Thank to Árbitro Internacional, we have the appointments for the competition. Bamlak Tessema Weyesa will officiate Bronze Medal game while Chstopher Beath from Australia will be in the middle for the Gold and Silver Medals match.
Olympic Football - Tokyo 2020 - Men
Finals
6 - 7 August 2021
Bronze Medal
Referee: Bamlak Tessema (ETH)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammed Ibrahim (SDN)
Assistant Referee 2: Gilbert Cheruiyot (KEN)
Fourth Official: Matt Conger (NZL)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Mark Rule (NZL)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammed Ibrahim (SDN)
Assistant Referee 2: Gilbert Cheruiyot (KEN)
Fourth Official: Matt Conger (NZL)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Mark Rule (NZL)
Video Assistant Referee: Benoit Millot (FRA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Tiago Martins (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2 : Guillermo Cuadra (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Tiago Martins (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2 : Guillermo Cuadra (ESP)
Gold and Silver Medals
Spain - Brazil
Referee: Christopher Beath (AUS) Assistant Referee 1: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: George Lakrindis (AUS)
Fourth Official: Artur Dias (POR)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Rui Barbosa (POR)
Video Assistant Referee: Abdulla Al Marri (QAT)Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Muhammad Bin Jahari (SIN)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2 : Chris Penso (USA)
He was pretty poor in the Australia-Spain match. Very surprising appointment, expected Beath for this game and Dias for the final
ReplyDeleteI can't disagree more.
DeleteTessema wouldn't be appointed to a bronze medal match if he hadn't impressed in AUSSPA and SAUBRA. Anything involving Mexico will not be for the faint-hearted. I suspect Elfath will be ahead of Beath and Makhadmeh for the gold medal match. BRASPA should be better than either of the 2 SFs both of which were frankly dull.
DeleteStill no info about VAR for tomorrow women's finals?
ReplyDeleteOT :
ReplyDeletehttps://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12373206/world-cup-2022-var-to-be-used-in-qualifiers-in-europe-from-next-month
VAR to be used in WC Qualifiers in Europe from next month
Gold medal match:
ReplyDeleteR: Chris Beath (aus)
AR1: Anton Shchetinin
AR2: George Lakrindis
4th: Arthur Dias
Olympic Football Finals - Tokyo 2020 - Men
ReplyDeleteGold Medal
Spain vs Brazil
Referee: Christopher Beath (AUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: George Lakrindis (AUS)
Fourth Official: Artur Dias (POR)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Rui Barbosa (POR)
Video Assistant Referee:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2 :
Video Assistant Referee: Abdulla Al Marri (QAT)
DeleteAssistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Muhammad Bin Jahari (SIN)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2 : Chris Penso (USA)
YES! Congrats to Beathy!
ReplyDeleteWow! Unexpected Beath to me. Congratulation. It's very nice to have an aussie referee at high level
ReplyDeleteBut what about Barton and Elfath?
No referee with more than 3 matches in both tournaments.
ReplyDeleteAnd the 4 medal matches go to 4 different confederations - as it happened in 2016.
VAR appointments in the Olympic tournaments
ReplyDeleteVAR men + VAR women + AVAR men + AVAR women
Vigliano 4+4+0+0
Guida 4+2+1+1
Millot 3+2+2+1
Al Marri 3+2+1+1
Cunha 3+1+1+2
Raczkowski 2+3+1+1
Gallo 2+1+0+2
Penso 2+0+2+1
Reinshreiber 2+0+2+1
Ming 2+0+1+3
Steinhaus 1+3+2+1
Martins 1+1+4+1
Cuadra 1+1+3+1
Zourak 1+1+1+1
Jurisevic 1+0+1+1
Bin Jahari 0+1+4+2
Miranda 0+1+3+2
Bitigen 0+1+2+2
Reway 0+1+2+1
Ashour 0+1+1+1
11': Very doubtful penalty for Mexico. The contact seems to be outside the penalty area. So I am wondering, what the VAR detected to support the call.
ReplyDeleteMEXJPN
ReplyDelete11' Penalty kick awarded to MEX
It all started in 11' when perfectly positioned Tessema immediately pointed to the spot after a challenge of #6 JPN. The replays are not conclusive regarding where exactly the foul occurred. It was a scratch by the boot that started above the ankle and ended, most likely, as a little stamp on the side of the Mexican player's feet. If no more replays had been offered to VAR (or maybe he had such confirming the referee's decision), he had no option but to support the call.
