeso ESP
Video Assistant Referee: César Soto Grado ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen FRO
UEFA Delegate: Michael Kirchner GER
21:00 CET - Rotterdam (Stadion Feijenoord ‘De Kuip’)
FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM (NED) - AC SPARTA PRAHA (CZE)
Referee: Tobias Stieler GER
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Borsch GER
Fourth Official: Matthias Jöllenbeck GER
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Alan Mario Sant MLT
UEFA Delegate: Fernand Meese BEL
21:00 CET - Stuttgart (MHP Arena)
VFB STUTTGART (GER) - BSC YOUNG BOYS (SUI)
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Zaza Pipia GEO
Fourth Official: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL
UEFA Delegate: Patrick Wattebled FRA
Still many technical issues on uefa site about the release of appointments, never solved by years!
ReplyDeleteWhere is Kružliak?
ReplyDeleteAnd no Gozubuyuk, only one UCL game for him so far.
after disaster performance in conference league heidenheim-chelsea, a well deserved "non-appointment" for gozubuyuk...
DeleteA lot of repetitions from MD5, actually all but Massa, Stieler and Kruashvili.
ReplyDeleteThis also means an extended CL break for Nyberg, Schärer, Gözübüyük, Hernandez, Guida, Siebert, Eskas, Kruzliak and Grinfeeld.
Quite remarkable, that several First Group referees get a third game, but those Elite referees stay with one or two appointments.
So Velasco Carballo switched on Petrescu. More or less we know now all names in contention for promotion. There have been many observations by committee members, one must say. Clearly more than the past, and unless surprises we should know who will get the Elite honor staring from next month. At moment the most questionable situation is for Obrenovic, who had that poor performance under the eyes of Rosetti, but knowing how committee worked in the years (very long time following a name, and if it must go, it will go...), well, we can expect him as Elite as well. Plus, this is a referee coming from the nation of a committee member.
ReplyDeleteAbout the rest, indeed many referees repeating from previous matchday and others seem to have left for a rather long time the Champions League. Philipp wrote a list, I think you can have explanations for most of the names, while for others it's not fully clear. Most unclear situation for me is the one involving Gozubuyuk who didn't make significant field mistakes, and Kruzliak as well.
Nevertheless I think we will see them in Europa League, very likely.
The mistake made by Scharer regarding his last penalty in Champions League seems to have caused big astonishment in committee. Same but maybe a bit less for Nyberg, as he got at least TOT - ROM in Europa League. Names like Siebert and Hernandez have been always used in a weird way, so we can consider also their management rather normal.
Another top game for Letexier and we can easily understand how much his performance in Liverpool was liked (no doubts).
Kabakov back in Champions League: I think that it's absolutely clear he deserved that. The Bulgarian recovered after a very poor period and now he will have his chances to be promoted, but maybe at the next updates and not now. It's good because he is a referee from a totally neutral country, in the meaning that at top level, he can officiate all games, differently from other referees.
Committee has always looked for such profiles (see Treimanis and so on). You can see that, despite of having had a Bulgarian VAR in recent times, for this one in CL Kabakov will get a foreign VAR crew.
This is how committee works: as long as they are not interested in a referee, but they have just to appoint him, no matter about the VAR. When they understand a path is possible and he can give more, a more "careful" assignment is made, with a selected VAR...
Very good path for Lukjančukas, nice observer for him in Madrid, a rather expected win for Atlético and maybe another easy duty for him, but you can' know before and you can't blame him so far for what he did recently.
Turpin as we predicted for Turin, here no risk, even in case of poor performance, nothing worrying for committee will happen, given the status of the French. Good strategy for them, but here could be discussion under a human point of view.
Stieler with a regular assignment, as well as Massa, I expect now Guida in Europa League or maybe even Conference. Second CL appearance for Kruashvili, hoping for him a better performance than the debut.
