2023/24 European Qualifiers, third set of referee appointments for MD7, games to be played on 14 October.
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| Daniele Orsato (ITA) to referee Slovenia - Finland |
Saturday 14 October 2023
15:00 CET - Prague, CZE (epet Arena)
UKRAINE - NORTH MACEDONIA | Group C
Referee: Slavko Vinčić SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič SVN
Fourth Official: David Šmajc SVN
Video Assistant Referee: Nejc Kajtazovič SVN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Matej Jug SVN
UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan ARM
UEFA Delegate: Eugène Westerink NED
15:00 CET - Belfast (National Football Stadium at Windsor Park)
NORTHERN IRELAND - SAN MARINO | Group H
Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Yves De Neve BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Rien Vanyzere BEL
Fourth Official: Kevin Van Damme BEL
Video Assistant Referee: Jan Boterberg BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erik Lambrechts BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Gylfi Þór Orrason ISL
UEFA Delegate: Patricia González García ESP
18:00 CET - Sofia (Natsionalen Stadion “Vasil Levski”)
BULGARIA - LITHUANIA | Group G
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Zaza Pipia GEO
Fourth Official: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Kjell Gunnar Alseth NOR
UEFA Delegate: Octavian Goga ROU
18:00 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
SLOVENIA - FINLAND | Group H
Referee: Daniele Orsato ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Ciro Carbone ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Giallatini ITA
Fourth Official: Rosario Abisso ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Massimiliano Irrati ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valerio Marini ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Luc Wouters BEL
UEFA Delegate: Philippe Prudhon FRA
20:45 CET - Bari (Stadio San Nicola)
ITALY - MALTA | Group C
Referee: Duje Strukan CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Zobenica CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Alen Jakšić CRO
Fourth Official: Fran Jović CRO
Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Bebek CRO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mario Zebec CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: João Francisco Lopes Ferreira POR
UEFA Delegate: Sviatlana Hrynkievič BLR
20:45 CET - Budapest (Puskás Aréna)
HUNGARY - SERBIA | Group G
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere BEL
UEFA Delegate: Aristídis Stavrópoulos GRE
20:45 CET - Copenhagen (Parken - Connected by 3)
DENMARK - KAZAKHSTAN | Group H
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Lee Betts ENG
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Michael Salisbury ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO
UEFA Delegate: Knut Bjørn Nordheim NOR
Expected appointment for Orsato. I appreciate the Refcom that they never keep him away from challenging contexts or games with some sort of ‘political’ background...
ReplyDeleteLetexier - I like that they give him different types of games. Not just fair and football focused west-European teams (like Turpin for a while), but also heated south-European teams and Balkan mentality :)
Vinčić - interesting that he is ALWAYS appointed. IIRC, he missed one Euro qualification round but was appointed to the Nations League instead. He truly benefits from being the single Elite referee from his country. To compare, other Elites have been two qualification rounds off for rotation purposes.
As Hungarian im happy with Letexier's appointment. I had wait a bigger name to be honest like Marciniak or Makkelie, but Letexier's previous matches was extremly good in my opinion so this kind of heated 'full house' match absolutely deserved. ( The tickets sold out after 2 hours, 67,000 fans will be there)
DeleteThe referee for SVNFIN probably had to come from Italy or Poland, in the end. The other member of the ‘top two referees in the Qatari WC’ club is now free to officiate Slovenia in November, too. Letexier is a very good choice for HUNSRB, because his control-focused performance in the last window of qualifiers was a clear nod to being able to solve problematic clashes effectively; still, a big name watches over his performance in Budapest though (Frenchman fighting for a EURO ticket?).
DeleteI assume, Ceferin himself would reject any other name…
Delete@Anonymous (original post): Vinčić is not "always" appointed: UKR - MKD is his third qualifying match. Also Gözübüyük, Orsato and Siebert, just to mention three, got three appointments so far and definitely did not benefit from being the single Elite referees from their countries.
DeleteSorry Peter, I disagree. Vinčić was appointed for qualifiers in March, September and October. In June, he was not appointed for a EC qualifier, but he got a Nations League SF instead. This means, he worked all 4 (!!) international breaks.
