Thursday 2 May 2019

FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 - Referee Seminar March 25 - April 05 (VAR) update 02/05/19

Please find below the list of Video Assistant Referees selected by FIFA  for 2019 Women World Cup and now attending a Seminary in Doha (25/03 - 05/04).


AFC (2)

Christopher Beat (AUS)
Mohammed Abdulla Mohammed (UAE)

CONCACAF (1)

Drew Fischer (CAN)

CONMEBOL (1)

Mauro Vigliano (ARG)

UEFA (12)

Bastian Dankert (GER)
Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Michael Fabbri (ITA)
Paweł Gil (POL)
Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Thiago Bruno Lopes Martins (POR)
Danny Makkelie (NED)
José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Clément Turpin (FRA)
Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Felix Zwayer (GER)

167 comments:

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  2. So these UEFA referees will not be able to participate to the 2019 Nations League finals right?

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    1. Good point.
      I also considered Turpin for a match there...

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    2. I mean even for VAR (Irrati and Makkelie were good candidates here)

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  3. In spite of the seminar Dankert has a match in Germany today (while Stegemann and Zwayer are missing from the appointments).
    Also Stegemann was at the U19 qualifiers in England earlier this week.
    So apparently they don't have to be in Qatar all the time...

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    1. Yes, I don't have more details, but surely 2 weeks are a very long time. So it is quite sure that some of them attended some days (maybe a week) while other ones other days.

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  4. Both Del Cerro Grande and Sánchez Martínez have been appointed for this matchday.

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    1. (Sánchez Martínez has his match today, Del Cerro Grande tomorrow)

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  5. CAF Supercup
    E.S.T. (Tunisia) - Raja Club Athletic (Morocco)
    Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (ETH)
    AR1: Zakhele Thusi Siwela (RSA)
    AR2: Waleed Ahmed Ali (SDN)
    FO: Janny Sikazwe (ZAM)
    I don't know whether there is VAR or not.

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    1. There is VAR for all CAF finals

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    2. Crucial mistake by AR1 wrong offside flag and there was not delayed flag technique and the whistle was blown just b4 a goal was scored hence it could not be reviewed apart from that solid from bamlek Tessema

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  6. http://proreferees.com/2019/03/29/the-definitive-angle-mls-week-4/

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    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id-RDz8qfkU Video outlining same thing, with some limited audio

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  7. Note that Drew Fischer does NOT have assignments this week in the MLS

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  8. José María Sánchez Martínez with a solid performance in Girona vs. Athletic Bilbao's first half. Strong body language and gestures! Excellent fitness, positioning and communication with the players!

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    1. Thank you all your reports Ref545, for sure I'm not the only person who really appreciates them!

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    2. How was his performance overall?

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    3. His performance overall was expected. In second half, some minor mistakes in fould detecion but solid card management and full sovereignty.

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  9. Now watching Japanese derby between Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe. Referee is the 42 years old Minoru Tojo, who has been FIFA Referee since 2007. An excellent and impressive first half. Good fitness and clear gestures!

    7' = EXCELLENT ONSIDE call by AR1

    14' = Wonderful advantage given, delayed caution

    43' = Imo correct yellow card for holding (Maybe a warning would have been okay)

    In the middle of the first half, a wrong offside call by AR1.The attack would probably have been a goal for osaka but otherwise well done!!

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    1. A solid second half by Tojo. Another corrrect yellow cards but some problems with offside calls.

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  10. Paweł Raczkowski in Lechia Gdańsk (1st) v Piast Gliwice (3rd)

    https://www.ok.ru/video/1313014942316

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  11. Thank you very much! It's interesting to see some other referees and not always the "mainstream" refs. Pavel Raczkowski is also an important VAR in Europe!

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  12. Carlos del Cerro Grande with an "okay" performance in Catalan Derby between FC Barcelona and Espanyol Barcelona. Some fouls missed and a wrong onside call by AR1. Correct no penalty call (45+1, VAR was also of this opinion). For me, not convincing but also no poor game. He has the game under controll and act like a "manager". Okay level!

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    1. A better second half by Carlos del Cerro Grande. He has increased his performance, better fitness, positing and more active to the play.

      70' = Correct foul outside the penalty area spotted and yellow card awarded.
      72' = Excellent caution for dissent for Espanyol
      86' = Clear holding and correct yellow card for Espanyol
      90+2' = Another correct yellow card for a foul

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  13. I felt Carlos del Cerro Grande was a bit too lenient and Lionel Messi in dying minutes retaliated which could be VC but at least yellow card needed

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    1. I love Messi but I agree, that was a red card and not even a yellow given.

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  14. Correct and decisive late PK call by Gil Manzano in important relegation game (Celta-Villarreal) but missed stonewall 2nd YC for Villarreal defender.

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  15. Manuel Gräfe will officated the German El Clasico between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern München. He was also the referee in the first leg where he delivered an echelonous performance. Much confidence from the committee under the leadership by Lutz Michael Fröhlich after his confrontation and dispute with the committee.

