2025-26 UEFA Europa League. Second Qualifying Round, Second Legs.
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| Belgian referee Lothar D’Hondt to officiate Braga - Levski Sofia |
18:30 CET - Larnaca (AEK Aréna - Geórgios Karapatákis)
AEK LÁRNAKAS (CYP) - NK CELJE (SVN)
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Ian Hussin ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Neil Davies ENG
Fourth Official: Peter Bankes ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Darren England ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Matthew Donohue ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson SWE
UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli SMR
19:00 CET - Gothenburg (Bravida Arena)
BK HÄCKEN (SWE) - RSC ANDERLECHT (BEL)
Referee: Patrik Kolarić CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pajić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Mihalj CRO
Fourth Official: Antonio Melnjak CRO
Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Bebek CRO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Matić CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: David Malcolm NIR
UEFA Delegate: Sanja Bosanac-Perišić MNE
19:30 CET - Cluj-Napoca (Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu)
CFR 1907 CLUJ (ROU) - FC LUGANO (SUI)
Referee: Allard Lindhout NED
Assistant Referee 1: Johan Balder NED
Assistant Referee 2: Roy de Nas NED
Fourth Official: Alex Bos NED
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Robin Hensgens NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Jon Eilif Skjervold NOR
UEFA Delegate: Vasko Dojčinovski MKD
20:00 CET - Utrecht (Stadion Galgenwaard)
FC UTRECHT (NED) - FC SHERIFF TIRASPOL (MDA)
Referee: Chrysovalándis Theoulí CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Mários Kalogírou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Pétros Pétrou CYP
Fourth Official: Konstandínos Fotíou CYP
Video Assistant Referee: Dimítris Solomoú CYP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rovértos Kósta CYP
UEFA Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai HUN
UEFA Delegate: Paul Stremer GER
Mentor for Delegate: Thibault De Gendt BEL
20:00 CET - Kraków, POL (Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana w Krakowie)
FK SHAKHTAR DONETSK (UKR) - BEŞİKTAŞ JK (TUR)
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Martínez Munuera ESP
Fourth Official: Francisco José Hernández Maeso ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO
UEFA Delegate: David McDowell-Zor SVN
21:00 CET - Braga (Estádio Municipal de Braga)
SC BRAGA (POR) - PFK LEVSKI SOFIA (BUL)
Referee: Lothar D’Hondt BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Romain Devillers BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Nico Claes BEL
Fourth Official: Bert Put BEL
Video Assistant Referee: Jan Boterberg BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ella De Vries BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský SVK
UEFA Delegate: Andrew Ambler ENG
21:00 CET - Warsaw (Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego)
LEGIA WARSZAWA (POL) - FC BANÍK OSTRAVA (CZE)
Referee: Novak Simović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Đorović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Miloš Simović SRB
Fourth Official: Jovan Šegrt SRB
Video Assistant Referee: Aleksandar Živković SRB
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pavle Tomić SRB
UEFA Referee Observer: Jari Järvinen FIN
UEFA Delegate: Octavian Goga ROU
21:00 CET - Edinburgh (Easter Road Stadium)
HIBERNIAN FC (SCO) - FC MIDTJYLLAND (DEN)
Referee: Gustavo Fernandes Correia POR
Assistant Referee 1: André Filipe Nogueira Dias POR
Assistant Referee 2: Fábio Diogo Oliveira da Silva POR
Fourth Official: Carlos André Fernandes Macedo POR
Video Assistant Referee: André Filipe Domingues da Silva Narciso POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hélder Filipe Cláudio de Carvalho POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann SUI
UEFA Delegate: Susanne Erlandsson SWE
Question to our fellow Belgian readers: Do most top-level officials come from the Flemish part of Belgium?
ReplyDeleteAnd are there ever mixed (Flemish/Walloon) teams?
I could probably ask the same question to Swiss readers.
In Switzerland, there are referees from the german speaking, the French speaking and the Italian speaking part in the highest league. And yes, they are often mixed, since most of the Swiss people speak and understand a second national language besides their mother tongue at least a little bit.
