Wednesday 26 July 2023

2023/24 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round (First Legs) - Referee Appointments

Referee appointments for the second qualifying round of 2023/24 UEFA Champions League, first legs. 

 Gergő Bogár (HUN) continues his development 


Tuesday 25 July 2023

18:00 CET - Vilnius (LFF stadionas)
FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) - Galatasaray (TUR)
Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Miguel Martins Teixeira (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Miguel Almeida da Mota (POR)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Jorge Antunes Roque Baixinho (POR)
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: André Filipe Domingues da Silva Narciso (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Nils Øyvind Fisketjønn (NOR)

18:00 CET - Helsinki (Bolt Arena)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) - Molde FK (NOR)
Referee: Sven Jablonski (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Lasse Koslowski (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Howard Webb (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Johny Vanspauwen (BEL)

20:00 CET - Zagreb (Stadion Maksimir)
GNK Dinamo (CRO) - Astana FK (KAZ)
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Iván Massó Granado (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Alejandro Estévez Iglesias (ESP)
Fourth Official: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: César Soto Grado (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Matthew Paris (MLT)

20:00 CET - Košice, Slovakia (Košická futbalová aréna)
SK Dnipro-1 (UKR) - Panathinaïkós AO (GRE)
Referee: Daniele Chiffi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Valerio Colarossi (ITA)
Fourth Official: Ermanno Feliciani (ITA)
Video Assistant Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Francesco Fourneau (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Attila Tömő (HUN)

20:30 CET - Geneva (Stade de Genève)
Servette FC (SUI) - KRC Genk (BEL)
Referee: István Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: István Albert (HUN)
Fourth Official: Ádám Farkas (HUN)
Video Assistant Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Piotr Lasyk (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Karl Espen Eriksen (NOR)

21:00 CET - Mostar (Gradski stadion Mostar)
HŠK Zrinjski (BIH) - ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Mathias Hillaert (BEL)
Fourth Official: Kevin Van Damme (BEL)
Video Assistant Referee: Lawrence Visser (BEL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: David Pugh (ENG)

21:15 CET - Kópavogur (Kópavogsvöllur)
Breiðablik (ISL) - FC København (DEN)
Referee: Gergő Bogár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Theodoros Georgiou (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szalai (HUN)
Fourth Official: Balázs Berke (HUN)
Video Assistant Referee: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Kadri Jägel (EST)

Wednesday 26 July 2023

19:00 CET - Tiraspol (Stadionul Sheriff)
FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) - Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Riedel (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Santino Schreiner (AUT)
Fourth Official: Markus Hameter (AUT)
Video Assistant Referee: Alan Kijas (AUT)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Josef Spurny (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
UEFA Delegate: Haris Gvozden (BIH)

19:00 CET - Limassol (Alphamega Stadium)
Áris Lemesoú (CYP) - FK BATE Barysaŭ (BLR)
Referee: Yigal Frid (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: David Elias Biton (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Matityahu Yakobov (ISR)
Fourth Official: Nael Odeh (ISR)
Video Assistant Referee: Ziv Adler (ISR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nati Dotan (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Marina Tashchyan (ARM)

20:15 CET - Częstochowa (Miejski Stadion Piłkarski “Raków”)
RKS Raków Częstochowa (POL) - Qarabağ FK (AZE)
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Jonas Erni (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Guillaume Maire (SUI)
Fourth Official: Lionel Tschudi (SUI)
Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San (SUI)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski (MKD)
UEFA Delegate: Ronald Zimmermann (GER)  Per Eliasson (SWE)

20:45 CET - Razgrad (Huvepharma Arena)
PFK Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) - NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)
Referee: Rohit Saggi (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Morten Jensen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Anders Olav Dale (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sivert Øksnes Amland (NOR)
Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Duško Grabovac (CRO)

20:45 CET - Klaksvík (við Djúpumýru)
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) - BK Häcken (SWE)
Referee: Michal Očenáš (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Bednár (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Poláček (SVK)
Fourth Official: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Luigi Nasca (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev (BUL)
UEFA Delegate: Charles Anthony Robba (GIB)
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40 comments:

  1. Lutz20 July 2023 at 22:27

    Wow! Good match for Sven Jablonski (GER) with Howard Webb.

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  2. Anonymous20 July 2023 at 22:27

    After returning to Europe, Webb became the busiest UEFA referee observer!

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    1. grumpy-ref21 July 2023 at 10:41

      probably he is just happy to leave england and his referees' problems behind for a couple of days...

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  3. Euro Soccer Ref20 July 2023 at 22:29

    Second Legs

    Panathinaïkós - Dnipro-1
    Bastian Dankert (Vlado Svilokos)

    Olimpija Ljubljana - Ludogorets
    ? (?)

