2024-25 UEFA Youth League, KO Stage. Referee assignments for Round of 16, single ties.
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| Miloš Milanović SRB will referee Real Madrid - AZ Alkmaar |
Tuesday 4 March 2025
14:00 CET - Liefering (Akademie Salzburg)
FC SALZBURG (AUT) - CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP)
Referee: Jakob Sundberg DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Deniz Yurdakul DEN
Fourth Official: Daniel Pfister AUT
UEFA Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller AUT
UEFA Delegate: Rachid Sidi FRA
FC SALZBURG (AUT) - CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP)
Referee: Jakob Sundberg DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Deniz Yurdakul DEN
Fourth Official: Daniel Pfister AUT
UEFA Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller AUT
UEFA Delegate: Rachid Sidi FRA
16:00 CET - Birmingham (Villa Park)
ASTON VILLA FC (ENG) - BARCELONA CF (ESP)
ASTON VILLA FC (ENG) - BARCELONA CF (ESP)
Referee: Ante Čulina CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pušić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Dario Kolarević CRO
Fourth Official: Scott Tallis ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Stephen Tanner ENG
UEFA Delegate: Haraldur Haraldsson ISL
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pušić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Dario Kolarević CRO
Fourth Official: Scott Tallis ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Stephen Tanner ENG
UEFA Delegate: Haraldur Haraldsson ISL
Wednesday 5 March 2025
14:00 CET - Alcochete (Stadium Aurélio Pereira)
SPORTING CP (POR) - VFB STUTTGART (GER)
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits EST
Assistant Referee 1: Aron Härsing EST
Assistant Referee 2: Petteri Schultz EST
Fourth Official: Fa Braima Sanha POR
UEFA Referee Observer: João Ferreira POR
UEFA Delegate: Alexander Gruber AUT
SPORTING CP (POR) - VFB STUTTGART (GER)
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits EST
Assistant Referee 1: Aron Härsing EST
Assistant Referee 2: Petteri Schultz EST
Fourth Official: Fa Braima Sanha POR
UEFA Referee Observer: João Ferreira POR
UEFA Delegate: Alexander Gruber AUT
14:00 CET - Sinsheim (Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion)
TSG 1899 HOFFENHEIM - MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG)
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Geerolf BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Fourth Official: Tom Bauer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER
UEFA Delegate: Guy Portnyagin ISR
TSG 1899 HOFFENHEIM - MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG)
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Geerolf BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Fourth Official: Tom Bauer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER
UEFA Delegate: Guy Portnyagin ISR
15:30 CET - Graz (Stadion Graz Liebenau)
SK STURM GRAZ (AUT) - OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE)
Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Turkka Valjakka FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Juuso Mantere FIN
Fourth Official: Emil Ristoskov BUL
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Meßner AUT
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Kindle LIE
SK STURM GRAZ (AUT) - OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE)
Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Turkka Valjakka FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Juuso Mantere FIN
Fourth Official: Emil Ristoskov BUL
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Meßner AUT
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Kindle LIE
16:00 CET - Trabzon (Şenol Güneş Spor Kompleksi)
TRABZONSPOR (TUR) - ATALANTA BC (ITA)
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan De Groot NED
Fourth Official: İrfan Çağrı Baş TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Barış Şimşek TUR
UEFA Delegate: Irakli Nakaidze GEO
TRABZONSPOR (TUR) - ATALANTA BC (ITA)
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan De Groot NED
Fourth Official: İrfan Çağrı Baş TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Barış Şimşek TUR
UEFA Delegate: Irakli Nakaidze GEO
16:00 CET - Munich (FC Bayern Campus)
FC BAYERN MUNICH JUNIOR TEAM (GER) - FC INTERNAZIONALE (ITA)
FC BAYERN MUNICH JUNIOR TEAM (GER) - FC INTERNAZIONALE (ITA)
Referee: Antoni Bandić BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Amir Kadić BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Amir Kadić BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Josip Colić BIH
Fourth Official: Wolfgang Haslberger GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz AUT
UEFA Delegate: Vasko Dojcinovski MKD
Fourth Official: Wolfgang Haslberger GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz AUT
UEFA Delegate: Vasko Dojcinovski MKD
16:00 CET - Madrid (Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano)
REAL MADRID CF (ESP) - AZ ALKMAAR (NED)
Referee: Miloš Milanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Pašajlić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Novak Novaković SRB
Fourth Official: Fernando Bueno Prieto ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP
UEFA Delegate: Paul Larkin NIR
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Pašajlić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Novak Novaković SRB
Fourth Official: Fernando Bueno Prieto ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP
UEFA Delegate: Paul Larkin NIR
FIFA has published a list of new instructors.
