Thursday 7 April 2022

Europa Conference League 2021/22 - Referee Appointments - Quarterfinals (I)

2021-22 Europa Conference League Quarterfinals. Referee appointments for First Legs. 


7 April 2022

18:45 CET - Rotterdam (Stadion Feijenoord 'De Kuip')
Feyenoord (NED) - SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Emre Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Arda Kardeşler (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: David Pugh (ENG) 
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Roland van der Hilst (NED) 

21:00 CET - Leicester (Leicester City Stadium) 
Leicester City FC (ENG) - PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Pozor (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Kráľovič (SVK)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev (BUL) 
UEFA Delegate: Tormod Larsen (NOR) 
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Colin Webster (ENG) 

21:00 CET - Bodø (Aspmyra)
FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) - AS Roma (ITA)
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Johan Balder (NED)
Fourth Official: Sander van der Eijk (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Philippe Prudhon (FRA)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Kjell Brækkan (NOR) 

21:00 CET - Marseille (Vélodrome) 
Olympique de Marseille (FRA) - PAOK FC (GRE)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel (ENG) 
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Sofien Benchabane (FRA)  

119 comments:

  1. I think Feyenoord - Slavia is going to be a (very) challenging game. I would expect a more experienced referee to handle it (see Marciniak appointed to Marseille - PAOK).

    It looks like Kružliak has offered good performances in AZ - Bodø/Glimt and Kazakhstan - Moldova and is therefore rewarded with UECL quarter-final.

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  2. I’m trying to understand Marciniak’s appointment in the conference league. It’s not a demotion, I think. He is a very experienced referee and is having an excellent season (until the Atalante game) so far. If he was demoted, a game in Europa League would be more ‘logical’. Taylor and Siebert have been appointed to a game in Conference League, and after that, something bigger followed (WC play-off).

    My guess: Marciniak is saved for a CL Semi final OR we will see him next week again in a ‘high profile’ CL QF final game...

    Is he appointed in domestic league next weekend? :)

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    1. The available referees for a return game in CL QF next week:
      -Siebert
      -Vinčič
      -Orsato
      -Makkelie >> has a game on Sunday (10-April) in Eredivisie.

      Doubt:
      -Marciniak (a big game in QF or saved for SF?)
      -A second Spanish ref to the Liverpool game (seems unlikely but I remember that we once had two Italian crews on the same game in 1st and 2nd leg).

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    2. Appointments for Polish Ekstraklasa are released on Thursdays unfortunately. :)

      In my opinion, it's keeping him save for one of the finals (most likely UEL).

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    3. I agree with Euro Soccer Ref. I think he is being saved for a CL SF and then the UEL Final.

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    4. Taylor has a bigger shout for Europa league Final than Marciniak in my opinion especially if the British teams go out in west ham and Rangers.

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    5. If we look at the appointments of Turpin (2021) and Makkelie (2020), the UEL final referee was appointed a CL QF.

      My guess: Marciniak gets a QF CL or is saved for a CL semi final. Marciniak and Vincic are in competition for the UEL final.

      The AA+ poule is super narrow. I don't think they will protect the UEL referee.:) Let's see.

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    6. Vincic has a match on Saturday, but either Klancnik or Kovacic (can't remember at the moment) is appointed on Sunday evening, so probably no CL on Tuesday.

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    7. Turpin is my prediction for UECL Final

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    8. My prediction is Marciniak, god bless you

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  3. Mixed choices but all are Elite referees.
    Most important game for committee seems to be the one in Marseille, with Marciniak. I think this appointment could have been expected after Juventus - Villarreal, but in case of good game on Thursday, he could then be back in the major competition.
    Just one point for discussion: without VAR he (like all the other referees assigned to ECL KO stage) has everything to lose.
    After what happened in group stage, surely an interesting game for Gözübüyük, but I think now teams are in different form and the outcome can be different. Still, good path for the new Dutch Elite, regular assignments for him.
    Umut Meler in Rotterdam a normal appointment, while for Kruzliak it is surely already very good to appear in this stage of a competition, considering his background, Rosetti is trying to stimulate him.

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    1. Chefreny czy myślisz, że Marciniak dostanie finał UEL?

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    2. Yes it is possible, if he does well in Conference League.
      In my opinion, he could then get a Champions League semi-final and then after that EL final in case. The performance in Turin for Juventus - Villarreal should have been better, but the overall picture is still solid for him at moment.