Jesus Gil Manzano always with Italian teams... this one is rather sub standard for him, but.. as said, Italian team involved and Milan is not Inter, this is a different match where the Serbian side can say definitely more in my opinion. Otherwise, take as example a possible Barcelona - Crvena Zvezda, committee would have made a totally different assignment, with even a Cat. 1 possible.
In the appointments of Italian clubs, there seems to be also an analysis (maybe added by Rosetti) about the current form of the team, and not only the name.
Clément Turpin with a different AR this time as Benjamin Pagès got injured in the last Ligue 1 game a week ago.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.facebook.com/share/p/oZYXFjTAHvEd5oBw/
The spread of appointments this years has been quite astonishing with so many repeats as mentioned - Just totally unnecessary IMO!
ReplyDeleteMichael Oliver with 4 appointments in a row and his 5th appointment already!
DeleteI hope that these repetitions do not discourage some referees. Names like Nyberg, Eskas and Scharer are promising officials. The first two refereed the finals of the U-20 and U-2017 World Cups last year respectively, while the Swiss referee was in charge of the Super Cup in Warsaw. Motivation is an important value for the development of a referee in any continental and international competition.
DeleteThe Rumšas/Lukjančukas situation reminds me of Eskas/Nyberg back then. A country (Lithuania) that apparently can have only one Elite spot and they don’t know who has the most potential. To add, demoting a referee is a sensitive issue in some countries, so they really have to be sure with Rumšas and Lukjančukas. The former is only 36 years old. The few times I saw Lukjančukas, I had the idea that he is a modern referee (the type of referee with a style that is “liked” by this Refcom…)
ReplyDeleteThat said: how is it possible that Slovenia can have two Elite spots? I guess, the standard answer is politics. But this country has a low UEFA and FIFA ranking. Lower than Sweden, or did I miss something? To compare: two spots is the same as what Netherlands has as a limit.
Btw, if Rosetti takes himself seriously, Obrenovič won’t get promoted after the disgrace in Monaco. What is the purpose of such an observation, then? You might as well sit in front of your TV and sweep it under the carpet. But now, he was there in the stadium and everyone knows it. He will make himself look like a fool if Obrenovič will be promoted.
Actually, Rosetti 'made himself look like a fool' so many times that one more will not matter ;)
DeleteAgreed, you are right. The Taylor-Germany-Spain case - about-face after two months; you can't get lower than that.
DeleteNot just Taylor. The disastrous management of top referees in general. The ultimate low was reached at tbe EUROs (2021 and 2024).
DeleteWe can talk endlessly about specific cases.
- Cakir (EURO 2021 and afterwards)
- Makkelie (after PSG and ungoing)
- Siebert (burned in that Atletico game, there were more sensible options available)
- Marciniak (EURO 2024 - offended in front of his colleagues)
- Taylor (after the Roma game - Rosetti hugged Mourinho?)
- Favoritism of Italian- and Slovenian referees. Rosetti is not a strong leader unfortunately; he’s just Ceferins puppet.
This is my overall impression: In Rosetti's era the performances of the referees improved a lot, and it was not only thanks to the introduction of VAR. But the management was often questionable to say it mildly, and at the final tournaments it was a total disaster.
DeleteAs it was not yet said, we can add:
At Euro 2020:
- overusing Brych in the KO stage
- burning Lahoz in the last GS game while he recently had the UCL final
- two Dutch referees in the semifinal and final
At Euro 2024:
- forgetting one of Scharer's AR has Portugiese roots
- appointmenting Kovacs in the last GS game that influenced Hungary's qualification
- sending Makkelie home for unknown reasons
- sending Vinic straigth to the SF after a huge break
- incredibly failing to offer Orsato a deserved farewell game
And I am sure that there is more. This one was just a quick memory exercise without even searching on web.
@matei14: I would not have appointed Zwayer for an England game either after his dispute with Bellingham a few years ago - I find it more than unwise that this took place in the semi-finals which meant that he was already in the crossfire of criticism before the match was even kicked off.