Mandatory yellow cards to #6 JPN in 18' (reckless tackle against GK) and to #5 MEX in 27' (SPA) were shown. In 32' #17 MEX should have been warned for a sharp but blatant holding. In 34' and 36' the Ethiopian chose to not issue YC(s) for SPA-like fouls to #16 and #17 JPN, perhaps because they both tried to play the ball fairly and the fouls themselves were very soft. In 37' two further careless fouls of #3 and #14 JPN were committed and #10 MEX shouted something at Tessema from a distance what wasn't let go by the referee who immediately approached the Mexican and had a calm talk with him. That was a very good piece of refereeing! In 42' #2 MEX committed a SPA offence and was booked what made the Mexicans slightly frustrated (many shouts from the bench). Indeed, they were a tad unlucky that that were they who got another card!
The second half was much easier. Assistants had to cope with some very tight on-offside decisions (62', 68'). In 73' an unnecessary (from the LotG point of view) dropped ball was awarded after the referee was hit by the ball. The yellow card to #18 JPN in 81' for reckless challenge was too soft for my taste. Indeed, the whole sequence was painful for Mexican player but surely more careless than reckless. In 86' Tessema presented very good anticipation skills when ordering two Mexican players to quickly leave the field of play. Very firm way of dealing with that situation but how effective (no time wasting, no conflict as Japanese players already started to hasten Mexicans). After a small conflict in 88' another, this time sharp and serious, warning was issued.
All in all, a very good performance by the Ethiopian who showed very good management skills in this game. There were several points in the game when he thought the talk (in a different mood: calm, firm, sharp and serious) to certain player(s) will help both him and the game. And he fully succeeded!
Thank you for this report, just watched the penalty situation and I agree, not clear. If there aren't other replays for VAR he has to support referee. Nobody would question this call, Tessema sowed alertness. With this Bronze Medal final at Olympic I think that he reached a remarkable achievement.
DeleteOT: Czech referees use a very weird whistle that I have never seen referees from other countries use. What is this?
ReplyDeleteI guess that's ACME Tornado 635?
DeleteAlso quite popular in Central America (eg. with Guatemalans Carlos Batres and Mario Escobar).
Right that, I remember Kralovec with that whistle.
DeleteIt's also a favorite amongst many in Mexico. Most of the referees in Liga MX Femenil(Female) use it.
DeleteI have one and I quite like its unique sound that stands out from most other whistles. And of course it's unique shape is quite neat to say the least.
Does anyone have an 18 yard camera of the penalty awarded to Mexico?
ReplyDeleteRussian referee Sergey Karasev is to referee the UEFA Supercup match.
ReplyDeleteWell deserved
DeleteKarasev is appointed at UEFA Super Cup (source: Russian Football Union)
ReplyDelete1st caution of the game given by Chris Beath for a reckless arm in an aerial challenge.
ReplyDeleteSecond caution now, this time to Spain for a reckless/SPA challenge.
ReplyDeleteLot of protests from Brazilian players, he needs to find a way to somehow calm them down.
ReplyDeleteAgree. To be fair to the Aussie ref, you can see him trying to jump in at some moments, but he can't really connect with the Brazil players.
DeleteYeah he is struggling to connect. I don't really see that as his fault though; this isn't a UEFA sort of game where the players are happy to have a relationship with the referee. However it is up to Beath to adapt a slightly different approach (perhaps something more authoritative) as a response to that.
DeleteBeath definitely doesn't see anything remotely close to this type of action in his local A-League.
DeleteNow a YC for Richarlison for a Reckless challenge in the 31st minute. That one had been coming.
ReplyDeletePossible penalty for Brazil, will be checked. Beath has given FK the other way to Spain.
ReplyDeleteOFR now in the final.
DeletePenalty given to Brazil.
DeleteCorrect decision after OFR. Glad to see Al Marri flag this play for Beath, some of the things goalkeepers get away with sometimes can be completely ridiculous..
Delete@smala017 +1. Goalkeepers used to have almost immunity...
DeleteUsed to, and, according to many referees, still do...
DeleteThis was the 3rd time in the game where Beath took the "easy" way out by simply calling a foul in favor of the goalkeeper. In cases where there was absolutely no actual foul committed by an attacking player.
DeleteI agree with smala017! Enough with allowing GK's to literally blow up opposing players just because they're the GK.
I agree with your view here arbiter. There were a number of occasions where Beath blew for the “easy” foul in favor of the defending team even though really it was quite soft. For example, when a defender feels a little contact to the back and goes down like a fish as the attacker breaks towards goal. Really though, I see this as a problem with soccer refereeing more generally. Watching the Olympics this year has reminded me that there are lots of other sports where “staying out of the spotlight” “doing what the game expects” and “the referee, not the players, are at fault if the match becomes out of control” are not paradigms… I really wish soccer refereeing had a little more integrity than it does. Referees in our sport take the easy way out so often, it’s really quite cowardly IMO. But thats what you need to do to reach the top level, unfortunately… maybe one day it will change.
