This year the UEFA Winter course for top referees will be held online on 27/01 and 28/01. We are pleased to provide you the list of participants.
All Elite referees have been invited:
BLR Kulbakov Alexey
ENG Oliver Michael
ENG Taylor Anthony
ESP Del Cerro Grande Carlos
ESP Gil Manzano Jesús
ESP Mateu Lahoz Antonio Miguel
FRA Bastien Benoît
FRA Turpin Clément
GER Aytekin Deniz
GER Brych Felix
GER Stieler Tobias
GER Zwayer Felix
GRE Sidiropoulos Anastasios
ISR Grinfeeld Orel
ITA Orsato Daniele
NED Kuipers Bjorn
NED Makkelie Danny
POL Marciniak Szymon
POR Ribeiro Soares Dias Artur Manuel
ROU Hategan Ovidiu Alin
ROU Kovacs Istvan
RUS Karasev Sergei
SCO Collum William
SVK Kruzliak Ivan
SVN Skomina Damir
SVN Vinčić Slavko
TUR Çakır Cüneyt
A selection among Category 1 officials has been made according to the following list:
BEL Visser Lawrence
BIH Peljto Irfan
BUL Kabakov Georgi
ENG Kavanagh Christopher
ESP Sanchez Martinez José Maria
FIN Gestranius Mattias
FRA Buquet Ruddy
FRA Letexier François
GER Siebert Daniel
ITA Guida Marco
ITA Massa Davide
LTU Rumsas Donatas
LVA Treimanis Andris
NED Gozubuyuk Serdar
POL Frankowski Bartosz
POL Raczkowski Paweł
POR Lopes Martins Tiago
SCO Madden Robert
SRB Jovanovic Srdjan
SUI Schaerer Sandro
SVN Jug Matej
SWE Ekberg Andreas
TUR Meler Halil Umut
TUR Palabıyık Ali
Chris Kavanagh going to an elite meeting. Could this be in preparation for the euro's
ReplyDeleteI doubt it, especially with Oliver and Taylor ahead of him.
DeleteSo, as it happened one year ago with Mažeika if I remember correctly, this time very likely it will be Peljto, in case of appointment, to make the debut with VAR in EL KO stage.
ReplyDeleteAbout Frappart, I'm curious to see what will happen, I don't know whether there will be another course for Women, but I rather think that this wont take place, so in case no appointments for her in KO stage.
If Collina would give Clattenburg a game in 16/17 despite not attending the winter course (Gladbach - Schalke, EL R16), then I can't see Frappart not 'attending' this course being a real barrier to her getting a game if UEFA so wished.
DeleteWhere is Mazeika now? Gone from the FIFA list...
DeleteMažeika has retired from refereeing a couple months ago.
DeleteAfter having been demoted last summer, there was no incentive for him to continue...
DeleteI'm still surprised about that demotion.
DeleteI am also surprised regarding Frappart. One would assume that she is planned for EL KO stage after her CL debut. And in that case, I don't see why she shouldn't participate in this course.
DeleteI would like to ask next question. If one men|women want to be referee instructor of uefa or fifa, must he be ex fifa referee, or at least fotball referee, or he need to be just educated on a good way, and what is minimum age to be a instructor? Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteLazio - Sassuolo
ReplyDeleteReferee: Antonio Giua
VAR: Marco Guida
https://streamable.com/47k943
Missed DOGSO?
No VAR intervention.
1) did Guia give a foul? Very poor mistake if not...
Delete2) correct non-intervention according to FIFA/IFAB as the referee clearly perceived what happened (even if that's rather confusing for most football and even refereeing people)
3) a clear DOGSO in my opinion! Red card should be given.
No foul whisted by referee, sorry I missed to add that.
DeleteMikael, you said clear DOGSO, but since Ref saw what happened and assessed this as a play on there is no VAR intervention? Do you see any logic in this? If it's a CLEAR DOGSO, and IF VAR finds clear proof of foul/tripping, isn't it clear and obvious mistake, and therefore VAR intervention?! VAR should intervene for clear and obvious mistakes...and according to your words this is it
DeleteCo-existence of wrongly assessed Key Match Incidents and correct non-interventions is a well-accepted fact in UEFA refereeing (as I'm sure you know).
DeleteJust because sth does not 'look' like a "clear and obvious mistake" (VAR consideration) it doesn't mean that it isn't a crucial mistake, ie. a decision that on a LotG level isn't defendable (KMI consideration). A good example of this is the (IMO, clear) DOGSO not given by Stieler in Liverpool - Ajax, supported by VAR.
However there might be "clear and obvious mistakes" even if the referee has the full and correct perception - with a very high barrier for intervention though. Extreme example would be the Gaal handball 2011.