    BATE - Áris Lemesoú
    Morten Krogh (Alexandru Deaconu)

    Slovan Bratislava - Zrinjski
    Jérémie Pignard (Konrad Plautz)

    Astana - Dinamo Zagreb
    Dennis Higler (Michael Thomas Ross)

    Qarabağ - Raków
    Sven Jablonski (Rune Pedersen)

    Häcken - KÍ
    Andrew Madley (Bertrand Layec)

    Molde - HJK
    Igor Pajač (Matteo Simone Trefoloni)

    M. Haifa - Sheriff Tiraspol
    Damian Sylwestrzak (Stefano Podeschi)

    Genk - Servette
    Novak Simović (Thomas Einwaller)

    København - Breiðablik
    Fabio Maresca (Sokol Jareci)

    Galatasaray - Žalgiris Vilnius
    Willy Delajod (Rien Koopman)

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  4. Chefren20 July 2023 at 22:42

    Mostly, referees from Under 19 continuing their path with important observers.
    Then, about the rest, if we compare Cuadra with Chiffi, Category 2 officials from big countries, we should say that the Italian has definitely a good chance with the observer, while for the Spanish seems just a normal assignment...
    The focus on Saggi continues and the Belgian with the Swiss seem to be both followed as well.

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    1. Euro Soccer Ref21 July 2023 at 00:17

      Jablonski, Frid and Bogár are really favourised. As you can say it's fair regarding the German, one can wonder what UEFA see in the other two. The same favouritism is not applied to Jaanovits who is very talented from what I saw during the last U19 EURO. The Estonian is sent to Luxembourg to oversee Differdange - Maribor... Why such difference in treatment?

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    2. Anonymous21 July 2023 at 01:27

      It didn’t make sense sent Istvan Vad to Swiss after his demotion and sent Jaanovits to low profile match. Istvan Vad after SCO-GEO still get another “big match”, I don’t know why he demoted, how about Berke who replaced him, where will he go?

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    3. Elliot21 July 2023 at 09:22

      Yeah, it's very weird seeing Vad getting basically the same appointments as before despite being demoted. Just says something about how little UEFA really cares about this categorization

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    4. Anonymous21 July 2023 at 14:05

      @ESR , Jablonski and Frid did a great Final and Semi Final, In my opinion they deserved it

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  5. HH20 July 2023 at 23:31

    @Chefren who do you think the uefa super cup referee will be?

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  6. Anonymous20 July 2023 at 23:47

    HJK Helsinki - Molde FK: VAR Sascha Stegemann (GER), AVAR Benjamin Brand (GER)

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  7. Achilleas21 July 2023 at 05:09

    Do you know about referee appointments at Concacaf Leagues Cup, which starts today?

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    1. Anonymous21 July 2023 at 20:02

      It is actually not an official Concacaf competitions, but rather organized by MLS and LigaMX to replace former North American SuperLiga.

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    2. Philipp S22 July 2023 at 00:18

      Cruz Azul - Miami: Martinez, Lopez, Ramirez, Salgado (all HON) - Santander (MEX)
      Orlando - Houston: Dujic (CAN), Graves, Lock (both USA), Ward (SKN) - Macias (MEX)
      Austin - Mazatlan: Encarnacion (DOM), Zeegelaar (SUR), Feliz (DOM), Deleca (ARU) - Montero (CRC)
      Dallas - Charlotte: Camacho, Martinez, Caballero (all MEX), Reyna (GUA) - Montano (MEX)
      Leon - Vancouver: Guerrero, Hernandez, Espinoza, Quirate - Mejia (all MEX)

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    3. Philipp S23 July 2023 at 18:29

      Montreal - Pumas: Herrera, Chow (both CRC), Blas (USA), Bass (SKN) - Montero (CRC)
      NY RB - New England: Lauziere, Arfa, Tanaka-Freundt (all CAN), Williams (TRI) - Whitty (CAY)
      Philadelphia - Tijuana: Ford, Hanson, Kieso, Szpala (all USA) - Macias (MEX)
      Salt Lake - Seattle: Pacheco, Morales, Morales, Lopez - Mejia (all MEX)
      Portland - San Jose: Caceres (MEX), Arrieta (CRC), da Silva, Rivas (both USA) - Santander (MEX)

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    4. Philipp S24 July 2023 at 00:01

      NYCFC - Atlas: B.Lopez (GUA), Aguirre, Ojeda (both NCA), Luna (GUA) - Macias (MEX), Bassue (SKN)
      Cincinnati - Kansas: Quintero, Banos, Gomez (all MEX), Mason (JAM) - Santander (MEX), Batko (USA)
      Columbus - St. Louis: Radix (GRN), Barnarde (ATG), Elliott (USA), Nicholson (JAM) - Montero (CRC), Terrazas (MEX)
      Nashville - Colorado: Gomez, Mora, Fernandez, Ugalde (all CRC) - Mejia (MEX), Tovar (USA)
      Puebla - Minnesota: Brown, Salinas, Paz, Castro (all HON) - Montano (MEX), Whitty (CAY)

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  8. Philipp S21 July 2023 at 15:13

    Felix Brych has been awarded as German referee of the year for the sixth time.