DeleteMost top-level officials are from the Flemish part of Belgium. And to answer your second question, yes there are mixed teams with Flemish/Walloon refs.
DeleteRomain Devillers is French speaking, DHondt, Claes and Put are Dutch speaking. But off course every official on that level speaks both languages well enough.
DeleteKolarić with a good appointment, given the rest of names. If he does well, he probably would have reasons to hope for a good season in UEFA competitions.
ReplyDeleteUCL 3rd Round appointments:
ReplyDeleteMalmö - Copenhagen: Pinheiro / Sánchez Martínez
Dynamo Kyiv - Pafos: Schärer / Massa
Shkendija - Qarabag: Kruzliak / Makkelie
Rangers - Viktoria Plzeň: Turpin / Marciniak
Kairat - Slovan Bratislava: Gozubuyuk / Bastien
Salzburg - Brugge: Jovanović / Peljto
Ludogorets - Ferencváros: Eskas / Hernández Hernández
Lech Poznan - Crvena Zvezda: Stieler / Letexier
Nice - Benfica: Oliver / Guida
Feyenoord - Fenerbahçe: Nyberg / Kovács
Jovanovic is back, hopefully he will recover
DeleteDo you think Jovanovic could be a replacement for Meler?
Deletelooks like that, but with a new season, isn't regular for elite referee to start with UCL 3R?
DeleteClear upgrade compared to the same stage last season, where several First Group referees where used and nearly no top Elite.
DeleteRangers vs Plzen is also being considred an important match ( Turpin and Marciniak) .
ReplyDeleteWell, there were lot of heat in matches between Rangers and Czech teams, since match between Rangers and Slavia Prague in 2020/21 Europa league Ro16, where Slavia player was acused and banned for racism against Rangers player Glen Kamara, without clear evidence. After that match Kamra said something like, Czech people are all racists, or something similar. This caused bit of diplomatic scandal, when Czech Minister of foreign affairs, calls British ambasador... Few years later when Rangers played against Slavia's biggest rival Sparta, player was booed and whistled for whole match, and get standing ovation when sendt off, that was again twisted like racism to him, by player and team/club officials. IMO that is why appointment like this.
DeleteOk hopefully this time everything goes well!
DeleteReferees for the U17 Women’s World Cup announced.
ReplyDelete@arbitrointernacional
List of selected referees, ARs in brackets:
DeleteAFC (2):
Lara Lee AUS (Heba Saadieh PLE & Emma Kocbek AUS)
Veronika Bernatskaia KGZ (Ramina Tsoi KGZ & Suwida Wongkraisorn THA)
CAF (2):
Josephine Wanjiru KEN (Yara Atef EGY & Alice Umutesi RWA)
Yacine Samassa MRI (Fides Bangurambona BUR & Tabara Mbodji SEN)
CONCACAF (4)
Alyssa Pennington USA (Kali Smith USA & Katarzyna Wasiak USA)
Janeishka Caban PUR (Mayra Mora MEX & Katherine Prescod PAN)
Lizzet García MEX (Arantza Quero MEX & Jessica Morales MEX)
Vimarest Díaz DOM (Santa Medina DOM & Melissa Nicholas TRI)
CONMEBOL (4):
Charly Straub BRA (Anne Gomes de Sá BRA & Fernanda Gomes Antunes BRA)
Milagros Arruela PER (Mariana Aquino PER & Vera Yupanqui PER)
Paula Fernández Ome COL (Mayra Sánchez COL & Nataly Arteaga COL)
Verónica Guazhambo ECU (Viviana Segura ECU & Joselyn Romero ECU)
OFC (1):
Torika Delai FIJ (Natalia Lumukana SOL & Allys Clipsham NZL)
UEFA (5):
Alina Pesu ROU (Ivona Pejic CRO & Svitlana Grushko UKR)
Ewa Augustyn POL (Linda Schmitt SUI & Nikolett Bizderi HUN)
Hristiyana Guteva BUL (Heini Hyvonen FIN & Emily Carney ENG)
Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP (Eliana Fernández González ESP & Irina Pozdejeva LTU)
Silvia Gasperotti ITA (Giulia Tempestilli ITA & Camille Soriano FRA)
Like in Men's U20 tournament, FVS to be used instead of VAR and no support officials called.