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    1. I dont know if someone already wrote it, but I saw the news on dfb web that from next season VAR will be also used in 2. Bundesliga.

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    2. Yes that's right. The 16 clubs of the 2.Bundesliga have agreed to introduce the Video Assistent Referee from the next season.

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    3. Gräfe would indeed be the safest choice, despite him having the first leg (which he managed excellently). However, the "info" has been spread by “IG Schiedsrichter” based on speculations posted on the German Bundesliga blog) and one should not always trust what they spread. I think the German readers on here know that “IG Schiedsrichter” is everything, but not a reliable source for such infos.

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    4. Yes, not official and I agree with Stake in all points.

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  16. Refereeing highlights of the Zamalek SC - Al Ahly SC game, handled by István Kovács

    https://ok.ru/video/1088156011043

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  17. Some scenes from yesterday's SuperLeague

    Levadiakos - Pas Giannina

    Disallowed goal. Correct?

    https://streamable.com/92jih

    1st and 2nd YC to the same player

    https://streamable.com/a5ja8

    AEL - Asteras Tripolis

    Penalty?

    https://streamable.com/s6sh6

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    1. First of all, I don't know what Sidiropoulos saw and disallowed the goal on the first video, probably a holding. Next incident, first YC correct for dissent, 2nd YC I think he gave it for SPA but Im not quite sure about it.

      Papapetrou now, the penalty incident he has poor view of the incident, there is a holding, it is a penalty, the AR should have helped him.

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    2. And a scene from Greek Fl.

      Irodotos - Platanias

      SPA or DOGSO?

      https://streamable.com/x5s7h

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    3. SPA 100%, the attacker had little chances to play the ball.

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    4. There was a holding... it was a correct decision by Sidiropoulos. The attacker was holding the defender. A yellow card was totally correct.


      The incident from irodotos - platanias I believe can support and red and yellow but my opinion is red

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  18. 2:18
    Bebek whistles penslty a issues YC.

    https://youtu.be/1ctsQrHJP7o

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  19. Morelos 5th Red of the season in the Old firm, spotted by AR2, a clear act of VC. https://twitter.com/i/status/1112320419795742721

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  20. Correct penalty awarded for AC Milan against SSC Napoli by Gianpaolo Calvarese (45+3')!!

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    1. Ups... Was still in the game yesterday (Sampdoria vs. Ac Milan). :)

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  21. Excellent first half by Martin Atkison in Liverpool FC vs. Tottenham Hotspur. Powerful fitness and positing, convincing body language and excellent gestures and communiction. WOW!

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  22. Any info about Kuipers? Some crucial calles in Dutch top clash Ajax - PSV. Red card and penalty, the latter decisive for the final score. I hope that Kuipers got everything right without VAR :)

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    1. Well, both RC and penalty were VAR-calls, which were supportable if not fully correct. I felt like he didn't have full control and players didn't seem to accept his calls. I expected a better performance from him. In his defence, it was a very hard and heated game to officiate.

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    2. It wasn't a good Kuipers game if I'm honest. Two crucial decisions that had to be corrected by the VAR. In the interview afterwards, Kuipers said that with the red card he first thought of rash play but at the VAR check he saw that it was excessive force. Kuipers thought Neres was too easy going down for a penalty, but after the VAR check he saw that Neres was indeed hit by Schwaab. In short, two good VAR interventions.

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    3. You are always ready to intervene, Sheriff, when there is to discuss about possible mistakes. I'm still waiting the day in which you will praise a referee. No need to exasperate tones, Kuipers is a top referee but he can make sometimes mistakes, like other colleagues. If you use just a match to judge him, you are definitely wrong. Never a word from you when he showed masterpiece games.
      Having said that, I must agree that RC in 55' is a mandatory one and Kuipers should have shown it by himself. You should also underline that he accepted to change decision, that's for sure remarkable. He admitted his wrong assessment.

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  23. Ovidiu Hațegan with his usual AR's (Octavian Sovre and Sebastian Gheorghe) with an extremely poor performance tonight in Romania's derby between FCSB vs U Craiova (3-2). Former ref Ion Craciunescu summed up on TV their performance, by saying that "they must have forgotten that April Fool's Day is only tomorrow."

    Most important situations:

    21': Penalty for U Craiova
    https://streamable.com/nfpjp

    30': Possible missed offside by AR1 Sovre at FCSB goal for 2-1:
    https://streamable.com/qpggd

    45'+2: Possible missed offensive foul at U Craiova goal for 2-2:
    https://streamable.com/h3kjk

    50': No penalty for FCSB:
    https://streamable.com/g1t5d

    55': Huge mistake from AR2 Gheorghe, who wrongly disallows FCSB goal for offside.
    https://streamable.com/5fguu
    https://streamable.com/21nom

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    1. The romanian former referee Cristian Balaj told about Hategan mistakes from the yesterday games are because he is tired. He had 4 games in 10 days, to much for a ref for me. Hațegan was in Belgium, then in Saudi Arabia, next game was Czech -Brasil, and finally FCSB -CSU Craiova. But if our romanian referee comitte was inspired, they should switch Hategan with Fesnic, who was at Astra -FCSB. I presumed that Kovacs will handle CFR -FCSB, in the 5 stage of the Championship finals, or maybe we have some surprise.