ReplyDeleteHere:
https://www.mediafire.com/view/bvgk820igwr83t9/FIFA.jpg/file
So, when we see a UEFA appointment with an observer who is also a FIFA instructor, we can think about a special observation on the way to WC, both men and women.
Some examples today in Women's Nations League with Spinelli, new Italian FIFA instructor going to observe the Swiss referee recently promoted to Elite, Désirée Grundbacher, as well as Swedish Jenny Palmqvist in Italy - Denmark for Olatz Rivera Olmedo.
It is also reported there will be a FIFA seminary in the early days of March in Doha "FIFA Women Elite", with maybe the preselected referees for WC 2027. Will try to know more about that.
Still about the instructors, interesting to see that there aren't, at least on paper, bans for Russian officials and people working in Russia (otherwise they wouldn't have been confirmed / appointed). It's about Mazic and Ivanov.
A particular case is about Medina Cantalejo, if you ask me, definitely not a top ranked UEFA observer, rather the contrary (and very rarely appointed) but indeed a FIFA instructor. Different for Fernandez Borbalan, seen always in many games.
There are assistant referees specialists, and it's easy to understand who, then VAR instructors as well (among them Irrati), and I didn't know, former Hungarian FIFA referee Mihály Fábián now works as VAR Project Manager for OFC.
6 out of 15 AFC instructors (= 40% of them) from Jordan and Malaysia - what makes these two countries so influential in Asian refereeing?
DeleteAbout the seminars that FIFA is holding:
DeleteMen
AFC, CAF and OFC in Abu Dhabi at the end of January. This week in Buenos Aires is happening for CONMEBOL and CONCACAF, and in the last week of March in Zurich there will be a seminar for UEFA.
Women
Last week we had a seminar for CONCACAF in Costa Rica, at the beginning of March we will have one in Doha for AFC, CAF and OFC. In the following weeks, we will have one in Rio de Janeiro for CONMEBOL and finally one in Germany for UEFA.
Have you got futsal and beach soccer referee instructor list?
DeleteAnother great match with “big” team names for Serbian crew! Well done.
ReplyDeleteSome very important observer names annonced now in R16, at least 3 members of the RefCom from what I saw briefly. And also some of the FIFA instructors. No time to post them now, maybe someone else can.
ReplyDeleteRefCom member in Paris vs Liverpool for sure raised my eyebrows. Are they taking a gamble? Interesting..
DeleteBrugge/Villa - Rosetti (ITA)
ReplyDeleteMadrid/Atleti - Irvine (NIR)
PSV/Arsenal - Hauge (NOR)
Dortmund/Lille - Svilokos (CRO)
Feyenoord/Inter - Vazquez (ESP)
PSG/Liverpool -Carballo (ESP)
München/Leverkusen - Lannoy (FRA)
Benfica/Barca - Riley (ENG)
Thanks!
Delete2nd legs are released as well, except for Madrid derby, Inter and Dortmund.
Could you tell me where to find the observers?
ReplyDeleteNames of the observers that are known. First name is for the first leg, the second name for the return leg.
ReplyDeleteCHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Club Brugge - Aston Villa: Roberto Rosetti ITA/Domenico Messina ITA
Real Madrid - Atlético Madrid: Leslie Irvine NIR/???
PSV - Arsenal: Terje Hauge NOR/Bertrand Layec FRA
Dortmund - Lille: Vlado Svilokos CRO/???
Feyenoord - Inter: Bernardino González Vázquez ESP/???
PSG - Liverpool: Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP/Rune Pedersen NOR
Bayern - Leverkusen: Stéphane Lannoy FRA/Luis Medina Cantalejo ESP
Benfica - Barcelona: Mike Riley ENG/Björn Kuipers NED
EUROPA LEAGUE
AZ Alkmaar - Tottenham: Juan Antonio Fernandez Marin ESP/Alexandru Deaconu ROU
Real Sociedad - Manchester United: Nicola Rizzoli ITA/Lutz Michael Fröhlich GER
FCSB - Lyon: Haim Jakov ISR/Dejan Filipovic SRB
Fenerbahçe - Rangers: Stefano Podeschi SMR/???
