Second set of appointments for Round of 16 games at EURO 2020. These referees will officiate 27/06 games.
NETHERLANDS - CZECH REPUBLIC
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Stéphanie Frappart (FRA)
Fifth Official: Mikael Berchebru (FRA)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2: Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 3: Pawel Gil (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Radenko Mijatović.(SVN)
Round of 16
Seville, 27 June 2021 21:00 CET
BELGIUM - PORTUGAL
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Bosch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
Fifth Official: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Christian Dingert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 3: Bastian Dankert (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Iveta Stoyanova (BUL)
Deserved appointements ! Congrats to them !
ReplyDeleteRemaining games, predictions:
ReplyDeleteCroatia-Spain: Cüneyt Cakir (TUR)
France-Switzerland: Michael Oliver (ENG)
England-Germany: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Sweden-Ukraine: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Brych had Belgium just 4 days ago. I would have avoided this appointments. Karasev deserved a KO match
ReplyDeleteRosetti to observe Karasev: old friends in Russia meet again, or something more? ;)
ReplyDeleteHm, normally those appointments mean something - so in case of another very good performance by Karasev, he must be considered for another game, I think.
DeleteI don’t think it actually means anything, his job is to be an observer and he is just doing his job, but because he is a committee member and head of The committee we always attach him being an observer with something more when he observes any referee when it truth it is nothing more. Yes sometimes it might mean more but honestly I don’t think it’s more except he is to be given the UEFA SUPER CUP
DeleteInteresting to see nearly the same VAR teams two days in a row. Only change is van Boekel to Gil in the english team of VARs.
ReplyDeleteIIRC Karasev has always italian VARs in the past
No, Karasev had Dankert on MD 2 and also in the CL before. This season he mostly worked with his Russian compatriot Meshkov in CL and EL. So I don't think, he had an Italian VAR other than Irrati on MD3.
DeleteI'm soooooo very happy for these two appointments.
ReplyDeleteIt is very clear that UEFA are awarding referee games based on their previous performance(s) in this tournament.
Well done, team Rossetti.
I don't like that Brych gets two consecutive Belgium matches. Probably not a real problem, but it just doesn't feel right.
ReplyDeleteIt's understandable that they wanted a big name on the match though.
Deserved appointment for Karasev.
Attwell as VAR is a bit surprising given that he also works in that role the day before. Maybe it is an indicator that Cakir or Orsato are appointed on Monday, because otherwise Irrati would have been the more logical choice as VAR for Karasev.
If Atwell can work as VAR two days in a row, then why couldn’t Irrati do the same?
DeleteYes, true. But then I don't see any reason why one would not stick with the referee - VAR pair that worked together before.
DeleteUnless Cakir AND Orsato have R16 matches and both will have Irrati as VAR - but that would also mean one of them has a match on Monday ;)
The question is should UEFA should care more about the fit of a referee to involved teams/players/tactics or the personal feeling of a referee blogger? I have an idea what the answer might be. :) Referee appointments are no writing task on a note sheet, but require game empathy, a look on the tournament schedule (only Cakir would have been a credible alternative - Orsato not possible, Makkelie had the goal problem with Portugal, Taylor had Portugal, Kuipers is saved for later stakes!).
DeleteCan Rosetti be the observer if Irrati is VAR?
DeleteVar doesn’t influence the observer to observe a match!!!! Many times have the observers been from the same Nation as the VAR
Deletewould have given NED-CZE to Cakir and BEL-POR to Orsato. Then for the others: Croatia - Spain: Makkelie, France-Switzerland: Rapallini, England-Germany: Kuipers, Sweden-Ukraine: Turpin. This avoids rerefrees officiating the same team more than once.
ReplyDeleteTurpin going back home, as Lahoz.
Deletehttps://twitter.com/Edvartsen/status/1408176473610018821
Wow... The two european finals referees of the year. Unfortunately deserved
DeleteLuke, the winner of Portugal-Belgium will very likely meet Italy. No room for Orsato in my view.
DeleteWell, if Del Cerro Grande stays in KO, it would be a joke. Even if they had last performances below their usual standards, still both of them are much better and much more reliable than aforementioned Spaniard.
DeleteSo this is the test for Brych! However I'm not a fan of appointing him to Belgium again so soon after. As he couldn't do the England game for obvious reasons, the Fra/Swi game was not considered tough enough?
ReplyDeleteI wasn't expecting the Russian with a R16 match but it's not undeserved. Well done UEFA for following the performance principle.