DeletePossible missed 2YC for BRA6?
ReplyDeleteWhat a different VAR vision which FIFA have compared to UEFA... :)
ReplyDeleteI would argue better. :)
DeleteFIFA > UEFA
DeleteThere should be a limit for that, in all cases. Having to assess the level of officiating at this Olympic tournament, one should say more than disappointing, below expectations. How many VAR interventions? We have lost the count.
DeleteI think that I'm in the middle between FIFA and UEFA views: Rosetti was too much strict at EURO, while Collina and Busacca too open at Olympic. One can't understand what is the real use of VAR, that's not good. Also, a UEFA VAR working at FIFA should act in a way, but in a UEFA game, differently. Do you consider this normal? Now I'm curious how 2021-22 season will start for UEFA regarding VAR.
That's a poor comparison to say the least. To use the amount of VAR interventions to state your case is also a weak argument. If the bar was set ridiculously high at the Olympics as it was in the Euro's. You may well be saying how great the officiating has been.
DeleteWhen clear and obvious mistakes were made at the Euro (which there were quite a few). The lack of VAR interventions led most to fall back on the catch all justifications of "supportable" or "not clear and obvious". Even when incidents should not have been supported because they were indeed "clear and obvious" misses/mistakes by the referee.
Referees from different confederations handle matches in vastly different manner. Yet nobody is clamoring for a worldwide refereeing standard. But we want VAR to be utilized in a standardized and uniform manner?
The real use of VAR is what was done at the Olympics. That's the real use. To in the end make the correct call and to make things right. Humans make mistakes but video footage and images don't lie. Fairness, accuracy, and correctness should never be sacrificed in the name of fluidity. As referees we strive to always make the correct call. Why should VAR be any different?
In general I think I prefer the way VAR was used at the Olympics to the way it was used at the EURO. I think UEFA got away with a lot due to the lack of replays shown on the (UEFA-run) broadcasts. I think out (and the public more generally) perception of VAR (and of the lenient officiating more generally) would have been much different if the broadcasts hadn't been designed a way that pretty much hid replays non-calls, that did not allow for real debate of all the (probably many) penalty kicks that should have been whistled but were not.
Delete*our, not out
DeleteTricky game for the referee here. Feels more similar to a CONMEBOL match than a UEFA one, in short. Lots of chippy challenges and the players don't really have much interesting in having a good relationship with the referee. Can Beath adapt?
ReplyDelete1-1 means the second half will start to heat up now.
ReplyDeleteYC to Brazil no.9 now for Reckless.
ReplyDelete64' yellow card to BRA #9 for kicking the opponent in the head, but I think that's quite harsh because the defender went down for a header at about knee height at the same time as the kick. I would even say that it should be an IFK in favor of Brazil for playing in a dangerous manner.
ReplyDeleteBeath all match long has been reactive and not proactive. He's whistled fouls late only after reacting to the players theatrics.
DeleteOn this caution, the fact that the Spain player is possibly injured definitely influenced his decision to show the card. However, as you correctly stated. The Spain player puts himself into a dangerous position by choosing to lower his head that low.
Caution for SPA to Brazil in the 89th minute.
ReplyDeleteExtra time coming up.
ReplyDeleteYC for Spanish player for SPA just before halftime of Extra time.
ReplyDeleteat the awards ceremony in olympic football, do the refs get presented with medals like they do in many other tournaments?
ReplyDeleteWell done Beathy. Congrats to Brazil for going back to back gold medals.
ReplyDeleteThe foul whistled by Beath in the 91st minute is a prime example of how he was reactive to the players actions all match long.
ReplyDeleteThe Spanish TV commentators correctly stated that when the players see and realize that the referee is easily influenced by theatrics and yells. The players will not only continue to embellish anything and everything but they'll do it more often than not.
While I agree with your overall thesis (that Beath seemed to be reactive to players), I don't think this foul is a good example of it.
DeleteTo me it looks more like he wasn't going to call it at first, and then (very late) receives advice from either Dias or Shchetinin to whistle the foul. And it was the correct call, clear impeding foul with contact.
Indeed it was the correct call. Beath who had a perfectly unimpeded look at the play initially decided himself not to whistle anything. He even began to turn his attention elsewhere. Dani Alves then goes ballistic and then finally he blows his whistle.
DeleteAssisted or not, it's a terrible look for the referee. But that's the look Beath presented all match long. It seemed as if the yell was loud enough or the fall theatrical enough, he'd blow for a foul.