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    2. I'm not interested anymore about opinions of Crăciunescu. He is preety old and he is not updated with the current guidelines in refereeing. Also, he is a very biased commentator.

      Regarding FCSB- Craiova I can say there were some difficult situations. probably the only (clear) mistake is the offside from 55'. I'm preety sure that referees thought the forward touched twice the ball (that was also my 1st impression but it seems he didn't). The situations that involved only Hategan (and not his ARs) are grey area.

      This is Romania. Big scandal for everything. I remember 1st goal of Atletico against Juventus (2-0 in Madrid) with Bonucci down of the pitch after a hand in his head. Zwayer didn't whistle foul, VAR didn't intervene. Not every contact is foul, you can fall on the pitch after every contact. But in Romania players are used to do that because the referees whistle foul very easy...

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    3. Thanks for the update ichigo, I agree with Mr Balaj, it was too much for Hațegan to have all these games in the last days. He should take a rest before EL QFs.

      I watched the Al-Hilal Riyadh - Ohod Medina game handled by the Romanian last Saturday, and I can report a solid performance in an unremarkable game for the most part. In additional time though, there was much chaos with two disallowed goals for the home team (who were top, playing bottom, approaching big derby in the next round) and many conflicts for the referee team to solve. Second disallowed goal was correct without doubt, but the first one is very interesting, à la Brych in Real Madrid - Ajax and Uğurlu in Hatayspor - Galatasaray.

      https://streamable.com/5muhe

      I saw that a few weeks ago, Hațegan took charge of a VERY crucial game regarding qualification for the championship playoff, between Viitorul Constanța - Botoșani. Ten YCs were sorted out, if you can remember back that far, it would be interesting to hear about his performance.

      As you mention him, let me say I am very excited about what István Kovács can reach in the future. I don't know if you saw my highlights from the Zamalek - Al Ahly game (https://ok.ru/video/1088156011043), but he showed a very convincing performance there. He should be Elite referee before too long I am quite certain.

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    4. Thanks for the news Mikael. But like Hategan, also Kovacs struggled in the romanian championship. He had three games and only one was satisfied, and that was Astra -Viitorul, and he maked mistakes in Gaz Metan Mediaș Sepsi and Craiiova -Astra, where he didn't whistle a penalty for handball. Also, I didn't like Craciunescu because he didn't like referees like Hategan and Kovacs. His favourite ref was Alexandru Tudor. By the way which observer is important between Hamer and Bleckere? Both was with Kovacs this year.

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  24. Gil Manzano, as last year, has been appointed for top clash between Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid on Saturday 6 April.

    Both Mateu Lahoz and Del Cerro Grande also have a match on Sunday as referees (not VARs), so they are very unlikely to be appointed for UCL QF 1st leg.

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    1. Maybe Gil will be appointed ub QF 1st leg. Who knows?

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    2. I think Mateu has chances, as his match is in the morning. I don't expect Gil Manzano in UCL this season.

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    3. But Gil’s performance in Ger - Ned was great so you expect any thing from committee and I think you are that Mateu have better chance

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  25. OT: Ligue 1 Conforama (Matchday 31)

    05.04 (Friday)
    Girondins de Bordeaux - Olympique de Marseille, 20:45 CET, referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj (VAR: Antony Gautier)

    06.04 (Saturday)
    Olympique Lyonnais - Dijon, 17:00 CET, referee: Johan Hamel (VAR: Frank Schneider)
    Amiens - Saint-Étienne, 20:00 CET, referee: Éric Wattellier (VAR: Mikaël Lesage)
    Angers - Stade Rennais, 20:00 CET, referee: Nicolas Rainville (VAR: Willy Delajod)
    En Avant de Guingamp - Monaco, 20:00 CET, referee: Benoît Bastien (VAR: Benoît Millot)
    Nîmes Olympique - Caen, 20:00 CET, referee: Olivier Thual (VAR: Jérémy Stinat)

    07.04 (Sunday)
    Toulouse - Nantes, 15:00 CET, referee: Florent Batta (VAR: Alexandre Castro)
    Stade de Reims - Lille, 15:00 CET, referee: Jérôme Brisard (VAR: Frank Schneider)
    Nice - Montpellier, 17:00 CET, referee: Ruddy Buquet (VAR: Mikaël Lesage)
    Paris Saint-Germain - Strasbourg, 21:00 CET, referee: Thomas Léonard (VAR: Willy Delajod)

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    1. Possibly Turpin in CL next week.