Viktoria Plzen - Lazio: Howard Webb ENG/Drago Kos SVN
Bodo Glimt - Olympiacos: Tomasz Mikulski POL/???
Ajax - Frankfurt: David Fernández Borbalán ESP/???
Rome - Athletic Bilbao: ???/???
CONFERENCE LEAGUE
Real Betis - Vitória SC: Sokol Jareci ALB/Vladimir Petrov UKR
Panathinaikos - Fiorentina: Pascal Pierre Garibian FRA/Frank De Bleeckere BEL
Molde - Legia Warszawa: Martin Atkinson ENG/Konrad Plautz AUT
Copenhagen - Chelsea: Jan W. Wegereef NED/Carlos Gómez ESP
Jagiellonia - Cercle Brugge: Jon Skjervold NOR/Levan Paniashvili GEO
Celje - Lugano: Alain Hamer LUX/Thomas Einwaller AUT
Borac - SK Rapid: Itchko Lozev BUL/João Ferreira POR
Pafos - Djurgarden: Uno Tutk EST/???
What’s going on with Roma :)
DeleteWow once again Roma without any appointment. Committee Is incredible! ;) It Is likes they have Always to elect a new pope...
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DeleteAfter 11 years Slovak FA Referees commitee chairman Marian Ruzbarsky resigned from his office, as he said due personal and employment reasons. In fact there was long anti campaign towards him, mainly thru anonymous e-mails regularly sended to top tier, after some time to most of Slovak referees and lastly to Slovak sport medias.
ReplyDeleteWe, must say that some of the informations had point (f.ex. not publishing view to problematic situations from last week), but most of them were tabloid and if they were true, they should be solved inside FA.
One of the committee members Miroslav Jaška was put as chairman ad internim. New chairman should be ellected on conferention 7th of March. Posible candidats could be nominated until midnight 1st of March.
Any opinion on the penalty in Inter-Lazio Coppa Italia game?
ReplyDeleteLooked like right decision.
DeleteGigot unluckily hits Correa from behind as he was in very promising chance.
So YC and PK is correct decision.Also YC for Guendouzi for his reaction.
Chefren, who do you expect to be accompanied by a committee member next week?
ReplyDeleteI would consider Pinheiro in Brugge. In the play-off round he solved all KMI’s correctly without use of VAR. I think RefCom wants to see what else he can do this season, as a new Elite.
Another shout is of course Peljto, in good form, to see whether he is ready for a QF.
Furthermore, the #1 race in Italy and Germany are the most open ones. Quality of German referees are close to each other. Siebert did well recently, Rosetti probably noticed that as well. I would consider Massa as another possible name in Paris.
I think that Rosetti opted for the most suitable game for making this observation in CL Round of 16. Indeed as first consideration, I think the game between Club Brugge and Aston Villa can be described as the least "problematic" one of the set. Belgian side coming from an excellent qualification (I also think unexpected) and the English team enjoying the tournament as well. The names you mentioned are possible, in my opinion more the Bosnian than the Portuguese. The latter got a too easy task in Munich a few weeks ago and I think committee could have been a different choice, but having him in this game is possible as well. I would add Schaerer as further option, being maybe in a particular moment and with committee interested to understand more about him. I agree that it should be an observation for this reason and not for a potential final referee.
DeleteThanks; I’m leaning towards Pinheiro in Brugge - he had a decent Groupstage hadn’t he? Based on form Peljto could be ready for something ‘bigger’. This is indeed the least exciting pairing on paper, in terms of clubs and status. Perfect for a referee new at this stage.
DeleteWorth mentioning that there will be a German delegate in Paris next week, with Velasco Carballo as observer. Normally the referee team and delegate are not from the same country. If we eliminate the Spanish, Germans and Peljto & Oliver (just had PSG) — I predict it will be either Massa or Schärer in Paris.
Kuipers is observer in Barca-Benfica (return). That one is more difficult to predict.
I also like the idea of Pinheiro in Brugge.
DeleteBut in general, it is also possible, that the committee observers will be there for final candidates.
Especially in Paris, this seems more likely than a young, less experienced referee, I think. E.g. Kovacs could be observed by Velasco under that aspect.
About your remark on #1 in Italy and Germany:
I think, Massa and Zwayer quite clearly have this position at the moment.
Massa already had 3 important CL appointments this year, so he is clearly ahead of the injured Guida and the newly promoted Mariani.
