Wilton Sampaio gets his third game at WC, as he is in charge of Round of 32 game Netherlands - Morocco.
Match #75
Round of 32
30 June 2026, 03:00 CET
Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe
NETHERLANDS - MOROCCO
Referee: Wilton Sampaio BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Pires BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Boschilia BRA
Fourth Official: Cristian Garay CHI
Reserve AR: José Retamal CHI
Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Gallo COL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1 : Leodan Gonzalez URU
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2 : Armando Villarreal USA
Let’s hope for a performance similar to Jayed for 115 minutes
ReplyDeleteThis will be very tense match, if it is to judge by first 8 minutes
ReplyDeleteIncredibly high bar to start off, tense and large amounts of physicality.
Delete8’ Very difficult situation to manage, didn’t call a foul and then incidents in the previous minutes all converge in both players pushing one another. Good player management here but you just wonder to use this approach so early leaves him very little room to move without any disciplinary action from here. Does his talk calm things down?
DeleteYes very difficult game
ReplyDeleteVery much! It just 10 minutes and already feels like second half
DeleteGhost foul at 10 min
ReplyDeleteYou can’t argue that he didn’t sell it, he was metres from the incident but agree, soft compared to what came before it.
DeleteThe problem with giving that foul is that it makes his foul detection appear inconsistent.
DeleteWhat I have noticed from VAR intervention, any foul, no matter how soft it appeared (or how different it is compared to the high bar during the rest of the game) in the lead up to a goal, will be given. So perhaps this is a new directive from Collina/Busacca maybe? Food for thought
This ref I feel like is gonna lose control of this game
ReplyDeleteThis match will be entertaining to watch, quite difficult to referee. It feels like it will be hard to referee in FIFA standard with high bar for card and maintain control. Best of luck to Sampio.
ReplyDeleteSampson looks not comfortable
ReplyDeleteSampio
DeleteTwo attempts not correct Sampaio
DeleteBy the way, on the point you are right
DeleteThe way the game started? Not surprised, two teams prepared for a physical game but very difficult to control for a referee to control with the FIFA philosophy at this World Cup.
DeleteYep it will be an intense game and physical as well, Sampaio is going for very high bar for fouls for my liking, hopefully it works out for him in a huge match of the round
ReplyDeleteMaking things up as he goes along. Too involved and demonstrative
ReplyDeleteYou say too involved and demonstrative but I see this as game management, yes he is being aggressive (are you surprised to see this from South American referee) but he needs to manage these little fires otherwise the game will get out of control, fast.
DeleteSome people talk about referees having no personality and now his personality is coming out. You can’t have it both ways you know?
Tough start, but a missed YC on 27’
ReplyDeleteFor me? Are we surprised that it wasn’t given? In this tournament with the FIFA philosophy?
DeleteThe same two players back at it again, in a tit for tat battle between the two players. I agree here that after the strong talking to at the beginning of the game, the next step here is a YC.
My issue, do we blame the Sampaio for delivering exactly what he has been asked? Or do we blame the philosophy? Had this happened in the second half, he would have shown the YC.
Perfect moment for card missed.
ReplyDeleteYC should have been issued to Ounahi
imo missed Yc in 27'
ReplyDeleteBad miss
ReplyDeleteMissed YC imo and i think misjudgment as he shows only the arm but a real elbow in the face here
ReplyDeleteThat’s a hard yellow as well. Some considerations for a red card there. Very bad miss.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at what the referees are doing then I think it's quite obvious that FIFA has decided that the European teams should not win the tournament.
ReplyDeleteWith the way the refs are officiating,you can say this lenient style suits non european teams.
DeleteEspecially Argentina.
They have plenty bodyguards that have license to kill without punishment.
In my opinion, that's VC and an acceptable RC if you are to give a slap in face a red card in the opener
ReplyDeleteSame ref same VAR different outcome!!
I don’t think it’s unreasonable at all to consider it VC. It’s a deliberate action, no attempt to play the ball. Result is an elbow to the chin. The force however is up for debate. But if you consider it a strike to the head/neck with no challenge for the ball and greater than negligible force, it’s a red card.
DeleteYC missed for SPA ? Maybe too far tbh.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, but holding was obvious
DeleteI would say, factors feeding into no SPA: 1) how deep in the defensive half 2) 3 defenders could converge into the space that he was moving 3) Regather the ball? 4) FIFA philosophy?
DeleteSupportable no YC based on this World Cup
Now missed YC again for SPA at min31
ReplyDeleteAnd another one missed. SPA?
ReplyDeleteSaibari has committed too many fouls…
ReplyDeleteHow does Sampaio not give Saibari a yellow card? That’s a clear tactical foul.
ReplyDeleteSampaio since the shambles of the first game is too scared to card anyone. Not a good look at all
ReplyDeleteI think he should speak a litle bit more with NED players because for the start he's just never going in their way and they already frustrated by it.
ReplyDeleteWell they have every right to complain cause some of his decisions against them is not so good,let's say it like that.
DeleteAgree with that @M but if he thinks that it not deserve YC then he should at least explain it better or trying to calm them otherwise he will just lost them completely and that's the worst.
DeleteI don’t think it is the South American style when you compare it to the UEFA style. He is more trying to manage the MAR aggression.
DeleteCorrect no penalty as ball didn't change trajectory after contact with hand
ReplyDeleteCommentary just said that every ball has a chip in it, they’d be able to identify whether there was any contact with the hand. No need to look at ball trajectory or change of revolutions any more.
DeleteAnd now Van Hecke has his head in blood.
ReplyDeleteAnd there is nothing there no faoul nada normal contact
DeleteMaybe this will heat the general atmosphere
DeleteBut still a very unbelievable quick VAR check on a potential PK tbh from replays it was very uncertain what truly occurred. So no penalty for me is more scrutiny
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