ReplyDeleteExcellent Karasev so far, really! Fully deserved for him
DeleteSo it seems confirmed that Turpin and Lahoz are going home. But still, I have to read here that they had positive performances. Sure
ReplyDeleteI'm very disappointed for them
DeleteWith Turpin and Lahoz out there is probably not very much room to appoint refs. Those two refs were expected in KO.
ReplyDeleteI really feel sad for Lahoz, maybe 3 appointments in GS were not necessary, when you know he might have needed time to emotionnally recover at the beginning of the tournament. He had 3 high-profile games, not really fair for the others, and ultimately not very fair for him.
I understand he failed the test - no problem with that
And the manner of Karasev does not really convince me but he deserves to be praised for his Euro and this KO appointment, as unexpected as Siebert (also really deserved)
DeleteI'm a bit confused about the insinuation of some comments. I get the feeling that a 45 year old professional (!) referee is a victim of unfair treatment. Just for the protocol: he gave an extremely soft, if not just wrong penalty - and the VARs did not overrule it - which almost eliminated the past EURO champions! Imagine how a nation struck by pandemic very hard would have been disappointed. Lahoz can be very, very happy that he got the chance to give the third penalty. Otherwise we would talk about a scandal, Portugese newspaper would be full.
DeleteAlso about game number. I know many many referees, I know very few referees who would not kill for as many big games as possible. He had enough days to recover.
The potentially missed penalty in Wembley is a clear outcome of a bad angle on the incident paired with his high conviction that it was nothing, probably affirmed by VAR that the contact is soft. Maybe UEFA already disagreed with this, but did not consider it as an obvious error. Rather as an unpreffered decision.
In Budapest you can clearly see that the push-contact occured when Lahoz turned around his body. I find it hard to imagine that he really fully saw the situation. I think he guessed it and followed gutt feeling. Bad luck he had.
But that's the full story. Nothing to complain about fairness, high number of games. Lahoz earns credit for when he achieves a lot, but he deserves the same performance approach when he fails or has a bad decision in one moment.
@Anonymous
DeleteYou are right about one thing, and that is that we have peculiar VAR criteria at this tournament. I respect Rosetti and UEFA ideas about VAR protocols, but supposing that it results in mistakes that completely eliminate referees from further appointment, then without OFR VAR is almost completely useless.
I have some doubts about Lahoz and Turpin going home,especially because we have, besides 4 logical choices, Grande who was very unconvincing and Orsato who is far from being fit.
ReplyDeleteMost predicted referees for the Round of 16 matches:
ReplyDeleteWAL-DEN: Siebert (33 votes / 19,2%)
ITA-AUT: Vinčić (49 votes / 28,5%)
NED-CZE: Vinčić (25 votes / 15,2%)
BEL-POR: Brych (37 votes / 22,6%)
CRO-ESP: Brych (33 votes / 20,1%)
FRA-SUI: Makkelie (24 votes / 14,6%)
ENG-GER: Kuipers (44 votes / 26,7%)
SWE-UKR: Rapallini (22 votes / 13,3%)
If we look on the Fourth Official appointments we can see Kabakov as well as Frappart. Both are nominated for the Olympics too so why are you all so sure that Soares Dias has to leave? It seems like there would be enough time for Kabakov and Frappart (also Jovanovic) to travel to Japan.
ReplyDeleteIf Brych gets injured, will Kabakov take over in this hot match? Isn't that too risky and avoidable by UEFA?
DeleteYes, so leaving for Olympic seems to be not the main argument. In case, Soares Dias and Grinfeeld could have officiated a game from Round of 16 for sure. But it seems as, regarding the Portuguese, Mikael was right in his analysis, despite the absence of crucial mistakes, he didn't manage a KO game. A pity, he had been really good in his first game, TUR - WAL (I didn't watch CZE- ENG in full).
ReplyDeleteChefren who sent home in Euro after first round ?
ReplyDeleteVarious sources reporting Grinfeeld, Soares Dias, Ekberg, Kovacs, Mateu Lahoz and Turpin. The only 100% sure is Grinfeeld, but it seems as many different sites are reporting the other names as well.
DeleteAnd is this the first time the same referee refereed 2 matches in row to the same team ?
ReplyDeleteKassai in 2016: ITA in two consecutives matches but in 15 days
DeleteYes for this competition it is the first time.