And Zwayer - coming from a EURO SF - was a bit hidden in the GS, but the last PO appointments seem to confirm, he still is ahead of Siebert.
IMO in both cases, it is rather clear, who is considered for an European final and for WC26 (and maybe CWC25) from Germany and Italy.
Siebert has two EUROs and one World Cup in his palmares though.
DeleteIf Daniel Siebert can approach his old form again, I’m not sure there is a clear #1 in Germany, in terms of quality. The gap isn’t that big, is it?
With all the respect the fact that most people forgot/didn't even know the information
DeleteSiebert has 2 EUROs and WC says a lot...Of course, it is a great great achievement and it deserves great respect but the fact that he did not play a significant role in any of the three mentioned championships shows that Germany currently doesn't have a "big referee name" as it had in the past. And my personal opinion is that #1 in Germany is Zwayer in terms of quality and Siebert in terms of achievements (CV).
I hope no one gets mad/offended, I'm just stating my opinion. If I used some inappropriate language, I apologize in advance
Atleti - Real (return): Vassaras.
ReplyDeleteStill no white smoke in Rome… ;-)
The delay in Inter-Feyenoord is baffling. On paper one of the easier games — the Dutch side almost has no players available; to be precise 11 injuries and 1 suspension. Among them a lot key papers. They are already satisfied making it to R16. This game is by no means more difficult or more sensitive than the Madrid derby or PSG.
With Italian team involved, they go carefully, but yes, you can't compare Inter game with Roma's one, and I also think that Inter is at moment the least problematic Italian team for committee, but still, as you can see, they seems to be a bit concerned.
DeleteAfter Rebecca Welsh, it's today news that Cheryl Foster has decided to retire. It is reported the Welsh will have a role in English FA.
ReplyDeleteVAR calling: I recommend reversing the decision to spell Rebecca's last name with an "s" and replacing it with a "c".
DeleteAfter OFR, my final decision is "Rebecca Welch".
DeleteI appreciate it that the referee explains to the audience the final decision :)
DeleteVery risky appointment in Italy as Doveri is appointed for the big Napoli-Inter clash knowing his refereeing style.
ReplyDeleteEven though he is having a solid year so far.
Also wanted to mention that Chiffi is having a good year as well ( But I don't think we will see any of them in European competitions).
Thoughts?
Why do you think his appointment is risky? If I remember correctly, he has already refereed this match in Italy's Serie A three times and has not had any problems in any of these appearances.
DeleteWith Guida out, would have predicted more of Massa/Mariani, maybe also Colombo. And Doveri is a very particular referee.
DeleteBut maybe it's just my opinion
I think that Nerazzurri means Doveri's classic ultra lenient style, often reported here. In reality a non-refereeing. Playing on every situation, just relying on his own name and not booking anybody unless strictly required.
DeleteThere is a reason why Doveri was an international referee but not a top one, in Italy he is seen as a phenomenon, but he referees according to his standards. Unfortunately, the domestic committees accept all this and they only think about closing big matches without controversy, hence you have this situation where a referee feels allowed to do so.
I hope that on Saturday he can at least try to referee the match, otherwise everyone is good like this to just walk on the pitch.
Nerazzuri ,it's not just your opinion,it's also mine.
DeleteUltra lenient style where he just behaves like a ghost when needed to show cards,sometimes not watchable cause he is so stubborn with his style..
I'm not saying he should show cards cause I like it,but allowing everything on the pitch is ridiculous behaviour from ref's stand point.
Here are his last 10 matches and number of bookings:
0,1,4 ,2,0,2,2,2,4,2.
No reason for this low numbers other than his leniency.
We know how players in Serie A can behave with lot of protests,timewasting and rough fouls and to have 2 cards as your constant number is beyond me.
One of these matches were he miracolously showed 4 cards was Napoli-Atalanta were he was direct reason for players being in fighting mode at the end cause for the whole match he frutrated players cause of his no calls.
Title decider that 47 year old lenient ref gets.
That just shows in what state is Italian refereeing and that Rochhi would rather give biggest match of the season to ref with most experience in Serie A who has style that basically says players do what you want,than to appoint some CL or some other refs with international experience this season.
So 2 or 3 cards is prediction.
Hopefully we will enjoy the match cause I lost faith in Doveri long time ago.
Yeah that's exactly what I meant .