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  9. Quilava21 July 2023 at 19:13

    OT: Conference League 2nd Round appointments (1st/2nd leg):

    Atlétic Escaldes - Partizani: Robert Jenkins (WAL) / Zaven Hovhannisyan (ARM)
    The New Saints - Swift: Jasper Vergoote (BEL) / Ishmael Barbara (MLT)
    Hamrun - Dinamo Tblisi: Milos Gigovic (BIH) / Viktor Shimusik (BLR)
    Struga - Buducnost: Artyom Kuchin (KAZ) / David Munro (SCO)
    CSKA 1948 - FCSB: Luca Pairetto (ITA) / Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
    Fenerbahçe - Zimbru: Nenad Minakovic (SRB) / Robert Harvey (IRL)
    Ordabasy - Legia Warszawa: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (ISL) / Kevin Clancy (SCO)
    Bodo Glimt - Bohemians Praha: Arda Kardesler (TUR) / Marcel Birsan (ROU)
    Qabala - Omonia Nicosia: Andrei Chivulete (ROU) / Adam Ladebäck (SWE)
    Farul Constanta - Urartu: Martin Dohál (SVK) / Thomas Owen (WAL)
    Djurgarden - Luzern: Sander van der Eijk (NED) / Genc Nuza (KOS)
    APOEL - Vojvodina: Donald Robertson (SCO) / Vitalijs Spasjonnikovs (LAT)
    Hapoel Beer Sheva - Panevezys: Robert Hennessy (IRL) / Jan Petrik (CZE)
    Auda - Spartak Trnava: Kári á Høvdanum (FRO) / Luca Cibelli (SUI)
    Viktoria Plzen - Drita: Henrik Nalbandyan (ARM) / Jakob Sundberg (DEN)
    Kalmar - Pyunik: Ian McNabb (NIR) / Igor Stojchevski (MKD)
    CSKA Sofia - Sepsi: Jochem Kamphuis (NED) / Eldorjan Hamiti (ALB)
    Kecskemét - Riga: Irakli Kvirikashvili (GEO) / Iwan Arwel Griffith (WAL)
    Cluj - Adana Demirspor: Elçin Masiyev (AZE) / Nathan Verboomen (BEL)
    Vorskla Poltava - Dila Gori: Nikola Popov (BUL) / Simone Sozza (ITA)
    Maccabi Tel Aviv - Petrocub: Matthew De Gabriele (MLT) / Peter Kjaesgaard (DEN)
    Differdange - Maribor: Joonas Jaanovits (EST) / Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
    Basel - Tobol: Gustavo Correia (POR) / Milos Milanovic (SRB)
    PAOK - Beitar Jerusalem: Mykola Balakin (UKR) / Benoît Millot (FRA)
    Neman Grodno - Balzan: Ívar Orri Kristjánsson (ISL) / Ioannis Papadopoulos (GRE)
    Ferencváros - Shamrock Rovers: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (ARM) / Tomasz Musial (POL)
    Celje - Vitória Guimaraes: Chrysovalantis Theoulí (CYP) / Viktor Kopievsky (UKR)
    Besiktas - Tirana: Daniel Schlager (GER) / Stuart Attwell (ENG)
    Brugge - Aarhus: Goga Kikacheishvili (GEO) / Atilla Karaoglan (TUR)
    Torpedo Zhodino - AEK Larnaca: Tim Marshall (NIR) / Marian Barbu (ROU)
    Gent - Zilina: Visar Kastrati (KOS) / Dumitru Muntean (MDA
    Twente - Hammarby: John Brooks (ENG) / Manfredas Lukjancukas (LTU)
    Osijek - Zalaegerszég: Bastian Dankert (GER) / Gal Leibovitz (ISR)
    Lech Poznan - Kauno Zalgiris: Luka Bilbija (BIH) / Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)
    Austria Wien - Borac Banja Luka: Joey Kooij (NED) / Urs Schnyder (SUI)
    Derry City - KuPS: Robertas Valikonis (LTU) / Dario Bel (CRO)
    Crusaders - Rosenborg: Evangelos Manouchos (GRE) / Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (GRE)
    Sutjeska - Santa Coloma: Sandi Putros (DEN) / Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE)
    RFS - Sabah: Jan Machálek (CZE) / Fedayi San (SUI)
    Alashkert - Debrecen: Vasilis Fotias (GRE) / Robert Schröder (GER)
    Torpedo Kutaisi - Aktobe: Jonathan Lardot (BEL) / Trustin Cann (MLT)
    Linfield - Pogon Szczecin: David Smajc (SVN) / Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR)
    Shkupi - Levski Sofia: David Fuxman (ISR) / Lionel Tschudi (SUI)
    Tre Penne - Valmiera: Milos Boskovic (MNE) / Tomas Klíma (CZE)
    Dukagjini - Rijeka: Jasmin Sabotic (LUX) / Jamie Robinson (NIR)
    Zeljeznicar - Neftçi Baku: Juri Frischer (EST) / Balázs Berke (HUN)
    Akureyri - Dundalk: Georgi Davidov (BUL) / Walter Altmann (AUT)
    Gzira - Dudelange: Tomas Klíma (CZE) / Yigal Frid (ISR)
    Ararat Armenia - Aris Thessaloniki: Bulat Sariev (KAZ) / Michael Fabbri (ITA)
    Ballkani - Larne: Denys Shurman (UKR) / Vilhjálmur Álvar Thórarinsson (ISL)
    Inter Escaldes - Hibernian: Joni Hyytiä (FIN) / Peter Kralovic (SVK)
    B36 Tórshavn - Haverfordwest: Snir Levy (ISR) / ???