DeleteBut of course, in most cases of "clear and obvious mistakes" the referee had a wrong perception or is missing a decisive information due to his angle - even if he has noticed the incident itself.
On the scene from Italy: I agree, that it is a clear DOGSO I think, one could easily say, that the referee had not the right angle to justify the OFR. However with the foul itself not given, it is indeed more tricky to decide, whether it was a clear and obvious foul. There is the small argument, that the defender just stood there and contact was mostly initiated by the attacker - and the referee surely had a good view on that.
Good arguments by Philipp. In my opinion it is a clear DOGSO as well, nobody would reach the ball before attacker, if not fouled. However, VAR has two steps before the possible intervention:
Delete1) being sure that the foul is very clear
2) being sure about the RC
In case of whistled foul and YC by referee from the pitch, VAR could have intervened "more easily". In this case there can be still maybe a small doubt because referee was in visual control and he saw in a way what happened.
About that, and to answer to Mikael, there is also in Italy a big question about the fact that when referee sees an incident by himself or he is in clear control of the action, it is difficult to see VAR intervening, but I don't think that watching the incident means always making the correct assessment, the clear and obvious mistake can happen as well. So, first thing in my opinion is communication between referee and VAR. In this case, maybe there wasn't at all, or maybe referee said "I saw it, no foul for me...". But, looking only at the incident, it is a very clear RC for DOGSO.
Also, lat but not least, in Italy the interventions by VAR for suggesting a RC for DOGSO after a missed foul or a given YC for SPA, are very, very rare. I woul say I can count them on the fingers of two hands, since the introduction of VAR in Italy (4 years and more...). This is mostly because this topic is in almost all cases a grey area.
OT
ReplyDeleteCAF had the first female referee taking charge of a Men's match yesterday.
https://www.cafonline.com/total-african-nations-championship/news/tafesse-from-basketball-to-top-level-refereeing
Copa del Rey, round of 1/8 appointments
ReplyDelete26th January
19:00 Valladolid - Levante
Valentín Pizarro Gómez - José Antonio Garrido Romero, Iván Massó Granado - José Antonio Fernández Rodríguez
[Jesús Gil Manzano, Javier Martínez Nicolás]
21:00 Betis - Real Sociedad
Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz - Pau Cebrián Devís, Rubén Becerril Gómez - Jerónimo Montes García-Navas
[Juan Martínez Munuera, Miguel Martínez Munuera]
21:00 Girona FC (2) - Villarreal
Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea - Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar, Jon Núñez Fernández - David Recio Moreno
[Jorge Figueroa Vázquez, Álvaro Carreño Cabrera]
27th January
19:00 Sevilla - Valencia
Carlos del Cerro Grande - Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez, Gonzalo García González - Daniel Palencia Caballero
[Alejandro Hernández Hernández, José Enrique Naranjo Pérez]
21:00 Rayo Vallecano (2) - Barcelona
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández - Teodoro Sobrino Magán, Juan José López Mir - Eder Mallo Fernández
[Pablo González Fuertes, Israel Bárcena Rodríguez]
21:00 Almería (2) - Osasuna
Santiago Jaime Latre - Jorge Bueno Mateo, Fernando Tresaco Escabosa - Sergio Escriche Guzmán
[José Luis González González, Joan Méndez Mateo]
28th January
19:00 Navalcarnero (3) - Granada
Javier Alberola Rojas - Iván Hernández Ramos, Marcos Cerdán Aguilar - Miguel García Aceña
[César Soto Grado, Carlos Álvarez Fernández]
21:00 Alcoyano (3) - Athletic
David Medié Jiménez - Diego Barbero Sevilla, José Luis Martínez Serrato - Francisco José Fernández Cintas
[Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva, Alfonso Baena Espejo]
Happy to see Mateu back after Covid
DeleteToday's games from World Cup 2010:
ReplyDeleteSlovenia - England, Wolfgang Stark
United States - Algeria, Frank De Bleeckere
wc10refs.blogspot.com
Really interesting! De report on De Bleeckere made me think of the reports you wrote about in in 2006. They are a bit equal: he came through the matches, without really being excellent. Should we see that as a pattern?
DeleteThanks :)
DeleteIt's an interesting point that you raise! My analysis after his final match, Paraguay - Japan, will offer some reflections on that question.
Croatian league: Istra-Slaven Belupo, referee: Igor Pajac (UEFA 3rd)
ReplyDeleteThere is a huge debate (IMO rightly so) about 2 late pk whistled for home team, the first one after OFR.