DeleteCompare this with Marciniak: 1 game so far (2nd expected soon).
Or Gil Manzano and Makkelie: they just got their 2nd game and they were off twice. Obviously had to rotate with other Elite referees from their country.
@Anonymous: See above - also Gözübüyük, Orsato and Siebert have three matches each. There is nothing to agree or disagree, that's a fact. And it is also a fact that those three referees are from countries with at least one compatriot who is also an Elite referee.
DeleteOn the bright and *cynical* side, I’m glad they send a referee with huge diplomatic support to Slovenia, cause we’ve seen what happened with some referees (from smaller nations) after sensitive games when that isn’t the case.
ReplyDeleteMarciniak is a good name for SVN as well. Not too much to lose.
The game for Strukan on paper can look like extremely below standard for a referee of such experience, but we know that with national teams the appointments are indeed very sensible. At this point the game is extremely crucial for Italy, despite of an easy win absolutely expected against Malta. One could have guessed a less experienced Category 1 for this game, but committee didn't want to take risk. Maybe Bebek, if not busy in anothrer games, will be the VAR.
ReplyDeleteHaving in mind that it is an important game for Italy, that in the last few years for Italy games mostly elite referees were appointed, I think this can be seen as a normal appointment. Kabakov was appointed for the game in Malta, for instance, a referee with more experience and 5 previous CL appointments, and Strukan is still to have a CL deby
DeleteUt (maybe this year).
So UEFA are punishing Dan Cook as well. Running out of FIFA AR'S for the English referees if Pawson/ Brooks are appointed. Burt, Betts, Beswick and Nunn out. Leaves Bennett, Davies and Lennard. Might as well consider Hatzidakis a non FIFA AR.
ReplyDeleteHatzadakis is on FIFA list
DeleteDon't forget Ian Hussin :) also James Mainwaring refereed BUL-SRB with Pawson in June despite being a non-FIFA AR
DeleteHatzaidakis very rarely gets European games because he is a fairly poor assistant referee
DeleteThere are other fifa assistants in the uk
DeleteConstant Hatzidakis, Neil Davies, Simon Bennett and Harry Lennard the only 3 not yet appointed.
Delete11 Elite referees (+ most likely one in ISRSUI) appointed for this matchday - a clear increase to previous ones (max. 7).
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, only three referees from 2nd group.
So UEFA clearly reacted to the rising importance at the end of the group stage.
I tried some early UCL predictions, MD3 + MD4 as one set. Very difficult, I must say. Not easy to find a game for some referees, taking neutrality and previous games into account
ReplyDeleteMD3
Galatasaray - Bayern: GIL MANZANO
Man United - Copenhagen: HERNANDEZ
Sevilla - Arsenal: MARCINIAK
Lens - PSV: PINHEIRO
Braga - Real Madrid: KABAKOV
Union Berlin - Napoli: PELJTO
Benfica - Real Sociedad: ZWAYER
Inter - Salzburg: LETEXIER
Feyenoord - Lazio: OLIVER
Celtic - Atletico Madrid: NYBERG
Newcastle - Dortmund: GOZUBUYUK
PSG - Milan: VINCIC
Crvena Zvezda-Leipzig: GUIDA
Young Boys - Man City: LAMBRECHTS
Antwerp - Porto: STIELER
Barcelona - Shakhtar: JORGJI
MD4
Bayern - Galatasaray: ORSATO
Copenhagen - Man United: MASSA
Arsenal - Sevilla: TURPIN
PSV - Lens: GRINFEELD
Real Madrid - Braga: OBRENOVIC
Napoli - Union Berlin: KRUZLIAK
Real Sociedad - Benfica: TAYLOR
Salzburg - Inter: ZWAYER
Lazio - Feyenoord: KOVACS
Atletico Madrid - Celtic: JOVANOVIC
Dortmund - Newcastle: MELER
Milan - PSG: SOARES DIAS
Crvena Zvezda - Leipzig: MAKKELIE
Man City - Young Boys: SANCHEZ
Porto - Antwerp: ESKAS
Shakhtar - Barcelona: FRANKOWSKI
Meanwhile, still no observers' appointments for MD3 and 4.
