Monday, 3 June 2024

Referee appointments for international friendlies - June 2024

Referee appointments for friendlies on the road to EURO 2024. Feel free to help us in adding further games! 


Monday 3 June 2024

18:00 CET - Faro/Loulé, POR (Estádio Algarve)
GIBRALTAR - SCOTLAND
Referee: James Robinson NIR
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Nethery NIR
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Jeffrey NIR
Fourth Official: Seth Sheehan Galia GIB

19:00 CET - Rijeka (Stadion HNK Rijeka)
CROATIA - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Matej Jug SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Vidali SVN
Fourth Official: Antonio Melnjak CRO

20:00 CET - Szombathely, HUN (Haladás Sportkomplexum)
ALBANIA - LIECHTENSTEIN
Referee: Bence Csonka HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Norbert Bornemissza HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Garai HUN
Fourth Official: Mihály Káprály HUN

20:45 CET - Newcastle upon Tyne (St James’ Park)
ENGLAND - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Morten Jensen NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Anders Olav Dale NOR
Fourth Official: Morten Krogh DEN
Video Assistant Referee: Sandi Dhia Jirjis Putros DEN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen DEN

20:45 CET - Nuremberg (Max-Morlock-Stadion)
GERMANY - UKRAINE
Referee: Walter Altmann AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Kolbitsch AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Witschnigg AUT
Fourth Official: Harald Lechner AUT
Video Assistant Referee: Julian Weinberger AUT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Andreas Heiß AUT

Tuesday 4 June 2024

18:00 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
SLOVENIA - ARMENIA
Referee: Andréas Argyroú CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Níkos Englézou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Mários Dimitriádis CYP
Fourth Official: Dejan Balažič SVN

20:15 CET - Lucerne (Swissporarena)
SWITZERLAND - ESTONIA
Referee: Kyriákos Athanasíou CYP 
Assistant Referee 1: Pávlos Georgíou CYP 
Assistant Referee 2: Ómiros Tziortzís CYP 
Fourth Official: Ioánnis Christodoúlou CYP 
Video Assistant Referee: Mários Christofórou CYP 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dimítris Solomoú CYP

20:30 CET - Bucharest (Stadionul Steaua)
ROMANIA - BULGARIA
Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Kömürcüoğlu TUR
Fourth Official: Marian Alexandru Barbu ROU

20:45 CET - Dublin (Aviva Stadium)
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - HUNGARY
Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho POR 
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Miguel Martins Teixeira POR 
Assistant Referee 2: Nélson Filipe Vila Pereira POR 
Fourth Official: Paul McLaughlin IRL

20:45 CET - Vienna (Ernst-Happel-Stadion)
AUSTRIA - SERBIA
Referee: António Emanuel Carvalho Nobre POR
Assistant Referee 2: Tiago José Pereira da Costa POR
Fourth Official: André Filipe Domingues da Silva Narciso POR
Video Assistant Referee: Hugo Filipe Ferreira de Campos Moreira Miguel POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hélder Miguel de Azevedo Malheiro POR

20:45 CET - Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade)
PORTUGAL - FINLAND
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Weiß AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Obritzberger AUT
Fourth Official: Bruno José Ribeiro Pires da Costa POR
Video Assistant Referee: Alan Kijas AUT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Josef Spurny AUT

21:00 CET - Bologna (Stadio Renato Dall'Ara)
ITALY - TÜRKİYE
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Santino Schreiner AUT
Fourth Official: Antonio Rapuano ITA 

Wednesday 5 June 2024

18:00 CET - Wiener Neustadt, AUT (Wiener Neustadt ERGO Arena)
SLOVAKIA - SAN MARINO
Referee: Julian Weinberger AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Höfler AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Mattias Hartl AUT
Fourth Official: Alexander Harkam AUT

19:00 CET - Copenhagen (Parken)
DENMARK - SWEDEN
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Øystein Simon Ytterland NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Tom Harald Grønevik NOR
Fourth Official: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad NOR
Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gavan Gillett ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lee Betts ENG