DeleteNo in euro 2000 dick jol from Netherlands refereed Portugal vs Germany and refereed Portugal and turkey in qf and also in this tournament 2000 Portuguese referee melo perriera refereed italy and sweden and refereed italy vs romania in qf
ReplyDeleteComments about this article, this ranking ?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.vi.nl/nieuws/kuipers-en-makkelie-draaien-bovenin-mee-in-scheidsrechtersklassement
The only thing to comment is that it’s a ranking produced by journalists, marking players, coaches and referees after every match. Nothing to take very serious.
DeleteAh phew, I had not paid attention to this detail, I am reassured! Thanks !
DeleteThe headline is quite exaggerated because makkelie and Kuipers comes in at 3rd and 4th respectively while Michael Oliver is top of the list and Felix Brych comes in second, while last on the list is Clement Turpin .. Lolll
DeleteAs I said earlier, the Dutch really don’t like Turpin (and to be fair, it is based only on the EURO matches and Turpin had the worst game)
DeleteTe list is made by some journalists, former players or coaches. They rate the players every match and do that aswell for the referee. So their opion is interisting, but not according the UEFA/KNVB instructions for referees. For example in EURO 2016 Kuipers mist the GK of France coming to early of his line. This is for the referee committee something you get a remark of. But the observers of VI won't see these things mostly. Or they see it and don't see it as important.
DeleteThese kind of lists are also made during the normal season. At the end it is quite fair and a good indication of who had a good season or not.
So don't take it to seriously.
Do you have informations about relationship between Mateu Lahoz and Del Cerro Grande ?
ReplyDeleteWhat happened?
DeleteNothing, dont worry ! The question arose on the blog about Taylor and Oliver to know if they were rivals or friends (the answer is friends), I wanted to know as much for the two Spaniards. Because at the UCL finals, the climate seemed pretty cold in between.
DeleteDeserved appointments. I personally would’ve put Kuipers in charge of Belgium/Portugal because Brych now has 2 back to back Belgium games.
ReplyDeleteKuipers first appointment in this EURO was Denmark — Belgium ;p
DeleteAnd if Mateu is fired, it's unfortunately a good news for Del Cerro...
ReplyDeleteOT: Can somebody explain me why it’s allowed that FIFA referee Bas Nijhuis is in a TV program and talks on the radio every day about decisions (good and wrong) made by referees at the European Championship? Bas is frequently criticising colleagues and that should be unacceptable to UEFA. It was said in the program that Kuipers will whistle the final because Uilenberg, as a fellow townsman of Kuipers, will influence this appointment. The suggestion was made that this final gives Kuipers a bigger palmares than Rosetti which puts him in the position to take over the position of Rosetti within UEFA. How is it possible that referees are allowed to do this, leading to all kinds of assumptions being made by media and journalists?
ReplyDeleteWow! This's truly shocking and certainly unacceptable!
DeleteBecause people have rights to express their opinions freely. For me the opposite is a normal and ugly - not saying what you really think, keep everything secret like a criminal organizational and defend your colleagues at any cost.
Delete*abnormal
DeleteThe fact that you are shocked that somebody can critisize referees speaks volumes.
DeleteI'm shocked by how much freedom have Dutch referees, they can do everything! Is there a boss for referees in this country?
DeleteRosetti observing Karasev seems to be a gesture of his appreciation and gratitude for stunning performance of the Russian in the group stage and a clear signal that Karasev's way at the tournament is not limited with Round of 16.
ReplyDeleteKarasev has been doing an excellent job so far. Truly deserved!
DeleteI see a lot of people on here talking about committee applying performance principle and that is why Karasev got another game (just like Siebert) but my question would be this: is this performance principle only limited to games in this EURO tournament. Because if we would apply performance principle to Karasev's season as a whole he would never get a KO-match in this tournament. For me it seems a bit strange to make appointments based on so very few games, but maybe I'm missing something. Wondering how others feel about this...
ReplyDeleteLook, to be quite honest. Refereeing is a "what have you done for me lately" type of gig. Nobody cares or remembers if you had a near perfect game previously if your latest match was a disaster (ex. Pitana). And much like players are chosen on "current form", so should referee's. Past glories are just that, the past.
DeleteCompare it with a football player. If a striker scores two matches in a row he will be in the squad for the third match for sure. Same will apply for the referees i guess....
ReplyDeleteAmen!
DeleteTwo sensible appointments.