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    2. Turpin in Liverpool - Porto is my expectation

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    3. He can't have a game tuesday because buquet ( his fourth official ) have a game sunday.

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    4. That is not a rule, anyone can be appointed as fourth official, not only Buquet. Moreover, it would not be a first time someone ia appointed with only one day pause. We had Blom on Tuesday as 4th official in Rome-Porto and two days later on Thursday as AAR in Plzen-Dinamk Zg.

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    5. 09.04 (Tuesday), 19:00CET
      NÎMES OLYMPIQUE - STADE RENNAIS
      Referee : Clément Turpin
      VAR : Alexandre Castro

      So no Turpin for a CL QF 1st leg.

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  26. Solid and expected first half by Anthony Taylor in Arsenal vs. Newcastle. In my opinion correct disallowed goal because of an offensive foul by Sokratis. Good foul detecion, covincing fitness and positining in a unspectaculare game! Well done so far!

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  27. Two uses of VAR in the A-League over the weekend with VAR audio being released.
    https://www.a-league.com.au/news/whistle-round-23-refereeing-and-var-incidents-explained

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  28. For those interested: KNVB has put a video online about the VAR intervention in Kuipers' yellow card for Mazraoui. Kuipers tells the VAR (van Boekel) that he has seen the high leg/foot, but that he thought that the contact was rather soft. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEy81drDVt8

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    1. FYI: Sheriff Castrilli and Nando Vasquez are the same (very sad) person. Do you really have nothing better to do? Both accounts should be suspended from posting here.

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    2. @Anonymous thank you for this confirmation, as you can easily guess, it is impossible to suspend a specific account from writing on this blog. It is not like a forum, there aren't all functions for admins. However, the fact that he spoiled himself should be enough to make him very ashamed and to leave us in peace I hope for a long time.

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    3. Oh get over it. Just like in anything and everything else in life. There has to be a dissenting voice. Everybody here can't be an apologist or constant excuse finder/maker.

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  29. Bamlak Tessema Weyesa in Espérance Sportive de Tunis v Raja Club Athletic (2019 Total CAF Super Cup)

    https://www.ok.ru/video/1316323920492

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  30. Is Gavillucci back again in the Serie A? He has posted a lot of referee stuff on his Instagram lately with him on the newspaper but I don’t understand the language.

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    1. No, he is definitely out after many different judgments, the last one went against him. Today he has released a very long and detailed interview about his experience and all what happened. It is very interesting. Among other things, he also stated that Rizzoli tried to convince AIA to keep him as serie A referee, but this request was denied. His story remains as a very particular one, now the association has been forced to change something about its functioning. He asked, first of all, for major clarity about the future for every referee, especially the ones at top level, who, after having been dismissed, find themselves in a relatively still young age (40 - 45) in a difficult situation, without any work and without assurance for the future.

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    2. Thanks for the info.

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  31. Nicola Rizzoli and Antonio Damato have been appointed as new Italian UEFA observers for 2019-2021.
    Finally we have some new names apart from Trentalange and Trefoloni...
    AIA didn't publish the new list.
    If you have news from your country about new observers for UEFA, you can inform us. :)

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    1. Please notice than former French famous fifa ref Stephane Lannoy will be new uefa Observer instead Hervé Piccirillo. A quite big and experienced name IMO.

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  32. Lots of cards for Hernández Hernández in Villarreal-Barcelona, including a controversial late 2nd YC for Villarreal defender.

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    1. The referees were also in the same colour as the Barcelona goalkeeper.

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    2. I'm genuinely curious in regards to this Jackson. Is it a "no no" that referee shouldn't color clash with either keeper? I've heard some say that it's a big deal. While others say that it's a none issue.

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  33. OT

    Athanasios Tzilos (New FIFA) is back in action after 3.5 months (he was attacked outside his home on December). He is appointed for the Superleague match Atromitos - Apollon on Monday.

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  34. I watched Dennis Higler officiate the FC Barcelona - Olympique Lyonnais match in the UEFA Youth League Quarterfinal. Home team won thanks to a penalty awarded in additional time of 2H, which was part of a quite challenging game for the Dutch refereeing team. Players were largely focused on football especially before the closing stages - of the nine cautions sorted out, six came after 80' - but especially Barcelona didn't act always coherently with fair play. This game was a good test for Higler, who largely did well, but the VERY crucial decision at +95' was wrong IMO.

    Dennis Higler computed decisions very well during the game, really good foul detection with many duels to assess including nice advantages. One could have the feeling he wasn't interested in 'appeasing' one team with any decisions by balancing, he just decided from what he saw; he could have made the game slightly easier to handle by whistling where he was expected to, but he was almost always right when not doing so. One can appreciate this attitude. Regarding card selection, I was impressed that at 2' he was willing to caution for a clear reckless tackle, many match-managers would have just issued a strong verbal warning. All nine cards shown were correct. He missed only one (dark) YC at +95', where he played advantage and seconds later gave the decisive penalty.