19:00 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - KOSOVO
Referee: Mikkel Hedberg Redder DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Deniz Yurdakul DEN
Assistant Referee 2: René Risum DEN
Fourth Official: Jacob Karlsen DEN
Video Assistant Referee: Jonas Hedegaard Hansen DEN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jakob Kehlet DEN

20:30 CET - Brussels (Koning Boudewijnstadion)
BELGIUM - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mikael Hallin SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Marcus Lundgren Klitte SWE
Fourth Official: Granit Maqedonci SWE

21:00 CET - Longeville-lès-Metz (Stade Saint-Symphorien)
FRANCE - LUXEMBOURG
Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Ruben Wyns BEL
Fourth Official: Lothar D'hondt BEL
Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bert Put BEL

21:30 CET - Badajoz (Estadio Nuevo Vivero)
SPAIN - ANDORRA
Referee: Gustavo Fernandes Correia POR 
Assistant Referee 1: Luciano António Gomes Maia POR 
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Alexandre Martins da Costa Felisberto POR 
Fourth Official: João António Ferreira Gonçalves POR

Thursday 6 June 2024

18:00 CET - Faro/Loulé, POR (Estádio Algarve)
GIBRALTAR - WALES
Referee: James Robinson NIR
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Nethery NIR
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Jeffrey NIR
Fourth Official: Seth Sheehan Galia GIB

20:45 CET - Rotterdam (Stadion Feijenoord)
NETHERLANDS - CANADA
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Morten Jensen NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Anders Olav Dale NOR
Fourth Official: Kai Erik Steen NOR
Video Assistant Referee: Tom Harald Hagen NOR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR

Friday 7 June 2024

17:30 CET - Grödig, AUT (MGG Arena)
CZECHIA - MALTA
Referee: Stefan Ebner AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Kolbitsch AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Undesser AUT
Fourth Official: Christopher Jäger AUT

18:00 CET - Yerevan (Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht)
ARMENIA - KAZAKHSTAN
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Davit Akhvlediani GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Davit Gabisonia GEO
Fourth Official: Ashot Ghaltakchyan ARM

19:00 CET - Minsk (Nacyjanaĺny Alimpijski stadyjon Dynama)
BELARUS - RUSSIA
Referee: Rustam Omarov KAZ 
Assistant Referee 1: Sergei Vasiutin KAZ 
Assistant Referee 2: Samat Tergeusizov KAZ 
Fourth Official: Anton Lašuk BLR

19:00 CET - Szombathely, HUN (Haladás Sportkomplexum)
ALBANIA - AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Mihály Káprály HUN
Assistant Referee 1: István Albert HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Gergő Vígh-Tarsonyi HUN
Fourth Official: István Vad HUN

20:00 CET - Bucharest (Stadionul Steaua)
ROMANIA - LIECHTENSTEIN
Referee: Menélaos Andoníou CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Mários Kalogírou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Kyriákos Sokrátous CYP
Fourth Official: Marcel Bîrsan ROU

20:45 CET - Glasgow (Hampden Park)
SCOTLAND - FINLAND
Referee: Łukasz Kuźma POL 
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki POL 
Assistant Referee 2: Arkadiusz Kamil Wójcik POL
Fourth Official: Tomasz Musiał POL
Video Assistant Referee: Piotr Lasyk POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Pskit POL

20:45 CET - London (Wembley Stadium)
ENGLAND - ICELAND
Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giovanni Baccini ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Davide Imperiale ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Fabbri ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Paterna ITA

20:45 CET - Mönchengladbach (Borussia-Park)
GERMANY - GREECE
Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Fourth Official: Javier Alberola Rojas ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez ESP

20:45 CET - Warsaw (PGE Narodowy)
POLAND - UKRAINE
Referee: Andrew Madley ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Harry Lennard ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin ENG
Fourth Official: Craig Pawson ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Peter Bankes ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sian Massey-Ellis ENG

Saturday 8 June 2024

15:00 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
SLOVENIA - BULGARIA
Referee: Arda Kardeşler TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Emin Tuğral TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Deniz Caner Özaral TUR
Fourth Official: Denis Šabanagić SVN