Short version:
https://streamable.com/g18bxr
https://streamable.com/vwdd2k
Longer version, interesting because you can see how long and how many times was Pajac reviewing the situation.
https://www.tportal.hr/sport/clanak/video-foto-istra-1961-s-dva-gola-iz-penala-u-zadnjih-deset-minuta-stigla-do-preokreta-i-pobjede-nad-slaven-belupom-foto-20210124
(2nd and 3rd video)
Your opinions about both calls and regarding VAR (non)intervention?
The first situation is very complicated: the referee most likely did not notice the contact with the elbow against the face. The VAR must ask the referee if he perceived contact. If not, then this VAR intervention is correct because this blow with the elbow is a foul and also the players did not protest.
DeleteIf, however, the referee perceived contact and decided that the contact was not sufficient for a penalty kick, this VAR intervention is wrong.
The second scene is clearer to me than the first: the referee perceives contact and decides for himself on a penalty kick. The referee has assessed the scene as such, it is not a swallow because there is minimal contact and therefore the VAR cannot intervene.
Nevertheless, Pajac's decision is wrong in my eyes. For me, this contact is not even close to being worthy of a penalty, otherwise there would be dozens of penalties in one game. I prefer for no penalty, the referee did and has perceived the contact so that the non-intervention of the VAR is correct, even if the team of course do not understand why this time Pajac does not look at the scene himself.
My views:
Delete76' - video match officials are surely influenced by the rather disconcerting fall (not a dive or anything) of the Istria player. ZERO actors appeal for a penalty, not an expected, "clear and obvious", call - not a good intervention at all in my eyes.
Maybe they wanted Pajač to decide for himself, having missed the situation, but in this instance that wasn't a good idea at all IMO - they simply put the ref under undue pressure, and he only really had one option having been called: to give the penalty.
Despite surely being painful, the strike looks careless to me. However a YC was definitely needed there in order to 'sell' the penalty call.
Ergo: VAR team lost sight of the bigger picture here; minimum interference, maximum benefit!
88' - in principle, I actually agree with Pajač, that is a foul by the Slaven Belupo player who impedes his opponent whilst not being interested for the ball.
HOWEVER, referee looses sight of the bigger picture here - having already given one 'doubtful' penalty, to give another one to the same team at the end of the match which is hardly crystal clear, is not smart / good officiating at all.
Can you imagine Brych / Kuipers awarding a penalty here? Not a chance. That doesn't make Pajač's call objectively wrong, but should be food for thought.
According to the protocol, VAR team were correct not to intervene, but if they had acted according to ‘common-sense’ and Pajač rewatched the situation and ordered a dropped ball – I think everyone would have accepted that.
Ergo: even though in principle, Pajač correctly penalised a foul resulting in a penalty, applying more ‘football understanding’ he could have reached a more satisfying solution (simply playing on at first).
@Forlan – would be interested to know how Pajač is getting on this season generally, after ‘that’ semifinal last season?
I fully agree with Mikael at this one.
Delete@Mikael W
DeletePajač does not get too many games this season, and mostly he is delegated for small games that should in general be without much media attention (But we now see what can happen...). He is not treated as elite right now, and will hardly improve his status if he continues to officiate this way. But on the other hand, I watched him in CL qual. this summer and he was excellent, and I remember some of his remarkable performances last few years, so you never know what can happen in the future.
Regarding the situations, I think that the first pk is definitely not wrong, but the angles and the overall communication with VAR referee Matoc (who I would say is maybe the worst colleague you can have in the VAR room) were really bad. I guess it was more like "come and see if you think it is a penalty", and in this case it should either be called quickly or not called (I guess Bebek would do it that way for sure). But even better would be that VAR takes the responsibility and say come and see a foul or not invite OFR at all. Because it was sooo obvious that Pajač was not convinced at all.
2nd pk: no foul for me, simply because I cant imagine that contact being whistled in a big game, deciding some derby or finale. But in this case, VAR was correct not to intervene because they had no reason to assess it as a clear and obvious mistake. They could do it maybe, but then again Pajač would be under huge pressure to change the call...
25.January 2021 17:00 UTC
ReplyDeleteSüper Lig Matchday 21
Aytemiz Alanyaspor (7.) - MKE Ankaragücü (19.)
Cüneyt Çakır - Tarık Ongun - Alpaslan Dedeş - Cihan Aydın
[Hüseyin Göçek - Serkan Tokat]
The TFF Süper Kupa will be officiated by new FIFA referee Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu.
ReplyDelete27th January 2021 18.45 UTC (Atatürk Stadium, İstanbul)
Medipol Başakşehir FK - Trabzonspor A. Ş.
Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu - Erdinç Sezertam - Serkan Çimen - Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu
27th January 2021 19.00 UTC
ReplyDeleteSerie B Matchday 15 (rescheduled match)
Chievo Verona (7.) - Cittadella (3.)
Eugenio Abbattista - Pasquale Capaldo - Alessio Saccenti - Lorenzo Maggioni
Coppa Italia quarter-finals appointments
ReplyDelete26th January 2021 20.45 UTC
Internazionale - AC Milan
Paolo Valeri - Stefano Del Giovane - Valerio Colarossi - Daniele Chiffi
[Luca Banti - Giacomo Paganessi]
27th January 2021 17.45 UTC
Atalanta Bergamo - S. S. Lazio
Luca Pairetto - Alberto Tegoni - Valentino Fiorito - Gianluca Manganiello
[Alessandro Di Paolo - Alessandro Lo Cicero]
27th January 2021 20:45 UTC
Juventus - SPAL Ferrara
Ivano Pezzuto - Domenica Rocca - Manuel Robilotta - Marco Piccinini
[Paolo Mazzoleni - Stefano Alassio]
28th January 2021 21:00
SSC Napoli - Spezia Calcio
Francesco Fourneau - Mauro Galetto - Luigi Rossi - Juan Luca Sacchi
[Luigi Nasca - Federico Longo]
Big clash for Valeri and Pairetto!! Is Pairetto a referee that could become FIFA?
DeleteBig clash for Pairetto and to be honest I did not expected this appointment. IMO he is not FIFA-level. His decision making is okay [nothing special] but this body language and his communication with the players is under average.
DeleteIn my eyes he should be a solid Serie A and Serie B referee with average matches and some "highlight matches" like this. Nothing more because personally I do not see the potential for something bigger.
@ Chefren
ReplyDeleteI was very exicted who will be appointet for the Milan derby and I expected Paolo Valeri.
What do you think about his position under Rizzoli and the AIA committee?
I watched all his games this season in Serie A and I have to say he is until now quite stable and especially his motivation to officate games is much higher than the last season.
He had the Supercoppa Italiana Final and the Milan-Napoli match where he delievered quite good performances.
About Pairetto, I think he wont become FIFA referee, he never convinced in serie A for almost three seasons, then in recent times he started to show quite good performances, but it is not enoug and in any case it seems too late for the badge. Also, his style is not the best. He has just a bit "adjusted" himself and he can get some good games in serie A, but nothing more than that. My idea is the same as Ref545.
ReplyDeleteAbout Valeri, indeed there has been a very radical change in his career, a few months about it looked like he was about to leave FIFA list due to age in favor of La Penna, but then he was confirmed (it is difficult to say that this was a technical choice, but I don't want to say more) and he started again to show very good performances. He has had a very strange career so far: FIFA referee at the age of 33 (2011), always Category 2 without any single promotion, EL debut in 2012 but nothing followed. Despite of that, he has been always confirmed. He has a huge experience, a very good referee, but of course sometimes he has also difficult moments. I think that overall he could have got more. Being on the spotlights in these times means also that Rizzoli has troubles with other referees who have disappointed and so he trusts on the experience of the referee from Rome...
Today's games from World Cup 2010:
ReplyDeleteGhana - Germany, Carlos Eugênio Simon
Australia - Serbia, Jorge Larrionda
wc10refs.blogspot.com
Who was the best in Brazil marcio rezendi or Carlos Simon ?
ReplyDeleteFor me is Lopez
DeleteTribute to Heber Lopes, and best ever copa america final 2016.
DeleteARGENTINA. APPOINTMENTS
ReplyDeleteMiércoles 27 de enero
19.15 Estudiantes (Río IV) - Estudiantes (BA), en Rosario Central (T.V.)
Árbitro: Jorge Baliño
Asistente 1: Gabriel Chade
Asistente 2: Diego Verlotta
Cuarto árbitro: Pablo Dóvalo
21.30 Atlético de Rafaela - Platense, en Newell's Old Boys (T.V.)
Árbitro: Ariel Penel
Asistente 1: Maximiliano Delyesso
Asistente 2: Facundo Rodríguez
Cuarto árbitro: Andrés Gariano
03th February 2021
ReplyDeleteCONCACAF League Final 2020
Alajuelense (CRI) - Saprissa (CRI)
Ivan Barton - Juan Zumba - David Moran - Edgar Ramirez (all SLV)
I watched a couple of games of Iván Bartón in U17 World Cup (Spain-Tajikistan of GS and SF Brazil-France) and I was impressed by his performances. And he's only turning 30 y.o tomorrow!
DeleteUEFA Referee Assistance Program material (2020-2 version) available to download here.
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