DeleteAgree.
DeleteAnd two English with the German national team in a row (R16 + QF), with Attwell twice behind the monitor.
Taylor in the big QF clash (ESP-GER) while his form had been poor the whole season.
Maybe somebody among the names that we were expecting in Champions League will be here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_FIFA_Intercontinental_Cup
ReplyDeleteGiven that there are three games in a rather short time (one week) in Qatar, it's possible that all the officials were selected together like for a tournament, but so far no information by our friends from Arbitro Internacional, not even for Wednesday game.
Kruzliak could be maybe an option... we'll see.
Kružliak whistles in the domestic league (15.12.: Skalica- Žilina)
DeleteOT: David Coote has been sacked by the PGMOL.
ReplyDeleteNot really a surprising outcome considering all the allegations against him - it was always going to be difficult to come back from that!
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 - 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲
DeleteFollowing the conclusion of a thorough investigation into David Coote’s conduct, his employment with PGMOL has been terminated today with immediate effect.
David Coote’s actions were found to be in serious breach of the provisions of his employment contract, with his position deemed untenable.
Supporting David Coote continues to be important to us and we remain committed to his welfare.
David Coote has a right to appeal the decision to terminate his employment.
https://x.com/FA_PGMOL/status/1866151530086248544?t=gmfaknSkeDcA32Tsas2BgA&s=19
DeleteInterestingly, even after Coote was fired, Klopp did not lift a finger to sue him for defamation. The right thing to do for the German would be to do so. But there is a saying that goes: when ignorance speaks louder, intelligence is silent.
DeleteIt always depends on the character of the people, for example if I were Klopp, I would not take any action. In the end, unfortunately, we can understand the reasons why Coote made those statements, for me it would be excessive even to be cruel against him. The English referee has already met his fate.
DeleteAlso - Dankert & Brand are the VAR team on Oliver's match
ReplyDeleteVan Boekel is AVAR on Vincic's match.
Still no AVAR on Taylor's match - I'm presuming Gillett with Banks as Jared also working as AVAR for Wednesday's match.
Just to clarify, since UEFA site is having many issues, I think these delayed publications of some names, are just for that reason and not because appointments still missing. There are a lot of missing names in Women's CL games as well.
DeleteDanny Makkelie has been appointed to officiate the "derby of America" between Botafogo and Pachuca at 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, tomorrow, December 11th in Doha
ReplyDeleteThanks, I was looking for this appointment, but strange this time Arbitro Internacional didn't publish it!
DeleteAnother UEFA guest at a CONMEBOL tournament, Andrea Colombo has been invited to officiate at 2025 South American U-20 Championship in Venezuela on next month. It's confirmed, only Italian, Spanish and Portuguese referees go to officiate there from Europe. I can't remember referees from other countries.
ReplyDeleteWojciech Myć (1989) and Patryk Gryckiewicz (1995) will be the new Polish FIFA referees from January.
ReplyDeleteThey replace Stefanski and Frankowski, seems like for the latter the loss of FIFA badge was included in his 6-month punishment by Polish RefCom.
As I already wrote under first UCL post, according to Polish journalist, Krzysztof Marciniak, Frankowski was submitted but FIFA rejected him.
DeleteWhat a stupid way to lose your international badge, director: Frankowski.
DeleteWhat about Musial? Confirmed as VMO in the FIFA 2025 list?
DeleteNo.
DeleteInterestingly, the Polish FA published the lists (most likely) in order of internal classification - as they are submitted to FIFA.