15:00 CET - Liepāja (Liepājas stadions Daugava)
LATVIA - LITHUANIA
Referee: Juri Frischer EST
Assistant Referee 1: Veiko Mõtsnik EST
Assistant Referee 2: Sander Saga EST
Fourth Official: Edgars Maļcevs LVA

18:00 CET - Solna (Friends Arena)
SWEDEN - SERBIA
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Ruben Wyns BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Fourth Official: Simon Bourdeaud’hui BEL

18:00 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
MOLDOVA - CYPRUS
Referee: Denys Shurman UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Vysotsʹkyy UKR
Fourth Official: Ion Orlic MDA

18:00 CET - St Gallen (Kybunpark)
SWITZERLAND - AUSTRIA
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Stefano Alassio ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Fourth Official: Andrea Colombo ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Valerio Marini ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Serra ITA

18:00 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
ESTONIA - FAROE ISLANDS
Referee: Robertas Valikonis LTU 
Assistant Referee 1: Vytenis Kazlauskas LTU 
Assistant Referee 2: Benas Kikutis LTU
Fourth Official: Kristjan-Eric Lääne EST

18:00 CET - Debrecen (Debreceni Nagyerdei Stadion)
HUNGARY - ISRAEL
Referee: Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira POR 
Assistant Referee 1: Tiago José Pereira da Costa POR 
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Ricardo Duarte Brás POR 
Fourth Official: António Emanuel Carvalho Nobre POR

18:45 CET - Oeiras (Estádio Nacional - Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor)
PORTUGAL - CROATIA
Referee: Harm Osmers GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal GER
Fourth Official: Ricardo Jorge Antunes Roque Baixinho POR
Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Robert Schröder GER

19:30 CET - Brøndby (Brøndby Stadion)
DENMARK - NORWAY
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Mikaël Berchebru FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Drouet FRA
Fourth Official: Jérémie Pignard FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Benoît Millot FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Éric Wattellier FRA

20:00 CET - Brussels (Koning Boudewijnstadion)
BELGIUM - LUXEMBOURG
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski POL
Assistant Referee 1: Radosław Siejka POL
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Boniek POL
Fourth Official: Damian Kos POL

21:30 CET - Mallorca (Estadi Mallorca Son Moix)
SPAIN - NORTHERN IRELAND
Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA 
Assistant Referee 1: Erwan Finjean FRA 
Assistant Referee 2: Hicham Zakrani FRA 
Fourth Official: Thomas Léonard FRA

Sunday 9 June 2024

20:45 CET - Empoli (Stadio Carlo Castellani)
ITALY - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: Chrysovalándis Theoulí CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Michaíl Sotiríou CYP 
Assistant Referee 2: Pétros Pétrou CYP 
Fourth Official: Juan Luca Sacchi ITA

20:45 CET - Trnava (City Aréna - Štadión Antona Malatinského)
SLOVAKIA - WALES
Referee: Daniel Stefański POL
Assistant Referee 1: Dawid Golis POL
Assistant Referee 2: Jakub Winkler POL
Fourth Official: Peter Kráľovič SVK

20:45 CET - Podgorica (Gradski stadion Podgorica)
MONTENEGRO - GEORGIA
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Dejan Kostadinov MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Kuštrim Lika MKD
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković MNE

21:15 CET - Bordeaux (Stade Matmut Atlantique)
FRANCE - CANADA
Referee: Fábio José da Costa Veríssimo POR 
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Miguel Martins Teixeira POR 
Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Miguel Alves de Jesus POR
Fourth Official: Gustavo Fernandes Correia POR
Video Assistant Referee: Rui Manuel Gomes da Costa POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fábio Oliveira de Melo POR

Monday 10 June 2024

18:00 CET - Hradec Králové (Všesportovní stadion)
CZECHIA - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Michal Očenáš SVK 
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Jekkel SVK 
Assistant Referee 2: Tomáš Vorel SVK 
Fourth Official: Dominik Starý CZE