ReplyDeleteWell deserved for the Russian, whilst Brych is slightly surprising because he officates two Belgium matches in a row. However, surely it isn't unexpected due to the lack of alternatives for this sonorous duel.
My update predictions (knowing the names released today):
ReplyDeleteFRA - SUI Hategan
CRO - ESP Oliver
ENG - GER Makkelie
SWE - UKR Rapallini
Was there any press conference by Rosetti today? There are some tweets indicating that Rosetti spoke to the media.
ReplyDeleteIndeed it seems as there was a press conference, but unluckily I can't find any video, not so much followed by media. I'm looking for something more.
DeleteYes, there was a short press conference in which he stated the following:
Delete- UEFA does not want soft penalties
There is more accuracy for sure and before the VAR project there were many fouls in the penalty area missed by referees. Now, it is impossible to miss these (such as) a clear step on the foot in the penalty area and with VAR it is very easy to assess. He said that officials wanted to have a high bar for penalty awards. The penalty is something important in football, a serious moment in football, we don’t like soft penalties, we want clear penalties, we want to see a clear action of the defender, clear fouls from the defender.
- Correct use of the VAR
Rosetti praised the use of VAR in the tournament which European football's governing body UEFA says has been quicker and less disruptive than in some competitions. We know the strengths but also the limits of the project. We know it's not an easy project. We know what happened in some countries from a not correct use of this project, adding that the system needed "top and expert pilots.
- Updated handball law
He also felt the updated handball law had been well observed at the tournament, stating that fouls had only been called when the player was making his body unnaturally bigger or, in the case of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini, when his accidental handball immediately preceded him scoring a goal.
- Attitude of players
Rosetti praised the attitude and behaviour of the players, with 105 fewer fouls in the group stage of Euro 2020 compared to Euro 2016 – 806 instead of 911. There were 31 fewer yellow cards – 98 compared to 129 – and the same number of red cards – two.
“We want clear penalties” ok, but it must be understood and accepted that the corollary of this statement is that defenders will be allowed to get away with lots of stuff in the box. Is that really good for football? I think there can be a debate.
DeleteIf Lahoz is out, was this his last match?
ReplyDeleteMaybe you missed that he will not retire, it was a false rumor.
DeleteOk then, looks like I'm late to the party. :)
DeleteRosetti praised Taylor for his excellent dealing with the incident occurred in Denmark - Finland.
ReplyDeletehttps://crickdiary.com/euro-2020-uefa-does-not-want-soft-penalties-says-refs-chief-roberto-rosetti/
ReplyDeleteUEFA’s head of refereeing defended the high number of penalty kicks awarded at Euro 2020 so far and said they were the result of effective use of VAR technology rather than generous awards.
The group stage produced 14 penalties which is two more than in the entire 2016 tournament. “There is more accuracy for sure and before the VAR project there were many fouls in the penalty area missed by referees,” said Roberto Rosetti, UEFA’s refereeing chief.
“Now, it is impossible to miss these (such as) a clear step on the foot in the penalty area and with VAR it is very easy to assess,” he added in a briefing with reporters.
Rosetti said that a step on the foot, which has been punished in several cases in the tournament, was a foul but former Serie A and international referee Rosetti said that officials wanted to have a high bar for penalty awards.
“The penalty is something important in football, a serious moment in football, we don’t like soft penalties, we want clear penalties, we want to see a clear action of the defender, clear fouls from the defender,” he said.
Rosetti highlighted the decision not to award a penalty for a slight step on the foot of Raheem Sterling in England’s match with Scotland as an example of not punishing “marginal” contact.
The Italian praised the use of VAR in the tournament which European football’s governing body UEFA says has been quicker and less disruptive than in some competitions.
“We know the strengths but also the limits of the project. We know it’s not an easy project. We know what happened in some countries from a not correct use of this project,” he said, adding that the system needed “top and expert pilots”.
One innovation in the European Championships has been the addition to the VAR team of a dedicated offside VAR assistant, which UEFA believes has helped speed up decisions.
So far the system has made 12 corrections of decisions — seven direct corrections, five on-field reviews — and has undertaken 179 ‘VAR checks’. UEFA says on-field decisions have been 91.6% correct.
So NO PENALTY decision in ENG - SCO was indeed correct for UEFA.
DeleteReading these words, to be honest, I can understand that the penalties whistled by Turpin and Mateu Lahoz may have been a real problem for committe... more than other situations.