    Higler is a typical 'policeman' referee in the way that he deals with players. He is very firm and short with them, his gestures don't offer them any surplus respect, without being rude though. He is no real co-operative referee, who is not interested in working with the players, and stands as a distant authority. Hence, his formula for success is having a clear line in decisions that the players can understand and predict while not attempting to balance. In other words, he can succeed by always taking very good decisions. He can also predict player-player conflicts well, and knows when to step in. I would recommend for him to watch some full match records of matches that Wolfgang Stark handled in order to develop further (eg. Ludogorets - Basel).

    Assistant referees performed well, especially Johan Balder AR1, who was very busy including a very good onside for the 1-1 at 61', only making one mistake at 34'. His mark should be 8,5 area.

    But finally, that penalty. I fully understand his logic, Barcelona attacker had marginally won the position and then there was a hand in his back, but the contact is so negligible. For me, never enough to whistle a penalty. The best clip I could find is here:
    https://youtu.be/dVPdqYgut2U?t=113

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  35. Crazy finale for Munuera Montero (Second Group since January 2019) in Athletic-Levante.

    First of all, a decisive and very, very controversial PK whistled for a reckless stamp just less than a second after "clearing" the ball, and then a 2nd YC to a Levante defender for kicking the ball onto him.

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    1. Excuse me, but you are not fair Quilava. Maybe you are interested in pushing up some referees in spain. Probably you are one of them. But your credibility is going down:

      First of all the penalty was very clear. Foot on foot. No doubt. Well done Munuera Montero. Also the management with players very frustrated.

      On the other hand, last night the second yellow card in Villarreal - Barcelona was 100% clear. Even The medias from Madrid
      recognized it. Was a quite dificult match for Hernandez Hernandez with a very good performance.

      But you are allways trying to underestimate some referees and overvalue another referees. I tell you with respect

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    2. Hola, Álvaro. I ask you to read this post carefully and answer if you want.

      1. I'm a referee IRL, but not professional so far.

      2. My post about Munuera Montero has almost zero opinion. "Controversial" PK doesn't need to mean "wrong PK", if I had thought that Munuera had messed it up with that PK, I'd have said "Controversial (and IMO, wrong) PK". I say it's controversial because of the strong reaction from Levante fans and even his president with lots of severe accusations against Munuera Montero, the CTA, the VAR, Federation et al.

      3. If I write some OT posts about LaLiga (and not necesarilly only from LaLiga!) it's with the aim of opening a discussion about the controversy, I'm not here just to publicly criticize other referees just because I don't like them.

      4. Which referees do you consider I want to "push" and which referees do you consider I dislike so much that I systematically underestimate? If you read my comments regularly I can admit that maybe I've been quite harsh on Undiano this season (because I really think that he is performing under expectations on his very last season, but it's nothing personal, in fact I think that during some years he was the best Spanish referee, maybe since the late 00s until 2014-2015), but apart from that...

      5. Regarding Hernández Hernández, the same as in my 2nd point. When I say he's issuing lots of cards it's a fact, not an opinion. Just a comment to point out what was Hernández Hernández having to deal with. I don't always give my opinion, specially if at that moment I'm not sure about it. The 2nd YC on Álvaro was also quite contested among Villarreal players and supporters (you should know, as a Spaniard, that Suárez has a "diver" reputation) and decisive for the outcome of the match, but I think it was a correct decision from Hernández Hernández.

      6. Finally, I don't understand what do you exactly mean when you say that my credibility "is going down". Quilava is barely a football refereeing passionated guy posting (always trying to be respectful) comments and opinions on a blog. I'm not that important! XD

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  36. Controversial decision in today's DFB Cup quarterfinal match between Bayern München and 1. FC Heidenheim, refereed by Guido Winkmann.
    => https://streamable.com/a6q9r

    My question: is the original YC-SPA-decision here really a clear and obvious mistake here for VAR to intervene? Kimmich had definitely enough time to intervene there in that situation. Recommending an OFR in that situation is for me even wrong here, YC for SPA was definitely the correct decision for me. Given the fact that Kimmich still can intervene, I feel that this is not a clear DOGSO...

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    1. I agree. Not a clear and obvious mistake a YC.

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    2. I would even say the red card would be a clear and obvious error. Therefore I think if Winkman had given a RC first a OFR would have bern correct. However, YC is never clearly and obviously wrong. Luckily, Bayern won 5-4 (!) and fans are rather speaking about the game itself and given that Munich still won there‘s not that much discussion

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  37. Good performance by Radu Marian Petrescu in the easy-going Chelsea - GNK Dinamo UEFA Youth League Quarterfinal game (NB: I didn't watch the penalty competition). Only one controversial incident, very tight penalty-freekick decision at 76', Romanian decided for the latter, replays proved inconclusive (often the case in YL games). Petrescu is a referee who presents himself as a'top-down authority', on TTT Niclas Erdmann analogised him to Milorad Mažić which is a sound comparison. On a personal level, I am chuffed that he recovered from his serious operation in a good way. Definitely he can reach 1st Cat. from my view, impossible to say about more just from this (normal) match.