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  4. OT: Huge crucial game in the EPL this weekend Man City - Liverpool.
    Ref: Anthony Taylor. ARS: Beswick, Nunn. 4th: Marriner.
    VAR: Tierney, AVAR: Wood

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    1. To add to this, Michael Oliver is usually kept away from relegation battle games as he is a Newcastle fan and for the past years they are usually in this battle. However, they seem to be out and so he is appointed to Norwich - Burnley at the weekend, with Burt and Bennett of course. Huge week for both Taylor and Oliver in Europe then EPL. Good luck!

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    2. I hope this qunches the biggest myth in English refereeing where Oliver is seen as the National number to Taylor and vice versa in Europe. Taylor has always been ahead domestically and this stems from the domestic finals which are usually given to the most experienced and best referees at a certain point in time. Taylor got the league cup and FA cup final before Oliver and also got the Second FA cup final (becoming the first referee to do so) before Oliver. This season alone Taylor has officiated a lot of huge clashes more than Oliver. Just to put in context it’s at a ratio of 5:1 in favor of Taylor. Taylor is head and neck the number 1 referee in England both domestically and internationally, he is a certainty to go to the World Cup , Oliver just needs to bid his time!!! That being said he is certainly going to get the FA Cup Semi Final equivalent of this match.

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    3. Chiagozie I wouldn't be surprised to see Atkinson, or even Dean (farewell game?) on the semi-final equivalent. However, it would of course be no shock to see Oliver there.

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    4. Dean is getting the final as a fair well game and also had city in the previous round against Southampton while Atkinson had Liverpool in the League cup Semi Final which should not count against him because Oliver had the same albeit in the first leg but Atkinson generally hasn’t had a good season, Marriner stands a better chance.

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    5. I suppose it depends whether the FA have indeed relaxed the rule of only one FA cup final appointment allowed, or if Taylor and Oliver were only appointed twice because of Covid and empty stadiums. If it is relaxed then Dean will likely get it as a farewell game, if not then I'd predict Pawson

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  5. Disappointed that this tournament has turned out to be one where elites are parachuted in for the later parts of the competition. As i feared

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  6. 10.04.2022

    Sivasspor-Medipol Basaksehir: Halil Umut Meler

    probably no game in second leg

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  7. OT:
    Regarding the penalty whistled in yesterday's Bundesliga match FC Augsburg - FSV Mainz (discussed in a previous post), DFB published a statement:
    In their opinion, penalty is a WRONG DECISION and a VAR INTERVENTION IS MANDATORY here:
    "In this complex scene, which can be fully solved with the pictures, the VAR should have invited the referee to an OFR." Appearantly, they don't really see a 'tricky' incident here either, as an VAR intervention is "to be expected". For them, it's a collision (i. e. play-on) and penalty is a clear/obvious mistake.

    https://www.tag24.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/erste-bundesliga/dfb-zum-elfmeter-in-augsburg-video-assistent-haette-eingreifen-muessen-2404873

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  8. Absolutely agree - you cannot use the existance of a contact to justify any wrong decision because there is a kind of contact in almost all of the actions during the football game. It is a contact sport above all. That's why I think that VAR is used in a completely wrong way.

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  9. Important mistake by Turkish refereeing team allowing a Prague goal after punishable offside (Fey-Pra). 43.

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  10. A huge offside missed in Slavia's goal.

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  11. Excellent first half from Umut Meler, they want to put her under

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    1. I think you should be neutral no matter what country you are from.

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  12. ... and now a penalty missed for Feyenoord. A nightmare performance by the Turkish team.

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    1. I think your eyes are bad, there is no penalty, I think you should be neutral no matter what country you are from.

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    2. Penalty would have been very soft but I agree about offside.

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    3. No matter what country you are from! .... said a Turkish about a Turkish referee :-)

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    4. Maybe it's offside, but I don't think so and as you said, we can't understand it without VAR, I think it's a perfect first half.

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    5. I hope everyone is not seeing what you see Anonymous :-):-)

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    6. I only see what happens if a mediocre ref is pushed to the max... Given the current developments in Turkey this might be the last thing we Will see from Turkey for a long time. And to be fair that would be a great thing after seeing this performance which is Just below par unfortunately

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  13. Clear offside not given and Slavia equalized. But I blame UEFA more than the refs, where is VAR???

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  14. Clear offside, attacker on the line, impeding defender to make any action, AR should have had courage here, without VAR is difficult, but this was evident. A bit of intuition needed when you see such constellation by players.