Referees:
Marciniak, Sylwestrzak, Raczkowski, Kuźma, Kos, Gryckiewicz, Myć
Female Referees:
Augustyn, Diakow, Adamska, Lisiecka-Sęk
Assistant Referees:
Sokolnicki, Listkiewicz, Kupsik, Heinig, Winkler, Arys, Boniek, Wójcik, Golis, Karasewicz
Female Assistant Referees:
Baranowska, Bukarowicz, Ulanowska, Mostowska, Fijarczyk, Stokłosa, Zygmond
VARs:
Kwiatkowski, Malec, Lasyk, Stefański, Marciniak, Raczkowski, Pskit, Myć, Sylwestrzak
RB LEIPZIG - ASTON VILLA FC
ReplyDeleteMariani, Giallatini, Bindoni, Marchetti (Di Paolo, Chiffi)
KMIs
41' - Goal AVL disallowed for offside (AR2)
https://streambug.org/cv/f5472c
58' - After VAR intervention, goal AVL disallowed for offside (AR1); technically, the advantage was quite poor and it was better to give a FK and issue a YC for SPA but fortunately for Mariani, Aston Villa managed to create a good attack - impossible to blame Giallatini as the offside was marginal
https://streambug.org/cv/5e5834
61' - Good onside by AR2 at goal RBL
https://streambug.org/cv/19914a
Other incidents:
20' https://streambug.org/cv/f3abaa
22' https://streambug.org/cv/655335
23' https://streambug.org/cv/45ccc1
32' https://streambug.org/cv/2c3e53
45' https://streambug.org/cv/bb1515
48' https://streambug.org/cv/f0e7a0
56' https://streambug.org/cv/20ccb2
57' https://streambug.org/cv/655e82
60' https://streambug.org/cv/8a7306
75' https://streambug.org/cv/bbe581
79' https://streambug.org/cv/34417b
81' https://streambug.org/cv/ff5048
88' https://streambug.org/cv/af9179
90', 90+3' https://streambug.org/cv/5c1e0a
90+2' https://streambug.org/cv/461096
90+3' https://streambug.org/cv/4917e5
90+4' https://streambug.org/cv/189e4a
Zero tolerance of dissent - good YCs in 45' and 81' (here, the FK was indeed veeery soft). The YC in 79' came very late, with no clear reason (reckless, most likely). A couple of good advantages after offside in 75' and 87'. Apart from that, not a challenging game for the referee who succeeded with a rather laidback approach.
Lille - Sturm Graz
ReplyDelete16' Soft penalty awarded by Kabakov and VAR call for OFR. Final decision: dropped ball.
I didn't expect VAR calling Kabakov to the monitor, tbh.
DeleteVery likely, any VAR stuck to the protocol wouldn't have called because there's a charge, even though not enough for a penalty.
DeleteHere a video:
Deletehttps://streambug.org/cv/af59c6
OK, no penalty in the end can see many people agree.
But... never, absolutely never clear and obvious mistake.
Do you expect all VARs taking same action here?
It's impossible, so what is the use of having VAR when there are always discretionary assessments? This can be more penalty than other situations in which VAR doesn't intervene.
Players have learnt how to cheat the VAR system. They see some referees get scared and start blowing the whistle for the slightest of reasons. Absurd penalties like yesterday's from Meler are becoming more common.
DeleteI agree
DeleteUCL LP, MD 6
ReplyDeleteAtletico Madrid (ESP) - Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
R: M.Lukjančukas(LTU) VAR: Ch. Dingert (GER)
18' Not error but, advantage could been given to Slo after Atl12 holding on Slo4
24' Offside signalized by AR1, but it looked OK to me
45+2' R correctly asked to retake free kick, because ball was not stationary
The Lithuanian referee always with easy games, maybe next one will be thougher :)
DeleteAnd now he makes a ridiculous penalty decision after signal from VAR. I guess I don't understand football anymore. Ball was long gone, nobody was even considering to call for a penalty here. Absurd.
Delete49' Was that a serious missed incident that should have led to an OFR? I'm seeing a lack of consistency this evening.
DeleteThat foul is ok when whistled by the referee, but an intervention from the VAR booth is very questionable.
Another VAR intervention I can't explain. It's strange because it seems that starting from today UEFA VARs have started to work differently. Maybe some advices by Rosetti after yesterday's games? Both decisions in Madrid and Lille wouldn't have occurred on past weeks, I'm sure.