DeleteIt was asked on the blog whether both matchdays will be appointed together by committee, the answer should be "yes", but maybe now they are waiting for EURO qualifiers performance, at least for some of the involved referees (there is still a week until last games to be played on next Tuesday and for that time I tink assignments will be already made).
Now checking again some games, we have already some assignments at least in Conference League.
DeleteArgh. I wrote Zwayer twice. That shows how difficult it was :) I hope that Siebert gets a shot somewhere.
DeleteI started with the Spanish, English, Italians, French, etc., due to their limited availability. Not many options for PSG-Milan as well.
Maybe, Peljto can get something bigger. Let’s see.
Curious about Nyberg’s next game.
Difficult to find a game for eg. Makkelie. You don’t want him in group F and many games that require an upper Elite have Dutch teams in group.
Hope to see a Belgian debut.
@Chefren: Yes, I’d also expect MD3-MD4 to be appointed as one set again. It should be possible without repeating a referee in UCL, but it will need some puzzling. Appointments should be released this week, as some FA’s announce the domestic appointments already on Monday.
DeleteI don't expect Turpin for Arsenal - Sevilla in the group of Lens.
DeleteYes, indeed an interesting puzzle task due the challenges, that you mentioned.
DeleteOn the other hand, it will be a good opportunity for some less experienced referees to prove in challenging games that they are ready for more.
My current idea is (written as MD3 / MD4)
Galatasaray - Bayern: Orsato / Gil Manzano
Man United - Copenhagen: Pinheiro / Petrescu
Sevilla - Arsenal: Vincic / Nyberg
Lens - PSV: Jorgji / Mariani
Braga - Real Madrid: Makkelie / Oliver
Union Berlin - Napoli: Kruzliak / Collum (unclear, which group C pairing should be considered bigger, I think)
Benfica - Real Sociedad: Grinfeeld / Rumsas
Inter - Salzburg: Zwayer / Taylor
Feyenoord - Lazio: Marciniak / Meler
Celtic - Atletico Madrid: Kabakov / Treimanis
Newcastle - Dortmund: Hernandez / Peljto
PSG - Milan: Jovanovic / Soares Dias
Crvena Zvezda-Leipzig: Kovacs / Letexier (not sonorous, but on paper the decisive pairing of the group)
Young Boys - Man City: Massa / Frankowski
Antwerp - Porto: Bastien / Aghayev
Barcelona - Shakhtar: Gözübüyük / Turpin
Thanks Peter. I can see Turpin land somewhere in Inter or Lazio’s group. Difficult challenge to complete the puzzle, which might be part of the reason why observers are not announced yet. On one hand, they want to give most Elites a game, on the other hand, a bit early to repeat referees in their MD1-2 group again (not 100% sure though). And some referees work with the same VAR, e.g. Oliver and Taylor thus they have to work on different matchday’s. I think if a VAR works two days in a row as ‘main VAR’, it is not a rule, rather an exemption. Some Elite referees will be assigned to a game below their level. That’s for sure. But there are some interesting fixtures in Europa League as well…
DeleteJust maybe will we see Kulbakov? I think he much better than Collum, Sidiropoulos, and Bastien.
ReplyDeleteHe has been appointed as fourth official in a under 21 game.
DeleteI mean for UCL
DeleteI feel for Michael Oliver, it was Simon Bennett being removed from him, got Dan Cook and Cook make an error, now he is with Lee Betts, hope he keep Lee till 2026 FIFA World Cup
ReplyDeleteLee Betts is a very good AR. We don’t know why Bennett was removed from Oliver? Could be a personal choice. Cook May well be back
DeleteLet’s hope that Oliver stick with Lee Betts for Euro 2024 and World Cup 2026
DeleteVery strange that Lambrechts now will act as AVAR only, whereas the VAR for this match is not even a semi official Belgian referee... Van Driessche will promote next time probably to ref 1 Category. Also, strange that 4th ref is not among the 7 FIFA Belgian refs... But okay : San Marino, I can understand... We still hope to see Lambrechts on MD 3 or 4 in UCL. And by the way, Visser left the pitch injured last Friday in Belgian competition...