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  38. Some clips from Polish Ekstraklasa

    Cracovia Kraków - Korona Kielce
    REF: Krzysztof Jakubik (Third Category)
    VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (non-FIFA)

    Accident, unsporting behaviour or violent conduct? No OFR.
    https://streamable.com/xsos7

    Penalty incident, holding. Play-on call upheld after an on-field review.
    https://streamable.com/o42n1

    Lack of delayed whistle at offside (potential DOGSO)?
    https://streamable.com/qol89

    Penalty for handball awarded after an on-field review
    https://streamable.com/4ip5r

    - - - - -

    Śląsk Wrocław - Miedź Legnica
    REF: Mariusz Złotek (non-FIFA)
    VAR: Szymon Marciniak (Elite Category)

    Penalty incident, push. No OFR.
    https://streamable.com/r3f9o

    - - - - -

    Zagłębie Lubin - Górnik Zabrze
    REF: Łukasz Szczech (non-FIFA)
    VAR: Paweł Raczkowski (First Category)

    Goal disallowed due to offside, impeding goalkeeper
    https://streamable.com/xusem

    Penalty incident, charge. No OFR.
    https://streamable.com/ylnyj

    - - - - -

    Piast Gliwice - Wisła Płock
    REF: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (non-FIFA)
    VAR: Daniel Stefański (First Category)

    Penalty incident, trip. No OFR.
    https://streamable.com/s370a

    - - - - -

    Lech Poznań - Pogoń Szczecin
    REF: Paweł Raczkowski (First Category)
    VAR: Paweł Gil (First Category)

    Reckless or SFP? No OFR
    https://streamable.com/ncao8

    - - - - -

    Legia Warszawa - Jagiellonia Białystok
    REF: Szymon Marciniak (Elite Category)
    VAR: Tomasz Musiał (Third Category)

    Penalty for handball awarded after an on-field review
    https://streamable.com/zuxqj

    Marciniak ignores Paweł Sokolnicki's flag signal for foul
    https://streamable.com/20o9h

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    1. About the last incident, for sure I don't understand Marciniak when it is about cooperation with assistant referees.
      He accepted the help in Portugal - Serbia but AR was very far away from the incident, and then now in this match he refused to whistle with AR so close?
      Sometimes he wants to make difficult what seems to be easy, at least on paper.

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    2. Not so good to see how someone ignores his ARs but i think Marciniak saw that there wasnt any foul and he was right in my opinion..

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    3. As Chefren said above, his AR is very close to the play and clearly sees the push in the back and yet Marciniak chose to waive him down. What confidence does he instill in his AR's to make any other calls? Poor message sent and terrible teamwork.

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  39. For those interested

    Al-Qadisiyah - Uhud
    Artur Soares Dias - Rui Licínio, Paulo Soares - Fábio Veríssimo (VAR: Hélder Malheiro)

    Al-Faisali Al-Majma'ah - Al-Fatah Al-Ahsa
    Matthew Conger - Tevita Makasini, Simon Lount - Danilo Grujić (VAR: Svein Oddvar Moen)

    Al-Ittihad Jiddah - Al-Batin
    Ovidiu Alin Hațegan - Octavian Șovre, Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe - Ivan Bebek (VAR: Bakary Papa Gassama)

    Ash-Shabab Riyadh - Al-Ahli Jiddah
    Felix Brych - Marco Achmüller, Frederick Assmuth - Robert Hartmann (VAR: Damir Skomina)

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    1. WOW :)
      Portugal, New Zealand, Tonga, Serbia, Norway, Romania, Croatia, Gambia, Germany, Slovenia...
      I think we never saw something like that in the world of football, officials coming from all over the world to officiate in a domestic league!

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    2. Referees from everywhere in the world, bar Saudi Arabia.

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    4. It's a great short term solution, I guess.
      But I can't help but wonder what the long term effects (damage) on Saudi Arabian referee program and development will be. If this continues, we may not see a Saudi referee at a major FIFA competition for a very long time.

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  40. First ever games with VAR in Russia (except for WC). Both semifinals of the Russian cup produced OFR situations

    1. Alexey Eskov changed his mind and issued a RC after OFR in Ural-Arsenal
    https://youtu.be/39iudZNaGas

    2. Kirill Levnikov pointed to the penalty spot after OFR in Lokomotiv-Rostov
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59KWF76wp-g&feature=youtu.be&t=300

    In both cases, it took 4-5 minutes before the final decision was made. Russian referees obviously need more practice with VAR.

