Saturday 28 August 2021

UEFA Women's Champions League 2021/22 - Second qualifying Round (First Legs)

Referee appointments for 2021-22 UEFA Women's Champions League Second Qualifying Round, first legs. Games to be played on 31 August and 1 September 2021.

Portuguese Elite Sandra Braz Bastos with Real Madrid - Manchester City

31 August 2021

17:00 CET - Limassol (Tsírio Stádio)
Apóllon Ladies FC (CYP) - ZhFK Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (UKR)
Referee: Catarina Isabel Ferreira de Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreia Catarina Ferreira de Sousa (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paula Patrícia Batista Pereira (POR)
Fourth Official: Teresa Alice Pimenta de Oliveira (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Regina Konink-Belksma (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Knarik Abelyan (ARM)

19:00 CET - Malmö (Malmö Idrottsplats)
FC Rosengård (SWE) - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (GER)
Referee: Marta Frías Acedo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Rocío Puente Pino (ESP)
Fourth Official: Marta Huerta de Aza (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (NOR)
UEFA Delegate: Róbert Birgir Agnarsson (ISL)

19:30 CET - Enschede (De Grolsch Veste)
FC Twente (NED) - SL Benfica (POR)
Referee: Eléni Andoníou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Chrysoúla Kourombýlia (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: María Détsi (GRE)
Fourth Official: Anastasía Mylopoúlou (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Carolina De Boeck (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Yelena Kobak (RUS)

20:30 CET - Borehamwood (Meadow Park)
Arsenal Women FC (ENG) - SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
Referee: Maria Marotta (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Francesca Di Monte (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Tiziana Trasciatti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Silvia Gasperotti (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Katarzyna Wierzbowska (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Maria Mifsud (MLT)

21:00 CET - Madrid (Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano)
Real Madrid CF (ESP) - Manchester City Women FC (ENG)
Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Olga Marisa Martins de Almeida (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Sandrine Gonçalves dos Santos (POR)
Fourth Official: Ana Luísa Carneiro Amorim de Morgado Afonso (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Snježana Fočić (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Claude Runavot (FRA)

1 September 2021

18:00 CET - Chomutov (Stadion FC Chomutov)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) - HB Køge (DEN)
Referee: Katalin Sipos (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Judit Gavalla-Kulcsár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Noémi Hegedűs-Baráth (HUN)
Fourth Official: Réka Bognár (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Paloma Quintero Siles (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Ewa Gajewska (POL)

18:00 CET - Osijek (Stadion Gradski vrt)
ŽNK Osijek (CRO) - Breiðablik (ISL)
Referee: Frida Mia Klarlund Nielsen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Fie Bruun (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Sidsel Fabricius Dall (DEN)
Fourth Official: Nanna Løf Mørch Andersen (DEN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Esther Azzopardi Farrugia (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Isabel Hochstöger (AUT)

18:00 CET - Wolfsburg (AOK Stadion)
VfL Wolfsburg (GER) - FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
Referee: Lorraine Watson (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Vikki Michelle Allan (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Vikki Anne Robertson (SCO)
Fourth Official: Abbie Hendry (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Natal'ya Avdonchenko (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Tugomir Frajman (SVN)

19:00 CET - Shkodër (Stadiumi Loro Boriçi)
KFF Vllaznia (ALB) - Juventus (ITA)
Referee: Sabina Bolić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivona Pejić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Gordana Katušić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Jelena Pejković (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nelly Viennot (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Nina Hedlund (NOR)

19:00 CET - Oslo (Intility Arena)
Vålerenga FB (NOR) - BK Häcken FF (SWE)
Referee: Galia Echeva (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Yordanka Korcheva (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Pavleta Rashkova (BUL)
Fourth Official: Kristina Georgieva (BUL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Elke Günthner (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Svitlana Shkilʹ (UKR)

19:15 CET - Lancy (Stade de Genève)
Servette FC Chênois Féminin (SUI) - Glasgow City FC (SCO)
Referee: Iuliana Elena Demetrescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Petruța Claudia Iugulescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihaela Elena Țepușă (ROU)
Fourth Official: Cristina Mariana Trandafir (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ingrid Jonsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Ilona Tkač (BLR)

21:00 CET - València (Estadi Ciutat de València - Llevant UD)
Levante UD (ESP) - Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
Referee: Jelena Međedović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivana Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandra Stojanac (SRB)
Fourth Official: Jelena Cvetković (SRB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lilach Asulin (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Bakar Jordania (GEO)

24 comments:

  1. Yesterday Haaland (DOR) scored winning goal in min 90+1.
    https://twitter.com/i/status/1431355864615620618
    Looking to 0:52 and 2:01 of the footage, what's your opinion.
    Haaland involved himself immediately into the play action (runned towards the ball) from offside position.
    The ref also doubted and spoke to Haaland and two opponents from Hoffenheim.
    A 'smell' of offside or not at all?

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  2. What an excellent decision to eject Xhaka by Martin Atkinson in Manchester City vs. Arsenal this afternoon, well done.

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    1. I agree, very good decision! What is your opinion about a potential foul before the 2:0, Mikael? Replays weren't very conclusive but I think it could have been a foul.

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    2. I wonder if he received advice from his assistant as he initially pulls out the yellow before switching to red.

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    3. @Dominik - it was a classic reckless striking foul (broadcaster here showed some closer replays at HT).