20:45 CET - Rotterdam (Stadion Feijenoord)
NETHERLANDS - ICELAND
Referee: Evángelos Manoúchos GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Konstandínos Psárris GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Konstandínos Nikolaḯdis GRE
Fourth Official: Stéfanos Koumbarákis GRE
Video Assistant Referee: Ángelos Evangélou GRE
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Spyrídon Zambalás GRE

20:45 CET - Warsaw (PGE Narodowy)
POLAND - TÜRKİYE
Referee: Balázs Berke HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Vencel Tóth HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szert HUN
Fourth Official: Mihály Káprály HUN
Video Assistant Referee: Ferenc Karakó HUN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Eszter Urbán HUN

Tuesday 11 June 2024

16:00 CET - Szombathely, HUN (Haladás Sportkomplexum)
AZERBAIJAN - KAZAKHSTAN
Referee: Bence Csonka HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Theodoros Georgiou HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szalai HUN
Fourth Official: Réka Molnár HUN

18:00 CET - Budapest, HUN (Szusza Ferenc Stadion) 
BELARUS - ISRAEL
Referee: Tamás Bognár HUN 
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Buzás HUN 
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor HUN 
Fourth Official: István Vad HUN

18:00 CET - Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SAN MARINO - CYPRUS
Referee: Ishmael Barbara MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Vella MLT
Assistant Referee 2: James Muscat MLT
Fourth Official: Michele Beltrano SMR

18:00 CET - Grödig, AUT (MGG Arena)
MALTA-GREECE
Referee: Alan Kijas AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Obritzberger AUT 
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Weiß AUT
Fourth Official: Arnes Talic AUT

18:00 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
MOLDOVA - UKRAINE
Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe ROU
Assistant Referee 2: George Florin Neacșu ROU
Fourth Official: Ion Orlic MDA

20:45 CET - Aveiro (Estádio Municipal de Aveiro)
PORTUGAL - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Bennett ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: João António Ferreira Gonçalves POR
Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lee Betts ENG

20:45 CET - Murcia, ESP (Estadio Enrique Roca de Murcia)
NORTHERN IRELAND - ANDORRA
Referee: Jason Lee Barcelo GIB
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Gerard Macias GIB
Assistant Referee 2: Gian Marco Ercolani SMR
Fourth Official: Jorge Díaz Escudero ESP

50 comments:

  1. very weird that referees have not been confirmed for tomorrow

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  2. less than 24 hours and no referee appointments for tomorrow

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  3. are gibraltar and scotland playing without a referee

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    1. I think the referee will be from Portugal, Spain or Andorra.

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  4. Referee for GIB SCO is Jamie Robinson (NIR)

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  5. Jamie Robinson of NIR is ref for Gibraltar vs Scotland

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    1. Thanks. Can you report full team, including Fourth Official?

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  6. Here the referees, don't know them.
    https://ibb.co/nfXXnHL

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  7. Perhaps a mix up between officials for Gibraltar vs Scotland and Gibraltar vs Wales

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  8. Indeed it is the same appointment reported for GIB - WAL.
    They are wearing the UEFA kit but wih the FIFA badge, very rare nowadays. This should mean that the friendly has been organized rather by FIFA than UEFA, maybe that's also why UEFA site doesn't have the names of referees listed in the game.

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  9. Surely any non-competition international should be FIFA? UEFA badge only on Nations Cup and Euro Qualifiers/Finals
    WCQ will be FIFA badges

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  10. England - Bosnia OFR for Saggi in 59th minute after a missed penalty. Very clear holding by defender that should have been definitely spotted live.