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    1. Thanks for this update from Russia, very appreciated.
      However, unluckily, videos are not available in my country.

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    2. Ural Sverdlovskaya oblast' - Arsenal Tula
      REF: Aleksey Yes'kov
      VAR: Mikhail Vilkov

      RC for violent conduct after an on-field review
      https://streamable.com/2bn7u

      RC for SFP
      https://streamable.com/89jkb

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    3. Certainly quite a mess to manage, the players and the long time for the OFR in the first case did not help him. I like how he tries to isolate players, but in the second scene, he had his back to the field... not so good. Also, the VC should have been spotted immediately, he won't get a much better view. That said, both RCs correct for me.

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    4. Lokomotiv Moskva - Rostov
      REF: Kirill Levnikov
      VAR: Sergey Karasev

      Penalty awarded and YC for reckless kick after an on-field review
      https://streamable.com/ylg06

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    5. Thank you for your videos and effort, Vlad.

      Correct decision by Levnikov at the end but, IMO, it took them too long to decide for an OFR.

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    6. Thanks for the videos, Vlad.
      About Eskov, interesting to notice that in the first situation (violent conduct), referee was very close to players with a potentially excellent view, but for some reasons he was looking elsewhere (at the ball). He totally missed what happened despite of having that positioning (YC issued by intuition?).
      See: https://i.postimg.cc/59ZZ6PzH/9.jpg
      RC for SFP later in the game is OK and very well spotted.

      Levnikov: clearly reckless challenge there, Russian referees will surely improve regarding VAR quickness soon.

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  41. I watched Nikola Dabanović handle the TSG Hoffenheim - Real Madrid game in the quarterfinal of the UEFA Youth League. Firstly one must say, what a match! Thrilling until the end, when Hoffenheim scored for 4-2 completing a surprising victory in front of a sold-out crowd (6 000ish); this was no typical Youth League game. Conditions were very trying to play football in, sheeting rain poured down for hours before kick off and continuing throughout, at times led to farcical scenes. Okay, it was not quite that game in Kazakhstan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G-75ljWk3A), but as we learnt many times before in UEFA, the show must go on.

    The entire context led to a challenging game for the Montenegrin trio led by Nikola Dabanović, flanked by his revolving door of assistants - just this season in UEFA competition I counted ten (!!!) - Vladan Todorović and Srđan Jovanović took the flag in this game as non-FIFA ARs. A man certainly in our vision after a very accomplished performance in the Armenia - Finland game, and also in UEFA's for some time now. While this was an easy game to slip up in, pardon the pun, players who fought hard against each other, these young men clearly learnt all the 'tricks' quite quickly, combined with the treacherous pitch conditions meant that this game needed a strong leader to 'guide' the players through the match. Dabanović fulfilled this role very well.
    He won't be in 2nd Cat. for much longer.

    One can mistake his firm and unflappable aesthetic for passivity, but I saw a referee who showed convincing mental strength to always have the overview. Mistakes in foul detection could easily have led to the referee 'losing' this game, but they were rare. I would ask though whether some of his delayed whistles were really beneficial, in circumstances where technical football was very limited and the foul was clear, it was probably better just to blow the foul quickly. He allowed much, my feeling at first was too much, but his attitude payed off thanks to keeping the overview, and knowing when it was necessary to step in.

    Referee opened the cards at 11' when Vladan Todorović AR1 communicated that he saw a reckless strike, my feeling is it was rather nothing, but a well executed dive rather 'forced that decision'. Next caution could have been a RC for violent conduct, but I would back the decision to assess it as an UB. All of the next cautions were fully expected, but I want to praise Dabanović for his caution at 63' for showing lack of respect for the game, no promising attack but excessive shirt pull. I would have liked to see a caution for dissent to the adjacent complaining player during the card procedure at 87', but no bigger mistake. Well done.

    Many interesting situations for both assistants, very often no replays to decide whether they were right or wrong, particularly in a very surreal moment at 72' where everyone stopped but Vladan Todorović kept his flag down, my feeling is that he was wrong, but I can't be sure.

    Dabanović is no typical match-manager. He keeps a certain distance from the players, and has a very natural authority, always keeping calm. Furthermore, he stepped in when the game required it, preventing conflicts and managing dissents. He can make his point succinctly, without the need for bigger talks. I don't think this means that necessarily he has lacks in personality, I would argue the contrary, à la del Cerro Grande.

    Another good performance by Nikola Dabanović. I would speculate as Rosetti clearly likes his way of refereeing looking at others he pushed so far, there can be a very big future for the Montenegrin at a high level. I watch not only for his progress, he should easily make 1st Cat. for next season, but crucially whether he can form a secure trio, the lack of which for now may well hold him back.

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    1. Thank you, after watching him in a few international games and most recently Armenia - Finland, I share your opinion on Dabanović and am glad to hear he had another good game. You summed up his personality and way of refereeing quite well. He's not the most talkative referee, but a calm one who still keeps control and has not only a good foul detection, but also a very good card selection. I too believe that he should get a promotion and some more challenging games in the future, which could be very bright for him!