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    1. 1) https://ibb.co/whWtGSR
      2) https://ibb.co/qYqw16Z

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    2. I agree, it might be offside, but without VAR it's hard, not an obvious mistake

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    3. C’mon Turkish ref. Be realistic. This is a obvious foul. These are the crucial situations as an AR you’re being trained for. Don’t get the escape of no VAR presence. AR2 had to spot this one. Crucial mistake unfortunately for him.

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    4. It is a clear offside and it is an obvious mistake. Unfortunately :(((
      It is very close to goal line so easy to detect.

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  15. Let's say again that in this competition without VAR until semifinals... it is definitely not a good thing, looks like a very old football.

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    1. Ok it might look like old days football. But it is never an excuse for a ref or AR to miss sonething, or for us as readers on this blog to excuse a ref or AR. They still first need to spot it them selves.

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    2. So will VAR be used in UECL semi-finals? I thought only in the final match.

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  16. Rosetti can be satisfied with Umut Meler.

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    1. Hahahaha dont make me laugh. At least one decisive crucial mistake from the AR. Below the required level for me

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    2. Anonymous, Dutch or Feyenoord, I think every referee can make a mistake, I think it was good. If everyone thinks the same about offside, I think wrong, but apart from that, there is no penalty or anything else.

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    3. The offside mistake can be decisive, end of European season for Meler.

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    4. Yes, it could be the end of the season.

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    5. a second leg then the European season could be over

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    6. Well, as new Elite referee I think that this was the expected last game, definitely too early for him for a Conference League semifinal.

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    7. umut meler can act as the fourth official in the semifinals.

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  17. Quiet match for Kruzliak so far. It does not look like he was out for a long time. Was his domestic suspension cancelled or reduced?

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  18. Clear penalty missed by Kruzliak

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    1. Are you joking? Never a penalty

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    2. Clip

      https://twitter.com/siekobos/status/1512162108628250624?t=JtrG8cp6JeVqnXi_dQUrig&s=19

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    3. I also tend to deem it a penalty in fa or of Eindhoven. Maybe Chefren could provide a clip (LEI-PSV 52’)?

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    4. Looks like a very clear penalty, given the action by defender, in such situations whistle is always expected!

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    5. No penalty, never only in a Village game

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    6. My god. How can you say no penalty? Missed the ball and then clear contact (tripping).

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  19. RC card missed by Marciniak. Violent conduct, kicking his opponent with force and without playing the ball. Not even a YC given…

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    1. RC is exaggerated, Payet was too late and kicked his opponent recklessly. Clear YC missed.

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  20. Extremely hot end of the game in Marseille, all players and benches very agitated, committee was right in making a certain choice (Top Elite) for this game, I think it will be the same for return game in Greece.

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    1. Chefren
      Overall Marciniak was good in this match? Unfortunetly I didin't watch this match. It's posible EL final for him?

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    2. Chefreny, jak Marciniak wypadł w tym meczu?

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  21. Predictions EL UECL

    Atalanta-Leipzig: Vincic
    Barcelona-Frankfurt: Kovacs
    Lyon-Westham: Lahoz
    Rangers: Braga: Siebert

    Slavia-Feyenoord: Del Cerro Grande
    Psv-Leicester: Sandro Schaerer
    As Roma-Bodo/Glimt: Micheal Oliver
    Poak-Marseille: Danny Makkelie

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    1. Oliver totally unsuitable for Roma-Bodo. There have been fights with police between the two teams in the locker room after final whistle. It will be a super heated match. I expect someone expert like Lahoz or Turpin.

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    2. Not Turpin either. Either Taylor or Makkelie for me

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    3. Siebert will officiate a CL QF

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  22. Ktoś oglądał mecz w Marsylii? Jak poradził sobie Marciniak?

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  23. Rosetti can be satisfied with all referees in UECL QF.

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  24. I didn't watch full game of Marciniak, so I can't answer to your questions, I just watched some of the very last minutes.
    I think this should be the incident mentioned by some readers (no replays):
    https://streamable.com/eap2p4
    It looks like a clear deliberate kick on opponent, at least YC missed, strictly to LotG, RC.

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    1. Another clip, second YC for SPA and management of the other players with further cards:
      https://streamable.com/wfbzr4
      At the end of the video, you can also see the first YC to the player sent off (kick in face). All correct decisions.

