Sunday, 28 June 2026

2026 FIFA World Cup Match 69: Algeria - Austria (discussion)

Uzbek referee Ilgiz Tantashev in charge of Algeria - Austria, Group J, Matchday 3.  Second game at the tournament for him. 




Match #69
Group J
28 June 2026, 04:00 CET
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City
ALGERIA - AUSTRIA
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev UZB 
Assistant Referee 1: Andrey Tsapenko UZB 
Assistant Referee 2: Timur Gaynullin UZB 
Fourth Official:  Katia Garcia MEX 
Reserve AR: Sandra Ramirez MEX 
Video Assistant Referee: Leodan Gonzalez URU
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1 : Shaun Evans AUS 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2 :Armando Villarreal USA 

17 comments:

  1. How high the bar for fouls will be today?😆

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  2. Correct first YC for Arnautović

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  3. This is turning into a real important match for Tantashev. Austria in the lead and going through, Algeria need a goal to stay in the tournament.

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  4. No fouls called since YC in min11

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  5. Paying bit more attention to this game now that the other game is pretty much done. Neither of these two teams are aggressive and are just playing football which makes it easier for Tantashev.

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  6. Maybe faoul before alg goal on the corner

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  7. Kudos for the patient advantage despite a pretty blatant attempt at SPA in the corner leading to the goal for ALG.

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    1. Would you call for a YC? It was just so blatant and never really intention for playing for the ball but low intensity & never really met criteria for reckless.

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    2. On the other hand, as advantage played no YC for SPA but I just feel like that was a YC foul (obviously not at this World Cup)

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    3. That’s a fair question. Given the success of the advantage, the obviousness of it all perhaps flies under the radar and makes it easier to swallow the decision to go w/o it (plus the consistently high foul threshold already applied). I think Tantashev’s course of action in this specific case is certainly supportable and expected.

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    4. Agree with you though, textbook YC in any other scenario (or perhaps tournament).

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  8. Great advantage played by Tantashev, a clear holding on ALG att leg and then a resulting a goal. Game back at 1-1

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  9. Excellent advantage before goal for Algeria

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  10. Its a shame that this game can happen in a World Cup

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  11. Just i say above the game end with draw what shame

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