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    2. After watching him in Armenia - Finland, I can only say that Nikola is a material for Elite Category and I hope UEFA Referees Committee see that potential in him.

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    3. I completely agree with you, I saw him months ago and spoke very well about him in this forum.I hope that UEFA will turn on lights on him

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  42. Penalty incident from Southampton - Liverpool (Paul Tierney)
    https://streamable.com/pmgol

    Reckless vs SFP? Szymon Marciniak invited the referee Piotr Lasyk to review the incident but the latter upheld the initial sending off
    https://streamable.com/laagt

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    1. With the help of replays, it is a clear penalty (although it looked like a dive in the first one...)

      The OFR seems unneccesary here - never a clear mistake and obviously the referee had seen what happened.

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    2. Disagree Philipp. IMO, large theatrical way of falling by attacker who anticipated the contact and exaggerated too much his action BEFORE to be fouled. So play on supportable here.

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    3. Straight leg, studs first, into the knee/upper calf. And Marciniak in his vast wisdom wanted this to be reviewed to ultimately under-punish and only issue a Yellow? Marciniak is currently more of a lost cause than I thought. Poor judgement on the pitch and behind the VAR screen.

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    4. Theatrical fall or not. The Southampton defender Yoshida actually raises his leg once the Liverpool player touches it past him. If Yoshida's leg stays on the ground then yes, no PK. But he does raise it causing the contact.

      In a league with VAR, I can confidently say that a PK would be called.

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  43. A very interesting scene regarding offside in the build-up to goal. The first touch of red-blue player is clearly a deflection, the second most likely too. VAR didn't intervene. What are your thoughts?

    https://streamable.com/oqgtn

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    1. I agree with you. Should have been at least an OFR to let Marciniak assess the touch by the second defender.

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    2. Second touch is a clear deliberate play. No offside.

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  44. Penalty? Bordeaux - OM
    https://streamable.com/elid3

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  45. Gil Manzano with a straight RC to Diego Costa for dissent ?!

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    1. I dont know what he said,did he curse or something else,but IMO too harsh for a match this magnitude that could decide champion.

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    2. I wont report the insult I'm reading, but if true Gil Manzano was 100% right in sending off the player.
      I'm sorry, M, one can't accept that.

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  46. Wow, minute 28 of Barcelona-Atlético and Gil Manzano just issued a straight RC to Costa, who was making clear verbal dissent. Gil Manzano was about to open the left shirt pocket (where he keeps the YC + notepad) and at the end I don't know what Costa said but he switched to the right pocket to issue a straight RC. I guess Costa insulted him, let's wait for the match report. Also 2 YC for Atlético players for the following massive surrounding to dissent.

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    1. Well, I guess I can read Gil Manzano's lips when repeating to Atlético players what Costa said to him and seems to have been a thing close to "la puta madre que te parió". In that case, very deserved RC.

      It's not acceptable at all to talk to the referee about "the f***ing mother that gave you birth"...

      Sorry for my poor level of English, but I don't know any pejorative expression for giving birth (that's "parió" means, a very offensive form for the equivalent of giving birth)

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    2. Yep my bad,straight red for sure.

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    3. https://twitter.com/DelGoles/status/1114607682630168576/video/1
      Not the best video but you read from his lips..

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    4. Very bad behaviour by the Atlético players as well in this scene. Ended the match with 7 YCs and the red one. The one for Piqué for dissent was correct, but the foul call it was about was very wrong. Difficult job for him for sure.

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  47. Juventus - Milan
    Referee: Fabbri
    VAR: Calvarese
    No penalty for handball after OFR.
    What do you think?
    https://streamable.com/765xi

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    1. For me that is a handball.

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    2. I agree Jackson. Arm is in an unnatural position, away from the body and he does enlarge his surface area by having the arm in that position.

      But this is the constant controversy and mystery in regards to handling. In another country this is a PK. Maybe even another referee in Italy whistles it also.

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  48. Confirmed by match report why Diego Costa was sent off by Gil Manzano.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3f_DK1XkAA1iZy.jpg

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    1. If football was fair Costa would get at least 10 games suspension for those words. That's extremely terrible behaviour to a referee.

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    2. I'm in total agreement with you Victor. But as we both know, football is not fair. We've seen players legs broken because of horrific and violent tackles. And those guilty players are only banned for a handful of matches while the player with the broken leg is out for months if not years.

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  49. Just as update, FIFA has confirmed the list of selected officials for WWC, including VAR.
    15 names have been confirmed, while the only one missing in the final selection is Fabbri (ITA). I don't know whether he had been called for the seminary just as guest or it was a technical decision to remove him after the previous selection.

    FIFA.com
    https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/rydx5ltngrzynx6samjb.pdf

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