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    2. Thank you so much

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  25. From first glance it looks deliberate but we need a better reply/slowmotion to be 100% sure.

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  26. I agree that Kruzliak whistled a good game but missing the penalty ´52 the rating cannot be excellent imo. VAR missing can be an excuse but not in this situation where Kruzliak had a good view of the situation

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  27. Leicester - PSV, penalty appeal:
    https://streamable.com/rtwvt5
    Very clear penalty if you ask me.
    What it is worrying, is that referee doesn't have any reaction, in such incidents a reaction is absolutely expected, either whistle or play on gesture. I can't see a referee that doesn't make anything after that...

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    1. Yes, very clear IMO too. A big mistake by Kruzliak.

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    2. Guys, did you checked if it was in or out???? It was not so clear, for me free kick...

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  28. Any Predictions for second leg?

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  29. My predictions for next week (VAR in brackets)
    Bayern-Villareal: Vincic (Tierney)
    Real-Chelsea: Siebert (Dankert)
    Atletico-ManCity: Makkelie (van Boekel)
    Liverpool-Benfica: Orsato (Valeri)

    Atalanta-Leipzig: Mateu (Martinez)
    Barcelona-Frankfurt: Letexier (Brisard)
    Lyon-West Ham: del Cerro Grande (Hernandez)
    Rangers-Braga: Schärer (Fritz)

    Roma-Bodo: Sanchez
    Slavia-Feyenoord: Soares Dias
    PAOK-Marseille: Grinfeeld
    PSV-Leicester: Bastien

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    1. Well, I was working under the condition that no referee is used twice in the quarterfinals - which admittedly could be wrong as we have no experience regarding the Conference League.
      But with this condition, there are nearly no alternatives to these 12 names (+ Collum and Sidiropoulus), I think.
      Then there are obviously other permutations possible, but I don't think one can really appoint much better referees for the two games you are mentioning without losing neccessary quality in the Europa League.
      Then Grinfeeld is an EURO referee after all and Sanchez has done many difficult games in his domestic league.
      And finally, the appointments probably were made before first leg events/results.

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    2. It's of a paramount importance that UEFA will appoint not only excellent, but in particular referees with a very strong personality for e.g. Atletico vs Man City, Lyon vs West Ham, Slavia vs Feyenoord, PAOK vs Marseille (!), PSV vs Leicester, ...

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    3. Agree with your list Jacques.
      ATM - MCI in the return game is a tricky one. In first leg, you could already see it almost boiling over at the end of the second halve. 2nd leg in Madrid will be more difficult. The referee and his team in charge are highly trusted for sure. I doubt if ANY referee would be glad to be appointed to this game? Joking. Great chance to display themselves.

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    4. Bayern-Villareal: Vincic
      Real-Chelsea: Orsato
      Atletico-Mancity: Marchinak
      Liverpool-Benfica: Siebert

      Leipzig-Atalanta: Turpin
      Barcelona-Frankfurt: Kovacs
      Lyon-Westham: Lahoz
      Rangers-Braga: Meler

      As Roma-Bodo/Glimt: Taylor
      Slavia-Feyenoord: Del Cerro Grande
      Psv-Leicester: Sandro Schaerer
      Poak-Marseille: Danny Makkelie

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    5. Bayern-Villareal: Soares Dias (Pinhiero)
      Real-Chelsea: Siebert (Dankert)
      Atletico-ManCity: Makkelie (van Boekel)
      Liverpool-Benfica: Orsato (Irrati)

      Atalanta-Leipzig: Mateu (Martinez)
      Barcelona-Frankfurt: Vinic (Di Bello)
      Lyon-West Ham: Schärer (Fritz)
      Rangers-Braga: Letexier (Brisard)

      Roma-Bodo: Ayetkin
      Slavia-Feyenoord: Grinfeeld or Siridupolous
      PAOK-Marseille: Del Grande
      PSV-Leicester: Bastien

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  30. Are there any house rules regarding making predictions? I wonder, since an admin expressed his displeasure a few days ago towards a reader who frequently posts predictions. In my opinion a bit rude, because I remember that making predictions was quite popular during the EURO, and still is. Probably among silent readers too.
    Some readers apparantly have the opinion that it affects the blog's credibility. I can understand both. There ain't a separate page available?

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    1. People are dropping predictions everywhere. It can be a bit chaotic, sometimes.