Delete50' Penalty given to Slo after OFR, IMO accidental contact not easy to spot live
Delete70' IMO R should give YC to Slo88 for simulation, very theatral dive on the edge of penalty area
74' R correctly delayed restart after not so hard shot to head of Slo23
84' Pottential YC to Slo23 for illegal use of arms
2' in Lisbon - poor decision by AR2 - very clear missed offside.
ReplyDeleteEasy VAR overrule to cancel the goal.
Romanian assistant referees definitely not at CL level.
DeleteYou can't miss this offside! Imagine without VAR.
Nevertheless, with technology today not too much to be worried for Velasco Carballo...
Eduard Beitinger replaces Christian Gittelmann
ReplyDeleteGood call from AR1 Mugnier for Barcelona goal.
ReplyDeleteI found it strange that when Raphinha scored, Borussia's defense was sure it was offside. Even the goalkeeper stopped and didn't defend.
ReplyDeleteClear penalty for Borussia. Cubarsi pushed Guirassy in the back, even though it was subtle.
ReplyDeletePoor timing and even mistake by AR2 in Kruashvili team, he raised flag for ball out during a promising attack. Very good that Georgian referee waited before whistling, then VAR checked and goal was allowed, but still... such situations must be avoided after so many years of VAR. I don't understand why for some assistant referees this is still so difficult.
ReplyDeletehttps://dubz.co/v/c6be65
The most interesting thing is that – despite the flag of AR2 – on field decision seemed to be goal. Therefore it was not really an intervention by VAR, only a confirmation. Management and communication leave room for improvement, definitely... But players should also learn to play on until there is a whistle.
DeleteI just put on the streaming and the commentators couldn't believe it (it's working hours here)
DeleteYes in the end no issues, Cassius, but there are always signals that something could go wrong regarding the VAR protocol, and this absolutely shouldn't happen after so many years... but yes, since we have some referees doing that in serie A every now and then, without waiting, maybe it's really hard to change the mind and to be always cool...
DeleteYes, he raises the flag too early, that is a mistake. These things shouldn't happen.
DeleteBut what I find even worse in this regard, is the fact that the AR tries to solve the issue himself by taking the flag down again without any communication with the ref. This caused even more confusion amongst YB-players and is simply inacceptable at this level. Once the flag is up it has to stay up, there is no way an AR can decide by himself to lower the flag again.
MIL-ZVE
ReplyDelete58' Very good no penalty decision for Gil Manzano
Marginal stamp on foot, never punishable
I don't know what is worse for football, UEFA with its referees and guidelines or FIFA with its tournaments.
ReplyDeletehttps://streamff.com/v/8ee0719b
ReplyDeleteHere the penalty from Borussia - Barcelona.
Looks that the attacker is in offside at the moment of the shot, but indeed contact even before ball is kicked, so penalty comes before offside.
For me, it doesn't really matter if he was offside or not anyway, since he's not committing an offence by just being there
DeleteA little push for a 2 meter tall guy is enough to make him fall like that? Come on...
DeleteThat’s my issue with such PK calls as well. I just don’t like it. Or the guidelines. Whatever.
DeleteEarlier this evening I watched a Women (!) handball game, and I can tell you, they don't fall that easily. Football players can learn something from other sports. VAR era made it worse.
Only watching Petrescu in Lissabon with one eye: But there seemes to be a discussion each minute. It looks like he is struggling to keep control, now YC for coach, the 9th YC of the game. Does anyone watch the game more carefully?
ReplyDeleteExcellent Letexier's AR1 Mugnier tonight. Two tight correct onside calls for goals 0-1 and 2-3. AR2 also very good with onside 2-2 and Dortmund's many offsides, but maybe one wrong tight offside in about minute 82.
ReplyDeleteRomania FIFA List
ReplyDeleteSzabolcs Kovacs and Rareș George Vidican will replace Ovidiu Alin Hațegan and Marcel Bîrsan. In addition, Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe will leave the list.