      It is the same discussion as the foul before the goal in the Wolves vs Manchester United game yesterday: in almost all other countries - let's say TUR, ITA, CRO eg. - as VAR you have no option but to disallow the goal (scandal).

      However, 'our' understanding of how to assess refereeing incidents is quite different here. Chris Foy's article in the Daily Mail can basically be taken as PGMOL writ so at least the non-intervention on Saturday afternoon was assessed as correct.

      The scene from yesterday is more interesting - I didn't watch the game at all, but apparently Sky here stated that the goal probably should have been disallowed.

      It is so obvious that PGMOL realllyyy care about what the broadcasters think, but in the end they will probably find some reason to assess the non-intervention as correct I'd say.

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    4. Thank you for the great reply!

      I'm German, so I don't watch every single match but from what I can tell there is huuuuge controversy after pretty much every VAR intervention(or non-intervention) and that really shouldn't be the case...
      I just don't understand why VAR doesn't get involved in situations like that striking foul.

      What do you think is the reason we have decisions like that pretty much every single week? Is it what PGMOL expects and think is the right decision, is it what they think the media expects or is it even some quality problem in terms of the referees? I'm really curious.

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  3. Who will referee Egypt vs Angola in wc qualifications ?

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  4. Very good use of VAR in Newcastle V Southampton. 96 minute penalty awarded, finally England starting to make sensible decisions with VAR.

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  5. Pk + RC in Chelsea-Liverpool after OFR, Anthony Taylor was the referee.

    https://www.clippituser.tv/c/nmpexg

    I really have the problem with the way this OFR was done, Taylor basically saw stopped frame for 2 seconds and made his decision. If the game is already stopped and the referee goes to see the incident, wouldnt it be normal to at least see the situation once at real speed + slow motion/stopped? In this particular situation it could be important that the ball hit the arm after blocking with the leg, therefore it should be necessary to see those few seconds.

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    1. Correct penalty but Ridiculous use of OFR and ridiculous RC

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    2. If we punish the handball offense it is mandatory to issue the RC as he is saving a goal scoring opportunity on the goal line

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    3. I think the circumstance should be divided into deliberate and not deliberate handball. The ball hit the arm after touching the leg. Penalty for sure, but no RC for me.

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    4. IMO everything went well here. Taylor saw one replay when walking to the screen. He immediately realized that the defender moved his arm actively towards the ball, so PK + RC is the correct outcome.

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    5. The arm goes toward the ball from James, you can see the arm flick out after the contact. Even if the rules were to be divided into deliberate (RC) and not deliberate (YC) for DOGSO, this should be RC IMO.

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  6. Some sources: Peljto with Italian/Croatian VAR at Portugal-Ireland.

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  7. Tomorrow Skomina will be in Izola for MNK Izola president election, He's one of the candidate. If he selected, his refereeing career will be over!

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    1. I can confirm this. If he is elected, he will have to stop refereeing because of conflict of interest.

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  8. Does anybody know the appointments for the WC Qualifiers?

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    1. UEFA has not still released them. Once it will happen, you will find the appointments here.

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    2. 2 September 2021

      Iceland - Romania
      Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ - Dzmitryj Žuk, Alieh Maslianka - Viktar Šymusik
      [Vitaliy Meshkov, Sergey Ivanov]

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  9. FRIENDLIES

    Wednesday 1 September 2021

    18:00 Finland - Wales
    Kristo Tohver - Silver Kõiv, Sten Klaasen - Joonas Jaanovits

    20:45 Qatar - Serbia
    Filip Glova - Peter Bednár, Tomáš Vorel - Michal Očenáš

    20:45 Switzerland - Greece
    Antti Munukka - Jan-Peter Aravirta, Mikko Alakare - Luca Piccolo

    Saturday 4 September 2021

    18:45 Qatar - Portugal
    Gergő Bogár - Balázs Szert, Balázs Szalai - Ferenc Karakó

    Sunday 5 September 2021

    15:00 Sweden - Uzbekistan
    Kai Erik Steen - Jan Erik Engan, Tom Harald Grønevik - Tore Hansen

    18:00 Estonia - Northern Ireland
    Nikolas Neokleous - Mários Dimitriádis, Pétros Pétrou - Aron Härsing

    Tuesday 7 September 2021

    20:45 Luxembourg - Qatar
    Jonathan Lardot - Florian Lemaire, Vito Di Vincenzo - Jasmin Sabotic

    Wednesday 8 September 2021

    18:30 Bulgaria - Georgia
    Igor Stojčevski - Daniel Vasilevski, Slaǵan Markoski - Ivaylo Stoyanov

    20:45 Czech Republic - Ukraine
    Filip Glova - Peter Bednár, Erik Weiss - Ondřej Berka

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  10. The controversial episode from 1st Israeli league (from 0:15)

    https://youtu.be/ydMpmQiBMj8

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    1. And another one at 01:27
      The ref (Liran Liany, ex-FIFA 1st) had a weak performance yesterday.

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    2. The first incident is very judgemental. The attacker plays the ball in such a manner that he immediately is no longer in control. Therefore, it depends on how the referee / VAR assesses the kick. Careless - play-on. Reckless - PK and YC.

      It's difficult to say something about the second incident. We can't see a good replay. There indeed is some elbow move.

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