Did he say anything about Portugal-France or about the referees retained after group stage?
DeleteThis appointment also means that Brych most likely won't referee the quarterfinal in his home town Munich (BEL/POR - ITA/AUT), which he hoped for.
ReplyDeleteMost cards shown at Euro2020
ReplyDelete- Danielle Orsato:
- Björn Kuipers: 8
- Sergey Karasev: 7
- Danny Makkelie: 7
- Antonio Lahoz: 6
- Clement Turpin: 6
There have only been two red cards at the tournament so far, and both have been shown by the same referee - Ovidiu Hategan.
Daniele Orsato: 10
DeleteThank you!
Deletehttps://sport.sky.it/calcio/europei/2021/06/25/rosetti-arbitri-ok-ma-manca-rigore-in-italia-tur
ReplyDeleteCan anyone translate it in English (better than Google)?
DeleteThe updated handball law had been well observed at the tournament, stating that fouls had only been called when the player was making his body unnaturally bigger or, in the case of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini, when his accidental handball immediately preceded him scoring a goal.
DeleteIf the news about Mateu going home is correct, what is going to happen with VAR Hdz Hdz, who was one of the best before France-Portugal?
ReplyDeleteHe will work in other games as VAR, AVAR. Remember they are in Nyon, not together with referees.
DeleteYes, but Blom never worked again as VAR after his only mistake; only AVAR. So, Hernandez case should be handled in the same way, unless he was ignored by Mateu.
DeleteAre these “rumors” about Lahoz and Turpin actually substantiated at all?? Where did they come from, what is the source of this information?
DeleteAnd if they are true, I have to say I feel sorry for Lahoz. He presumably was given a third game in the GS on account of good performance so far, so it sucks if an allegedly bad performance in that “bonus” game means he won’t get to take part in the knockout stage.
DeleteIf only he had performed slightly worse in his first two games, he wouldn’t have this problem, as he wouldn’t have been given a third chance to fail!
https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/eurocopa/eurocopa-faltas-tiempo-juego-11856219
ReplyDeleteRosetti said that in the hand position in the opening match TUR - ITA, Blom should have called Makkelie to review. He also confirmed that the offside decision on the corner kick was wrong.
According to SPORT, Rosetti has said that a 91.6% of decisions on-field have been correct, and that 2 of the mistakes belong to Danny Makkelie and his team in Turkey-Italy (including the offside from a corner kick): https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/eurocopa/eurocopa-faltas-tiempo-juego-11856219
ReplyDeleteHe has also praised Taylor for his reaction and his actions during Denmark-Finland and has mentioned the no-penalty call by Mateu Lahoz in ENG-SCO as a correct and desired call. On the other hand, he has stated that they don't want "soft penalties".
Also, according to AP, and in relation to the 4th penalty appeal in Portugal-France, he said that sentence about soft penalties.
Deletehttps://apnews.com/article/euro-2020-international-soccer-2018-fifa-world-cup-world-cup-soccer-b6bc3f992f98896b2354f4c5a44c2f41
No comment (as far as I have been able to find) on the 2nd penalty. However, I've got the suspicion that he might have thought that he was being asked about that situation instead of the final one, but it is just a thought of mine.
George, I found a related article on this site SPORT.ES, quite interesting for us:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sport.es/es/noticias/eurocopa/velasco-carballo-responsable-var-eurocopa-11845487
It seems as Velasco Carballo is the coordinator for VAR in Nyon during the tournament. Indeed this makes absolutely sense because:
1) it was strange he hadn't been appointed in any single game as observer
2) it was clear that a UEFA VAR expert had to stay there to control the work by VAR, and since it was impossible for Rosetti...
So in the end, all those justifications on this blog were proven wrong. It should have been a pk for Italy against Turkey, and it was a big mistake.
ReplyDeleteRemarkable tone of this comment, but apparently yes…
DeleteIMHO a missed opportunity for Rosetti cs to implement a line (with regard to handball) which the major part of the football community would like to see. I clearly have to withdraw the praise for committee I expressed after Turkey-Italy.
How can this be a big mistake when many people comment here on the blog to have a preference for no-penalty? How can it be a big mistake if media in countries like France, Spain, England and Germany said they are happy that these handball are no longer penalty kicks? Does no one notice that Rosetti left the truth in the middle about all dubious situations except in this situation, quite coincidentally the Italian team?