Referees:
Istvan Kovacs, Petrescu, Feșnic, Barbu, Chivulete, Szabolcs Kovacs (new), Vidican (new)
Female Referees:
Demetrescu, Peșu, Terteleac, Timiș
Assistant Referees:
Marica, Grigoriu, Ghinguleac, Neacșu, Marinescu, Artene, Avram, Cerei, Tunyogi, Badea (new)
Female Assistant Referees:
Țepușă, Ivanov, Constantinescu, Nan, Apostu, Florea (new), Șușcă (new)
VARs:
Hațegan, Popa, Colțescu, Costreie (new), Petrescu, Bîrsan, Chivulete, Feșnic, Barbu
Female VARs:
Trandafir, Demetrescu, Peșu
Portugal
DeleteReferees:
Tiago Martins, Fábio Veríssimo, João Pinheiro, Luís Godinho, António Nobre, Gustavo Correia, Miguel Nogueira, Cláudio Pereira, João Gonçalves
Female Referees:
Sandra Bastos, Catarina Campos, Teresa Oliveira, Filipa Cunha, Sara Moreira Alves
Assistant Referees:
Nélson Pereira, Rui Teixeira, Pedro Mota, Paulo Brás, Pedro Ribeiro, Bruno Jesus, Tiago Costa, Pedro Martins, Luciano Maia, André Dias
Female Assistant Referees:
Andreia Sousa, Sandrine Santos, Vanessa Gomes, Cátia Tavares, Ana Lóide Silva, Raquel Pinho, Cristiana Costa
VARs:
Tiago Martins, João Pinheiro, Luís Godinho, André Narciso, Fábio Melo, Hélder Malheiro, António Nobre, Gustavo Correia, Bruno Esteves, Hélder Carvalho
Female VARs:
Catarina Campos
Norway
DeleteDaniel Higraff and Marius Hansen Grøtta will replace Sivert Øksnes Amland and Kai Erik Steen.
Referees:
Eskås, Saggi, Hagenes, Aslam, Kringstad, Grøtta (new), Higraff (new)
Female Referees:
Nervik, Torkelsen, Jensen, Zangeneh
Assistant Referees:
Engan, Bashevkin, Dale, Jensen, Ytterland, Valstadsve, Grønevik, Haukåsen, Rossland, Langseth
Female Assistant Referees:
Løkkeberg, Nymoen, Thoresen, Reiten, Poppen
VARs:
Hagen, Steen, Hagenes, Kringstad, Aslam
Female VARs:
Torkelsen, Løkkeberg
In Norway, Daniel Higraff (1992) & Marius Hansen Grøtta (1993) join the FIFA list, replacing Sivert Amland & Kai-Erik Steen.
DeleteWhat happened in Milan -Zvezda match?
ReplyDeleteI hear that Zvezda are saying that Gil Manzano was total disgrace.
Im no Turpinfan,but today he showed why he is top 3 in Europe with his masterclass performance.
ReplyDeleteMatch under control,all 3 bookings were fair,especially Bernardo's one was great were he isolated only him and showed him YC for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
What about Milan’s second goal??? Silence??? Clear foul before corner kick, Spaniard acting blind! Clear foul at the goal line just before goal, pushing - again blind! These people have no shame! The same ref was 4 years ago and did the same thing! If there was the same situation in Milan PK area this would be foul 1000%! In this season at least 2, probably 3 CLEAR PK were not whistle for Red Star. Refs are destroying weaker team every time. Shameless.
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DeleteAlthough I don’t like the way you phrased the post, I don’t understand how there is not a single comment here about a clear foul on Milan 2nd goal
DeleteTopics:
Delete*PAI No penalty 58'
*Foul in APP before Red Star goal?
*Foul in APP before the corner kick that led to 2-1?
*Foul in APP on Red Star defender before the goal for 2-1
I hope someone from blog admins will share his opinion with us...