DeleteI really also hope he does well, for the sake of the game and how important it is .. But very questionable from Rocchi who has some other referees that he could appoint ... Although he wasn't lucky losing Guida to injury, Maresca just came back from injury after a great season last year, Colombo going to Venezuela to referee.
Big controversy in yesterday's top clash in Polish Cup QF Legia Warszawa - Jagiellonia Białystok. The referee was Piotr Lasyk, non-FIFA, very often used for biggest games, while VAR was Szymon Marciniak. In the past I wrote here that Marciniak is very keen to call his colleagues to the monitor.
ReplyDeleteTwo situations:
57' - https://streambug.org/cv/0d0469
74' - https://www.streambug.io/cv/30509e
Marciniak used the opportunity that Tomasz Mikulski doesn't strictly forbid his referees to make public statements and gave the interview explaining his non-intervention in 57' (he believes there is a handball but no replay from seven available cameras gives a real proof - I can agree with him here) and intervention in 74' (he thinks that the attacking player played the ball to the left and then created a contact with the defending player, recalling the YC for simulation from the WC final, but at the same time states that the best option would be to cancel the penalty for a foul initiating an APP; as for the arguments that he intervened although no clear and obvious mistake was made, he answered that "it wasn't a league game where such decision would have had effects on many matchdays, it was a one-legged quarter-final and it's better if the referee watch the situation that could be very controversial or wrong")
What do you think?
I agree with Marciniak on both incidents. I don't think there is any conclusive evidence to say there was a handball in 57', I do believe that the incident in 74' should be judged as a c&o error, and I also certainly prefer maybe one OFR too much over one OFR too little considering the referee has the full option to stick with his decision if he doesn't agree with VAR.
DeleteElliot, but once you are called by Marciniak at monitor, can you stay with your own call? It's hard, or maybe, impossible.
DeleteI see indeed that Lasyk (sometimes also seen as VAR in UEFA games) had a full trust in Marciniak in this case and it was rather the VAR making a decision here. Regardless of the nature of the decision, this shouldn't happen. While one must praise the Polish for his analysis, one can agree, but the problem is that here all other VARs would have supported the referee's decision, because no clear and obvious mistake.
So as long as VAR is used in this way for me, it's a full nonsense. This is said, I want to repeat once again, regardless of the techical decisions. We can't have a different outcome based on who is VAR, this is not the reason why VAR was introduced in football.
I have always criticized UEFA for a similar reason. They have a pool of very trusted VAR, as we know, operating from Nyon, and they have deep knowledge, then you have other games in which VARs from all countries are assigned and it's a mess.
I think that VAR (and football) should appear more equal to all games.
VAR was implemented to assist match officials, yet it remains under the control of the VMO, rather than "camera operators" or automated systems. The concept of a "challenge" has also been trialed. From these two developments, it is apparent that VAR has undergone rapid evolution, shifting from a tool designed to aid referees into a point of contention regarding who is in charge behind the monitor. Should the VMO be classified in the same way as the on-field referee? A key challenge here is the difficulty in establishing a global standard of clear and obvious error for VAR intervention—whether it be a 80:20 or 70:30 clear and obvious error (as referenced in Kwiatkowski’s interview), or other variables that could involved in the standard of intervention, such as the varying interpretations of handball across different associations. Thus, the pressing question becomes: What is your stance on the necessity for a transparent categorization of VMO?
DeleteWow .... for me the first replay looks like handball .. If you check at 1:15, you can see the trajectory of the ball changing imo it was touched by the defender.
DeleteThe 2nd one looks hard to judge
it was a similar phase in romanian classic Fcsb-Dinamo, with Kovacs referee and Costreie at VAR. They let the game go after this phase. https://m.digisport.ro/video/fotbal/liga-1/verdict-fara-dubii-in-direct-penalty-si-eliminare-in-fcsb-dinamo-istvan-kovacs-n-a-dat-nimic-3445381. so, it was handball or not? after the game, Vassaras backed Kovacs and Costreie about this situation.
DeleteControversy in crucial Bologna Milan yesterday refereed by Mariani ( VAR was Di Bello) .
ReplyDeleteMilan fans all over twitter claiming a handball before Bologna's equalizer.
Anyone with a clip of different angles? I saw a video but just lost it.
Ladies and gentlemen,
DeleteYour daily dose of Italian fans whining at the referees
😂😂😂
DeleteI saw an angle that looked to be coming from his chest, but yeah.. Seems there was a long VAR review on the goal before it stood !