DeleteI think that, given the various opinions reported on the blog, it is difficult to talk about a big mistake. It is a matter of interpretation about handball. Also, I think, committee has assigned more responsibility to VAR because he should have intervened (according to them). Makkelie team, in case of very negative assessment, would have been sent home.
DeleteTo me, according to Rosetti words, the big mistakes in this tournament are the soft penalties.
For me it was a good example of “unintentional” in accordance with the new wording. On TV Manuel Gräfe analysed the handball in detail and conclude that the arm was in a natural position. His arm went up off balance to lift his leg.
DeleteBased on the explanation of Rosetti I am a bit disappointed that he won't apply the new adjustment in order to limit the soft penalty’s we have seen in EL and CL.
I hope he won’t be pressured by Italian media, because we already had that feeling with Collina before.
If Rosetti wants a VAR intervention there and he only wants VAR intervention for clear and obvious errors, it must mean, that this is a black-and-white punishable handball for UEFA. Everything else would be pretty inconsistent.
DeleteAlso the examples given by IFAB (https://www.theifab.com/law-changes/latest/) suggest that the principle on the handball assessment is more "do it like last year" then "follow the actual text of the law".
@Chefren, are you saying that since there are many people saying one thing, that’s not a mistake? Really? Let’s substitute the committee with the blog then!
DeleteMakkelie’s errors simply did not influence the match, he was lucky
No Anonymous 20:41, please read carefully what Chefren wrote. Obviously it’s a mistake, because Rosetti said so and he is the boss (of Italian nationality, on a side note), but a “big mistake”, as user Forlan (usually a reasonable user, this time using a tendentious undertone) deemed it is exaggerated. Let’s not forget it were not only users on this blog who argumented against a penalty, it was a major part of the football community (Italians excluded) praising the no penalty call and applauding the “new approach” regarding handball.
DeleteUnfortunately, as I wrote before, UEFA missed the unique opportunity to make the handball rule more bearable for the football community. The new wording of the laws offer them the room to do so… A pity!
Most of the people I talked to (spectators, football players) said that it was a joke not to whistle the penalty for that handball. So I would completely disagree about this alleged overall satisfaction.
DeleteAnd my previous comment... It was an interesting psychological experiment. Someone says that the handball rules will be more lenient and then people try to fit what happens in that context, overinterpreting the actual idea. Anyone can argue that in his/her opinion it should not be punishable, but thats slightly different debate.
I am always fascinated to read your comments Forlan, and this one no different!
DeleteI would add the following points:
- I can only speak for myself, but I personally was guided by the following passage from the pre-tournament briefing
"In particular, the change whereby not every touch of the ball is considered as an offence is important, because the players have the right to play and move with the ball in a natural way, and referees have to understand this kind of natural movement"
- It is funny to look back at my analysis post for the game, which I prepared on that Friday night; "this is exactly the call which UEFA surely wanted and I am a subscriber to this trend too" - not quite!
- How the whole thing played out was kind of amusing IMO :D; I learnt on the Saturday morning that UEFA had not seen the situation the same way as many of us, that this was considered a clear mistake (and a missed intervention too!)
At least in the English-speaking world, there was widespread praise for this decision, and here I agree with anonymous 23:07 - this remains a missed opportunity to reset the handling interpretation closer to 'common sense'
So then: UEFA were very fortunate that few (if any?) similar situations occurred in the group stage, because there would have been widespread consternation when VAR intervention and penalty were the result
- And finally, for me personally, play on remains the better call! But, as I wrote in my analysis post, perhaps I am still an Englishman abroad when it comes to assessing handling incidents :P
Same as Forlan, all the football people that I spoke with, including referees, expected that handball to be penalized with a penalty kick. Watching it live, we could not believe that it was not called by Makkelie and then there was not even an OFR...
Deletehttps://www.uefa.com/returntoplay/news/026a-129af73669ae-96d04219e4e4-1000--roberto-rosetti-s-call-to-euro-referees-and-vars-keep-up-the-go/
ReplyDeleteUEFA's official article
No more Spanish VARs after England-Scotland and Portugal-France? Half of the R16 appointments released and no a single Spanish VAR or AVAR? Or are they all being kept for Del Cerro's next match?
ReplyDeleteI don't think they have to be kept. German and Emglish VARs work two days in a row in R16, so I think this is a bit of a punishment for them.
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Chefren which refree is sent away from the tournament at this moment
ReplyDeleteChefren can you say me wich refree is going home from this tournement at this moment
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