      I do find a bit strange - and I’m trying to write it very polite - that an admin confronts an user publicly about the content of its messages. Honestly this does not encourage readers to post messages with an User-account. Anonymous users can post off-topic messages every day without being addressed by an admin.
      There are a few options: 1. adjust the house rules, 2. create a separate page for predictions, or 3. keep it like this and respect off-topic posts, even when a topic is completely out of the blue. Everybody’s welcome, right?

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  31. Still thinking about that Meler performance yesterday. Apart from the wrongful first goal by Slavia, I didn´t like has management. He didn´t seem to connect with players, card management was difficult, many very quick cards.

    Then there´s Kruzliak. After his big error last year in Lille-Ajax, he made another big miss yesterday by not giving a penalty to PSV.

    All in all, where was VAR? This is so unbelieveable. Two big match deciding errors by these two referees.

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    1. Marco23, show me evidence, that it was inside. Its very Easy to say mistake.

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    2. Umut Meler's appearance in Rotterdam will not affect his future.

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  32. CL QF predictions


    Bayern - Villarreal Orsato
    Real Madrid Chelsea Vincic
    Liverpool Benfica Makkelie
    Atletico Madrid - Manchester City Siebert

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  33. Enrique Cáceres is the new head of CONMEBOL referees. He replaces Wilson Seneme who quit CONMEBOL "for personal reasons" and already has been chosen the new head of Brazilian referees.

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  34. I report the observers for 2nd, according to another referee blog. Not sure if it is a good source, tbh.

    Conference League
    Roma - Bodo Garibian (FRA)
    PSV - Leicester Batista (POR)
    Slavia Praga - Feyenoord Filipovic (SRB)
    PAOK - Marsiglia Jakov (ISR)

    Europa League
    Lione - West Ham Trentalange (ITA)
    Barcellona - Francoforte Riley (ENG)
    Rangers - Braga Tritsonis (GRE)
    Atalanta - Lipsia Nalbandyan (ARM)

    Champions League
    Real Madrid - Chelsea Bianchi (SUI)
    Bayern - Villarreal Šajn (SVN)
    Liverpool - Benfica Velasco Carballo (ESP)
    Atlético Madrid - City Rosetti (ITA)

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    1. So, if this is correct, no Orsato in ATL-CITY. My predictions:
      Real Madrid-Chelsea: Orsato
      Bayern-Villarreal: Makkelie
      Liverpool-Benfica: Bastien
      Atlético-City: Siebert

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    2. Makkelie has a game on Sunday

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    4. Could Chefren maybe confirm these observers?

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    5. Hint: You can find the referee observer and UEFA delegates earlier in UEFA's API. All you need to know is the ID number of the match from UEFA's website.

      For example in Real Madrid-Chelsea, the report URL is: https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2034659--real-madrid-vs-chelsea/

      Therefore the ID number is "2034659", then just put it into the following link: https://match.uefa.com/v2/matches/2034659

      There you can see Francesco Bianchi is the referee observer, and Peter Lundström is the UEFA delegate.

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    6. Thanks, SJ!

      Then, we have the following names for now:

      UCL
      BAYVIL: Rosetti (ITA) / Šupraha (CRO)
      RMACHE: Bianchi (SUI) / Lundström (FIN)
      LIVBEN: Velasco Carballo (ESP) / Ubias (CZE)
      ATMMCI: Šajn (SVN) / de Jong (NED)
      UEL
      ATARBL: Nalbandyan (ARM) / Zorzi (SUI)
      BARFRA: Riley (ENG) / Cruise (IRL)
      LYOWHU: Messina (ITA) / Stefański (POL)
      RANBRA: Tritsónis (GRE) / Ryszka (POL)

      UECL
      ROMBOD: Garibian (FRA) / O'Connor (WAL)
      SLPFEY: Filipović (SRB) / Jordania (GEO)
      PAOKMAR: Jakov (ISR) / Struthers (SCO)
      PSVLEI: Batista (POR) / Morais (POR)

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    7. I am sorry but I can't understand how some observers are appointed. Someone who has never whistled a GS match of a competition is appointed as an observer on a QF match.

      Tragic to say the least.

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    8. Ok, now I can confirm that the updated observers reported by Anonymous are the correct ones (as for now) :)

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    9. What is UEFA's API?