Ot https://x.com/deolhono_apito/status/1895121129393807461?t=iDMVTDKWGV_DMzhs-PxpgQ&s=19
ReplyDeleteWhat are your opinions on this thing here?
Not a good look, wouldn't be surprised if he gets suspended
DeleteGiven that in my opinion Roldan time should be over by years, and I really don't understand how one can consider him a big referee, one must admit it's easy that players make you lose patience. It's a small reaction you can understand why he had, but of course, at the same time it can't be accepted by a referee.
DeleteTomorrow starts the Sub20 Libertadores tournament in Paraguay. Ten high hopes referees for a South America that must find new stars worthy of the Top referees that the South American school has always had. Invited is a European referee, the Spanish Alberola Rojas, What a great satisfaction for him and all the other nominees
ReplyDeleteThis is the link where the referees assigned to Paraguay are published:
https://www.conmebol.com/noticias/arbitros-convocados-para-la-conmebol-libertadores-sub20-2025/
Argentina Sebastián Zunino
DeleteAssistants: Sebastián Raineri and Daiana Milone
Bolivia Dilio Rodríguez
Assistants: Jesús Antelo and William Medina
Brazil Rafael Klein
Assistants: Fabrini Bevilaqua Costa and Alex Ang
Chile Fernando Véjar
Assistants: Alan Sandoval and Carlos Poblete
Colombia Carlos Ortega
Assistants: Cristian Aguirre and Roberto Padilla
Ecuador Juan Carlos Andrade
Assistants: Mauricio Lozada and Juan Aguiar
Paraguay Blas Romero
Assistants: Julio Aranda and Nadia Weiler
Peru Augusto Menéndez
Assistants: José Castillo and Diego Jaimes
Uruguay Javier Feres
Assistants: Héctor Bergalo and Daiana Fernández
Venezuela Alejandro Velásquez
Assistants: Erizon Nieto and José Martínez
UEFA Javier Alberola Rojas
Assistants: Alfredo Rodriguez and Diego Sanchez
You can't make a mistake here.
DeleteOnly Italian, Spanish and Portuguese referees are allowed to travel to CONMEBOL for the exchanges.
And I think after so long time, we can say that we see by far more UEFA referees going in South America, than the contrary...
Official decision by UEFA about Coote:
ReplyDeleteIncidents and sanction:
• General principles of conduct, Art. 11(1) DR
• Violating the basic rules of decent conduct, Art. 11(2)(b) DR
• Bringing the sport of football, and UEFA in particular, into disrepute, Art. 11(2)(d) DR
Ban from exercising any UEFA refereeing activity until 30 June 2026
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Surprised and it's interesting to know.
I expected a full ban for him, while UEFA has been very lenient here, only one year and half. I think this reflects modern times in which all people must be forgiven and allowed again. In past, it would have been a full ban without appeal and nobody would have discussed.
However, this temporary ban will stay just on paper, because he has been excluded by PGMOL, so impossible to think he keeps the position only in UEFA (he has been removed by English federation).
Even though I understand his personal problems, if I were UEFA, honestly I would have banned him for life, because we are talking about something that can't be accepted and one must take responsibility, especially in a so important role. But modern society has started to think differently...
IFAB have announced the LOTG changes for next season.
ReplyDeleteGoalkeepers' (theoretical, but largely unenforced) 6-second margin to not incur in violation for keeping the ball in their hand is extended to 8 seconds, and the punishment is changed from IFK to corner kick. Referees are bound to do a visual 5-seconds countdown before whistling the infraction, similar to basketball referees.
The assistant referee's position in penalty changes in the match with VAR. For me, it's a really big surprise. It's the first time in football that different law is applied on the field when there is technology.
DeleteShould we be happy that IFAB has become more lenient?
Also it is first time, when an offence is not punished by the FK.
DeleteFor me absurd change, do you have someone some experience with this, I´m not sure but there was some trial in lower English competitions.
It’s a ridiculous change from IFAB. First of all, 8 seconds is still not enough. And a corner kick is ridiculous. Should be strictly 15 seconds and still an indirect free kick.
DeleteIt would be very surprising if this actually gets enforced. Will we see referees consistenly calling this after 8 seconds have passed? Doubt it strongly.
We could have discussed avout 10sec. But everything abive would be REALLY ridiculous.
DeleteWell Doveri is living up to his reputation.
ReplyDeleteIt has worked very well in trials over in England Premier League 2
ReplyDelete