ReplyDeleteIn such appointments, the choice about VAR and AVAR is from domestic federation, so Belgium decided in this way.
DeleteWho is referee for USA 🇺🇸- Germany 🇩🇪?
ReplyDeleteApparently Fernando Guerrero from Mexico (without official source though).
DeleteReferee : Fernando Guerrero (MEX)
DeleteAR1 : Pablo Hernandez (MEX)
AR2 : Michel Morales (MEX)
FO : Diego Monato (MEX)
I think Vinčić should have cautioned Ristovski for his deliberate foul on Mudryk (18’), or at least changed his whistle tone/gestures to indicate that he saw it was definitely more than a simple careless challenge.
ReplyDeleteDecent 1H overall by the Slovenian, who was always ready to talk with players to prevent conflicts, including with the officials (well-warned Alioski after twice dissenting-ish behaviours in a few mins).
DeleteVincic is clueless with foul detection. Embarrassing
ReplyDeleteNow Malinovskyi booked for reckless use of arm, I think it was borderline to careless, opponent made a bit of scene, but can't question too much about the decision of referee.
ReplyDeleteYep but his lenient approach is leading to players becoming more and more nervous.
DeleteSuprised we haven't seen any bookings for protests and complaints cause Vincic is strict on that.
In 84', after a conflict, the two players insulted each other in Italian.
DeleteIndeed there were two cautions for dissent (player+coach) after a bad play on denying N. Macedonia a promising freekick in +93’. Typical Vinčić performance overall, I’d still say an okay one in a pretty tense match.
DeleteIsn’t it typical Vincic to issue YC’s for dissents after missing clear fouls himself :D
DeleteVincic's performance are always the same-good,too much leniency that leads to players protesting.
DeleteFor how many years have we been saying this?
Why doesn't he get better in that aspect?
For sure he would be top 3 in the world if he gets better in disciplinary control...
I think that is his biggest flaw...
And UEFA will tolerate that cause no controversies happened,like in rest of his matches...
But the same thing happened in Lazio-Atletico match,same thing happened in some other matches...
Reading some of the comments, I don't know if I saw the same match. Full match control by Vincic. Maybe a few missed fouls but nothing important. Respect by the players through the whole match. A real leader on the pitch.
ReplyDeleteNoone said nothing about match control.
DeleteBut disciplinary control, giving cards is something that can be improved.
@ Anonymous 16:57:
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, this has nothing to do with a referee being a male of female.
Some “male” referees are big personality’s and very charismatic. In general, they will receive more criticism than, for example, Vincic. With all the respect, he is a decent referee, but not one of the most colorful personality’s amongst the Elite referees. Many of us won’t stay at home to watch a Vincic game, if you get what I mean. That’s why you will probably read more negative comments about e.g. Turpin, Marciniak or Oliver performances.
Frappart is used as a PR tool by FIFA and Uefa. She’s a high profile person in media, therefore it is logical that she receives more criticism than e.g. Vincic or most other female referees.
As always, many exaggerated comments, when a fair analysis should be made.
ReplyDeleteThis is Vincic style and this will be forever, I think we must accept that.
As long as he doesn't have particular problems in a game, like today, we can't say anything, but surely the standard of officiating is below what one could expect in terms of actions against players. He rather seems interested only in ending game withour controversy, without going "deep" in the disciplinary control.
Nevertheless, I think that today one can't be harsh, there weren't major issues and all was OK, but when such approach doesn't work, it can be a mess, and this is the point of discussion, the Slovenian stays firm with his ideas.
Vincic is a referee that will sooner or later get the Champions League final (maybe 2024), not because he is faultless, always at 8.0 - 8.2 level with room for improvement, but he somehow always manages to avoid controversies.
DeletePerfect, perfect caution by Orsato! Bravo.
ReplyDeleteWell, we have opposite views :D
DeleteSoft opening of cards by Orsato and that's rare by him, maybe suggested by fourth official, but I wouldn't have booked for such foul.
ReplyDeleteI also thought like @Mikael that it was good decision,but seeing replay very soft.