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  35. Trentalange recently faced a serious car crash, I guess he is still recovering and cannot be on duty in Lyon. Anyway if above observers are right we can say that Orsato will not referee AM-MCI, Vincic not BM-VILLA, Mateu or Del Certo not LIVE-BENFICA and Sharer not at Santiago Bernabeu 😀

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  36. Stieler makes his comeback in 1.Bundesliga today - so he would be available for a match next week.
    Siebert has a 2. Bundesliga match today - so he is available on Tuesday.

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  37. From what I saw, Jon Moss had a very good performance in the quite important Everton vs. Manchester United game today! I think he should have awarded Everton a penalty for a tripping incident in the second half though.

    A couple of clips:

    77’ - potential penalty to Everton (tripping)
    https://streamable.com/vyqlq7

    +93’ - potential penalty to Manchester United (handling)
    https://streamable.com/7cik9e

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  38. I Have a Question:
    In the cadiz-sevilla derby today, cadiz was quite a long time in front and they wasted a lot time. Then after 83 minutes or so sevilla wes 2:1 ahead. Is the time that is lost because of Cadiz time wasting in this case supposed to be added on in extra time?

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    1. If they waste time they should get yellow cards. If a referee ignored the law and instead adds time to avoid giving yellow cards, it’s incorrect and bad.

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  39. Youth League we have already appointments for semifinals and final in Nyon.
    Semifinals: Horatiu Fesnic (ROU), Allard Lindhout (NED).
    Final: Harm Osmers (GER)

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    1. QUARTER-FINAL

      Wednesday 13 April 2022

      16:00 CET - Alcochete (CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira)
      Sporting CP (POR) - SL Benfica (POR)
      Referee: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
      Assistant Referee 1: Grega Kordež (SVN)
      Assistant Referee 2: David Gabrovec (SVN)
      Fourth Official: Miguel Bértolo Nogueira (POR)
      UEFA Referee Observer: João Francisco Lopes Ferreira (POR)
      UEFA Delegate: Ciprian Paraschiv (ROU)


      SEMI-FINALS

      Friday 22 April 2022

      14:00 CET - Nyon (Centre sportif de Colovray)
      Juventus (ITA) - Winner of QF3
      Referee: Allard Lindhout (NED)
      Assistant Referee 1: Charles Schaap (NED)
      Assistant Referee 2: Roy de Nas (NED)
      Fourth Official: Lionel Tschudi (SUI)
      UEFA Referee Observer:
      UEFA Delegate: Frédéric Veraghaenne (BEL)

      18:00 CET - Nyon (Centre sportif de Colovray)
      Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) - FC Salzburg (AUT)
      Referee: Horațiu Mircea Feșnic (ROU)
      Assistant Referee 1: Valentin Gabriel Avram (ROU)
      Assistant Referee 2: Alexandru Cerei (ROU)
      Fourth Official: Jérémie Pignard (FRA)
      UEFA Referee Observer:
      UEFA Delegate: Frédéric Veraghaenne (BEL)


      FINAL

      Monday 25 April 2022

      18:00 CET - Nyon (Centre sportif de Colovray)
      Referee: Harm Osmers (GER)
      Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter (GER)
      Assistant Referee 2: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
      Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager (GER)
      UEFA Referee Observer:
      UEFA Delegate: Frédéric Veraghaenne (BEL)

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  40. "I am sorry but I can't understand how some observers are appointed. Someone who has never whistled a GS match of a competition is appointed as an observer on a QF match.

    Tragic to say the least"


    This must be the most crazy comment ever on this great blog. An observer without group stage match appointed for QF final is normal. It is about the quality of the observer.

    Jurgen Klopp has never played CL football. Thomas Tuchel Chelsea and Carlo Ancelottti has not played there. Naigelsman hasn't played.

    So that is tragic???

    I am waiting with excitement for a reply.

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    1. I agree with you. Only whether observer's reports are meritoric and valuable should count. I often read reports written by "big names" and they are sometimes not much professional. The reports written by observers from smaller nations / without big international experience are often more detailed and include more interesting nuances than those written by refereeing stars.

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    2. I agree with you on the observers, but Ancelotti won two European cups with AC Milan and played 26 international games with Italy, so he did indeed play at the highest level.

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    3. Besides the written reports, there is a personal interaction between the referee and observer, including a verbal debrief. A referee will always feel when an observer speaks from his personal experience or from the books. In practical life, people learn better from role models who are sharing their experience rather than from written materials. There are exceptions, as in everyday life, but, in my opinion, the vast majority of observers should observe at the level they refereed.

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  41. Marciniak to officiate Real Madrid Chelsea!

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