I will try to give my opinion soon, didn't watch the game, but I heard about the controversial incidents, no time to make that so far. Let me also add that Lincoln comment should be deleted, I'm sorry but please change your words.
DeleteAm I the only one who finds Stieler and his leadership very underrated?
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to put into words, but compared to Zwayer and Siebert, Stieler brings a certain calmness and maturity to the pitch and it gives the players and viewers instantly the feeling that “everything will be alright”. Difficult to explain!
Let's say that committee was not that much interested in that when they assessed him after Atalanta - Real Madrid, but still, after so many years, never a chance to come back despite of being always available and appointed is indeed without explanation. Even more when both Zwayer and Siebert had bad times... he was given some good games, but the new process to become nr. 1 never started.
DeleteI unterstand well what you mean. as far as I know, Stieler has a masters degree in psychology. obviously he knows how to bring this knowledge into play.
ReplyDeleteHe works as a sports psychologist.
DeleteAbout the new FIFA list for Romania, as it was not said yet: Remarkably, at 48 yo, Vasile Marinescu is still confirmed for another year. In my opinion, he is the best AR from Romania, but I was expecting him to retire. Huge experience for him, he was AR1 for a very long time in Kovacs's team and helped him progress to the highest level. Understandably, the latter decided to change his ARs at the begining of the season to prepare for the 2026 WC and while Ovidiu Artene found his place with Marian Barbu and helped him in some good games for the latter, Vasile Marinescu was not really integrated in another trio. Anyway, the consolidated trios are: Kovacs-Marica-Tunyogi, Petrescu-Ghinguleac-Grigoriu, Fesnic-Avram-Cerei, Barbu-Artene-Bucsi. I can only guess that Marinescu was kept to help Kovacs Jr. in some games at the begining.
ReplyDeleteIs a the new romanian FIFA referee Szabolcs Kovacs a relative of the more famous Istvan?
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised by the demotion of the norvegian Erik Steen; I guess some years ago he was considered as a very promising talent like as Saggi. What happened ?
Szabolcs and Istvan are brothers
DeleteAnd Szabolcs looks like a clone of István. Similar style of running, body language, lanyard, card showing procedure...
DeleteFinally, I can manage to publish the incidents from Milan - Crvena Zvezda, thank to DrMr for having reported key minutes.
ReplyDelete58' PAI, possible step on foot
https://streambug.org/cv/a1aa1e
Correct decision to play on, no foul, maybe Gil Manzano assessed an action on the ball, but he took as well the correct decision. One must also say that from his position this was a rather very hard assessment. Absolutely correct NO VAR intervention.
67' Possible foul before 1-1 by Crvena Zvezda.
https://streambug.org/cv/e0cc8c
I agree with commentator that this was a physical challenge, I find correct by VAR to support the referee decision, but an expected field decision in this case can be foul. Don't know which style the Spanish used in the game. It remains a possible foul but UEFA shoul be OK with no intervention.
87' Just one single video about the possible two fouls before goal by Milan. At first, before corner, then after corner.
https://streambug.org/cv/4426b7
Hard to say about the situation before corner, I think we can only say Gil Manzano didn't see it, but maybe not enough for VAR. Then, in my opinion, clear foul before goal. Best replay 01:27 - 01:28 in the video, the defender is pushed to ground in a very "clever" (for attacker) manner. About VAR, it's always same problem, this action even if blatant for some aspects, can belong to the very grey area, upper contact, push. The intensity is not high but one must admit, attacker reached his goal. For me if Gil Manzano had rewatched situation, he would have annulled the goal, but I'm in trouble to say this was 100% something for VAR. Maybe I can just say a VAR intervention wouldn't have been a scandal, nevertheless when we talk about such incidents, it's more than hard to find consistency.
Did Kruashvili do the right thing in assessing the goal scored in the 53rd minute? Did the ball leave the field? (stuttgart - young boys)
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