DeleteMaybe he was tricked by player that rolled like somebody killed him,but then again,Abisso(if I'm not weong)was right there.
And now penalty spot on.
DeleteIt was a deliberate body check to prevent the Finnish player receiving a ‘one-two’ (-> reckless). According to Orsato’s body language, Abisso probably did take the lead there though.
DeleteSlovenia player was very clever by putting his leg across but in the end even I can’t deny this penalty (the ball was roughly in the attacker’s reach so defensive freekick is no option there, penalty).
DeleteThe kind of penalty that I hate, but it belongs to world of football, indeed this was created by attacker, but impossible to whistle against and a VAR call in case of play on even expected.
DeleteWith the exact perception of what happened I would never whistle such penalties, but please don't follow me :)
Very, very, very soft penalty. If it were in Slovenia's box, Orsato woul not have whistled it by any means. Yeah, ee all know what happened to Mr. Çakir, right?? So sad!
DeleteTrue, Ceferin is watching in the stands. We can expect another penalty for Slovenia in the 2nd half :D
Delete34': Orsato issued the YC even before the end of the foul. That's something outstanding, impossible to see by some referees from other countries!
ReplyDeleteHmm, a few seconds before there was a deliberate late foul by a Finn which Orsato ought to have blown up for (he played advantage for no reason other than 'letting the game pass him by'), so this wouldn't be the best example of excellent officiating imo. But no question the caution for the consequent reckless stamp was well-seen and justified/mandatory.
DeleteMy feeling is that Orsato isn't sooo much at the top today (a bit stuck in the middle of the pitch, eg. 37' where he nearly got tackled himself in midfield, and 'siga siga' style a bit), but unless Finland come out a different team in the second half, both Čeferin and Rosetti can be very happy with the outcome of this match from their different perspectives :).
Whilst looking for a clip of Orsato's penalty, I found this incident from the Northern Ireland vs. San Marino match earlier - a rejected OFR for SFP. My reaction would be - well done Bram Van Driessche, I don't think this was excessive force (despite the ugly nature of the hitting point).
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think?
https://streamja.com/obQGn
For me, VAR's advice to be followed. The force isn't that bad and he's trying to get his foot out of the situation, but I would still say that he came in in a way that endangered the safety of the Sammarinese player
DeleteFor me, this should be a RC. Straight leg, no low force, not even touching the ball are all arguments in favour of SFP - together with the dangerous hitting point, of course.
DeleteBTW, unusual way to confirm the YC. I don't think, I have seen that before.
DeleteWow, Mikael, you surprised me! :D
DeleteIMO, it's SFP. The way the Irish player enters the challenge, the opponent is in front of him (not unexpected presence, not playing the ball before making a contact), full studs contact above the ankle, not ultra high but also not negligible force. To me, all criteria for RC are met.
RC imo
DeleteFor me (from English pov) it lacks enough force and I understand the lack of height argument too for a RC, but slightly surprised in a Uefa context to see just a YC, but agree with Mikael. What I really don't like is the confirming YC procedure. Running quickly on to the pitch, showing the card, for it to stay as YC is highly irregular and confused everyone initially. Walk on, have a word with player (plus explain to both captains if necessary), and restart play
DeleteI must say I am surprised that the referee didn't issue a RC here. For me it's 70/30 in favor of SFP, if I were to see it on the monitor I'd give a red due to the hitting point, nature of the tackle and the existing force (although not excessive, it's still reasonable force). This in conclusion endangered the safety of the opponent in my opinion.
DeleteSecond YC by Kruashvili in Bulgaria - Lithuania, reckless challenge:
ReplyDeletehttps://streamin.me/v/e7460722
Very particular incident. It seems as originally the tackle is rather fair and ball-oriented (maybe not reaching it, but still), then the opponent joins the path of the tackle and he gets the foul.
Should we consider this as still reckless action?
Probably there was a SPA more than reckless
DeleteThe penalty whistled to Slovenia: https://streamin.me/v/c20052e1
ReplyDeleteThe third Slovenian goal should have been ruled out for offside imo.