Game Braga and Levski is disaster. Three missed penalties by Lothar D’Hondt and the more strange... two missed 100% interventions by VAR.
ReplyDelete12' - Handball by Braga player, clear hand out of the body.
45' - CLear holding by Levski player in a set piece - two arms ,
49 ' - Clear Foul by Levski player close to AR 2 - easy, From the back camere seems prety much inside the pen. area.
Not convincing at all.
Do you have links for the situations ?
DeleteThere is PK situation for 12'
Deletehttps://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1meqle0/levski_sofia_penalty_shout_against_braga_15/?tl=fr
interesting cases in LEG-FCB. Very tight first offside (maybe it was even onside - no clear replay from Polish broadcaster was given) and therefore, first goal cancelled. second goal cancelled after OFR for offside and finally - OFR in 87' and penalty given for FCB. highlights/replays very welcome
ReplyDeletefirst offside (1:02): https://youtu.be/4VedlLzG9Bw?si=BcWYjf8t1kUBya4r&t=62
Deletepotential missed PK for LEG (2:43): https://youtu.be/4VedlLzG9Bw?si=an3XghLx0LaA81dE&t=163
second offside (4:22) https://youtu.be/4VedlLzG9Bw?si=O8mkNPz7Uy1ksnej&t=262 - there wasn't an OFR, but goal decision overruled by VAR
and the most controversial - penalty for FCB (06:29) https://youtu.be/4VedlLzG9Bw?si=ufX3OeL-ukhd5pdg&t=389
The 2-nd and 3-rd situation - nothing to add (geo restriction). The 1-st situation - correct decision of AR1. The 4-th situation - clear correct decision (far from controversial) and there wasn't any OFR. If there is a VAR then it's no reason not to believe him. Please be more objective next time.
Delete>The 2-nd and 3-rd situation - nothing to add (geo restriction)
Deleteall this situations are coming from one video - so it's a bit strange, that you could saw the other two.
>The 4-th situation - clear correct decision (far from controversial) (...)
for the controversy part, I forgot to add two important things: first, it wasn't really my opinion on this - it just generated a lot of clout and I think that it really is not as clear as typical PK decisions, so I posted it here.
second one, maybe more important: Simović first decision was PK (and it wasn't really delayed) and LEG players didn't really argue with that. but VAR seems to disagree - if the protocol was followed, it means that there was a clear and obvious mistake in VAR referees' view. so the OFR was conducted and the original decision was upheld. if it was that clear as you paint it, then why we got an VAR intervention (and even OFR?). and I think that if there had been no decision on OFR, PK would be scored - the pressure was rising really fast and the whole process was needlessly delayed.
and we don't see often situations where we have OFR and the original decision is not overruled - so I think that it was worth mentioning.
>and there wasn't any OFR
I opened the video I linked and at 7:06 there is an evidence that OFR was taken after making the PK call.
>If there is a VAR then it's no reason not to believe him.
about a year ago (Nations League match) polish VAR refs made a catastrophical mistake, you can read about it here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/31822515/isak-goal-offside-var-error-sweden-azerbaijan-nations-league/
>Please be more objective next time.
in my opinions I try to be as objective as possible - I didn't really feel that I imposed any subjective view here, but if you feel differently - I'm sorry. using this blog to know opinions from much better refs than I am, to learn
I found other source on YT but the 2-nd and 3-rd situation weren't featured there. And TBH, I don't understand all that confusion about awarded PK. Summary I saw didn't show any OFR. But I believe you it was. Only reason I can imagine was subjective evaluation of offside position of another attacking player. But I think the offence itself was clear and it was nonsense to cancel PK decision for passive offside position. So for me clear and important mistake of VAR and correct decision of referee.
DeleteI was aware of that mistake. I'd like to take back my words questioning your objectivity.