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    1. matei1421 July 2023 at 20:41

      I'd highlight the cautious appointments for the Besiktas-Tirana tie, but the reasons for these choices are fully understandable.

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    2. Elliot21 July 2023 at 23:09

      PAOK-Beitar could also be a very tough tie so good luck to Balakin and Millot as well

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    3. Anonymous22 July 2023 at 14:16

      I don't understand why you appointed Icelandic referee to lead a match in Kazakhstan, really non-sense, same as Nyberg last appointment in Kazakhstan.

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    4. Anonymous22 July 2023 at 14:18

      Also Israeli goes far away to Torshavn

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    5. Anonymous22 July 2023 at 14:19

      strange to see Berke and Vad appointment, the catagorization is nonsense at all now, I think UEFA need to recategorize again in January.

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  10. Eric van Marwijk22 July 2023 at 00:16

    Pfffffff......Rosetti... Wake Up Man! are you gonna put 2 times a Greek referee in the first and second match... shame on you! so many choices....
    Crusaders - Rosenborg: Evangelos Manouchos (GRE) / Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (GRE)

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    1. Anonymous26 July 2023 at 23:08

      In addition the 4th official in 1st leg is referee in 2nd leg???

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  11. Wally22 July 2023 at 10:44


    Total lack of Polish football referees, it seems that there is a huge gap apart from Marciniak...

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  12. mathias23 July 2023 at 16:20

    VAR Lawrence Visser en AVAR Thibaud Nijssen assisteren Bram Van Driessche.

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  13. Quilava25 July 2023 at 20:02

    2YC in 90+2' by Jablonski in Zalgiris - Galatasaray, Lithuanian player already on a yellow removed his shirt after scoring a late equalizer.

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    1. Anonymous25 July 2023 at 20:39

      Jablonski?

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    2. Anonymous25 July 2023 at 20:51

      Jablonski was Referee in Helsinki with a very good match.

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    3. Anonymous25 July 2023 at 20:56

      The referee in Vilnius was Luís Godinho (POR) and he also had a very good game.

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    4. Quilava25 July 2023 at 22:02

      Yes, indeed I confused the referees as the matches were played at the same time.

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  14. Euro Soccer Ref26 July 2023 at 23:26

    Challenging game for Fähndrich in Częstochowa. Many duels, fouls and hot moments. Interesting incident in 26' - (very) possible RC for SFP and I think missing cooperation with VAR and restart allowed too quickly. Overall, he didn't allow any case of undermining his authority and it worked well. Highlights tomorrow.

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    1. Euro Soccer Ref27 July 2023 at 00:52

      The potential SFP incident:
      https://streamable.com/2cl27m

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    2. Elliot27 July 2023 at 02:49

      Clear SFP missed… I do not believe my eyes…

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    3. Chefren27 July 2023 at 11:04

      Clear RC for SFP, these gestures of calming down players don't work. You see the Swiss referee coming from a very different background than the game in question...

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    4. Euro Soccer Ref27 July 2023 at 13:22

      Highlights:
      https://www.grosfichiers.com/5m6Q24uNT6s

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  15. Anonymous27 July 2023 at 00:13

    Ludogorets - Olimpija, 90+3, how could this not be a red card (at least 2x yellow in the same situation) for Olimpija # 3 - first reckless foul, then headbutting.

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