ReplyDelete+1, for me Offside because the attacker is in line of Vision of the goalkeeper
Deletehttps://streamin.me/v/d749dfdd
DeleteStrange that Irrati didn't call to OFR.
Not strange, he is well known for not intervening even when required ;)
DeleteAgree, off side imo
DeleteIn 16', a penalty appeal by Italy. Very strong body language by Strukan who was there and played on. Agree with his decision.
ReplyDeleteWell, appointing an English official for a game involving Kazakhstan was a very bad idea of Rosetti. :D Many dirty challenges from Kazakhs and mostly it's play-on by Oliver. In the meantime, two of three(?) fouls by Danes correctly punished with YCs.
ReplyDeleteQuick highlights of the 1st half:
Deletehttps://files.fm/u/rce4hvwgt7
Well, 4' is a mandatory booking due to step on foot, Oliver missed it, 17' is another challenge that I expect to be punished by YC. Reckless for me.
DeleteIn 22' there is also bad luck, KAZ player originally kicking ball but then opponent coming closer, here card possible but not 100% mandatory for me, due to how it happened.
YC to Danish player in 23' absolutely correct, but after all what had happened before looks strange, A few minutes later we can't disagree on the very clear YC for SPA to Danish defender.
In my opinion in this case it wasn't that Oliver wanted to wait before issuing cards, to me he just didn't notice the severity of some offenses before the opening of cards. KAZ was indeed more lucky side there.
Yes, he completely missed most of Kazakhstan's offences and then had to caution Danish players. One can say bad luck, one can say lack of alertness - I think it was a combination of these two.
DeleteLetexier so far so good. Totally in the background, two teams focusing on the game. Only 5 faults says it all.
ReplyDeleteWill be interesting to see if anytime the game will change, and then check how Letexier reacts.
Agreed, but his positioning is not on his usual level tbh. Too often he needs to move out of the situation or pass lines.
DeleteOT: very obviously missed YCs in 31' and 33' in Germany-USA.
ReplyDeleteA very accurate Strukan regarding disciplinary control, didn't miss any single bookable offense so far.
ReplyDeleteTwo correct consecutive YC by Letexier in Budapest in 77' for SRB4 (SPA) and HUN19 (dissent towards AR2 over a possible foul and throw-in), both mandatory.
ReplyDeleteFinal whistle in DENKAZ :D
ReplyDeletehttps://streamable.com/z3h8wz
Not the best evening for the English official who was fortunate that it was Denmark and not Southern team that suffered from some of his (non-)calls early in the game. Then, Danes took the lead and almost nothing happened afterwards. The performance won't be discussed, of course, but it's interesting if that's all that matters for UEFA RefCom.
Not ideal to whistle the end with a promising attack, but checking carefully the video, I think that Oliver was convinced that the position of the ball, close to sideline, wouldn't have allowed player to continue the attack. I say that because a few seconds before, when 4:00 minute was already ended, they were in the midfield and it was perfect moment for final whistle. Not the best management, then if you make this one to a team not called Denmark, as you wrote, you will have a bad moment after the final whistle...
DeletePerfect Letexier, I must say he did really well! Last 15 mins the tension was there and he reacted quickly.
ReplyDeleteHe might gave a YC to Mitrovic when he started to confront with the fans, as this also raised the tension in the game, but maybe that's my taste.
After the last whistle mass confrontation what he could not really avoid and correct 2YC to HUN13 in that.
I think there should be no doubt that he will attend to EURO24 next to Turpin.
And to mention perfect work from ARs. Mugnier denied two Mitrovic goals with correct offside decisions on-field. Brilliant work!
DeleteI must say from the few games I've seen from Letexier, he seems to make correct decisions that feel very obvious. Good body language and technique as well. I like him from what I've seen!
DeleteClips of YC shown by Letexier, all correct.
ReplyDelete77'
https://streamff.com/v/utt9Nh_8Po
78'
https://streamff.co/v/yfMAztseec
90'+3
https://streamff.co/v/WYuhEQnZ9r
Especially the second YC, mandatory for the attitude shown against assistant referee. To be honest, I think this was very close to RC, it can depend on what player said. Not booking after that, would have lead the French referee to an extremely poor assessment in terms of mark.