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  11. 20:45 CET - Glasgow (Hampden Park)
    SCOTLAND - FINLAND
    Referee:Lukasz Kuzma POL
    Assistant Referee 1:Paweł Sokolnicki POL
    Assistant Referee 2:Arkadiusz Wójcik POL
    Fourth Official: Piotr Musialik POL

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    1. 18:00 CET - Debrecen (Debreceni Nagyerdei Stadion)
      HUNGARY - ISRAEL
      Referee:Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira POR
      Assistant Referee 1:Tiago Costa POR
      Assistant Referee 2:Paulo Brás POR
      Fourth Official:António Nobre POR

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    2. 18:00 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
      ESTONIA - FAROE ISLANDS
      Referee:Robertas Valikonis LTU
      Assistant Referee 1:Vytenis Kazlauskas LTU
      Assistant Referee 2:Benas Kikutis LTU

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    3. 21:15 CET - Bordeaux (Stade Matmut Atlantique)
      FRANCE - CANADA
      Referee:Fabio Verissimo POR
      Assistant Referee 1:Rui Teixeira POR
      Assistant Referee 2:Bruno Jesus POR
      Fourth Official:Gustavo Correia POR

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    4. is that a senior international debut for Kuzma?

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    5. Yes, there are more in this friendly matches period like Káprály, Csonka, Kuzma, Pereira,Kijas etc

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    6. Yes. Along with Damian Kos, he's a new FIFA referee from Poland. Btw, there is no such referee as Piotr Musialik. Perhaps it's Tomasz Musiał as fourth official (I guess somebody from UEFA typed "Musial" and selected a wrong name in the database).

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  12. Interesting to see a lot of Portugiese officials. For example both of Hungarian friendly match will be officated by Portugiese. No more avaliable referees ? Saggi and Csonka will officated twice.

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  13. Very, very poor performance from Andréas Argyroú in Slovenia-Armenia in the first half. Several very blatant fouls missed, incredible YC missed for strong pulling from behind in counter attack (and only few minutes later same player got booked - it would be second YC for him). In 45 minute Armenian GK stayed on the ground and he allowed Slovenia to continue with attack. Incredible poor referee, this is below any criteria.

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    1. And now clear PK not whistled for Armenia, after clear pulling for the hand. I believe this is the last game in Europe for this ref. I can't believe it. Game is very poor and slow, but the ref is the "star".

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  14. Do you when Euro referees will gather to start their adventure at Euro 2024 ?

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  15. 4th official for Armenia-Kazakhstan will be Ashot Ghaltakchyan

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  16. Controversial penalty awarded to Finland and supported by VAR

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  17. Massa really good except missed YC in the last minute. Better than Guida

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  18. U21 Friendlies

    01/06
    POLMKD: Damian Kos POL

    03/06
    TURSCO: Can Cengiz TUR

    05/06
    MLTBLR: Matthew De Gabriele MLT

    06/06
    GEOKAZ: Irakli Kherkhadze GEO
    DENNOR: ? ESP
    LTULVA: Rasmus Maalinn EST
    ESTFIN: Kristo Tohver EST

    07/06
    CROIRL: Filip Dragašević CRO
    SVKAZE: Marek Radina CZE
    AUTSCO: Dalibor Černý CZE

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    1. 07/06
      SWEENG*: Toni Dadić CRO
      *England U20

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  19. Very strange offside call from Frapart to deny Halland goal.

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    1. NOR#2 is in an offside position at the moment of Haaland's second touch and at the same time blocks DEN#5.
      Rather unusual situation, but supportable decision IMO.

      Also a rare instance of a referee mistake at the coin toss in this game (she mixed up the chosen colour, but the captains than corrected her).

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    2. Well NOR#2 was offside, but Halland had full possession of the ball. The block from him came after DEN#5 had no chance to reach the ball. I would be disappointed if this was at the EURO.

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    3. Video: https://streambug.org/cv/664b35
      As Philippe wrote, fully supportable decision for the impact of the teammate on defender, he blocked the chance for him to intervene, but in reality how much clear and obvious mistake is this one, if not called by referees on the field? One should also question about that. For normal fans and also commentators, as you can hear them, it's very difficult to accept such decision, in case of goal nobody would question. For me, if the impact on a defender is not very blatant, VAR should refrain from intervening in such situations, It's against the "minimum impact, maximum benefit", at least according to a common sense. In reality, to me it's also somehing almost impossible to call for the assistant referee, especially for the moment of last touch. I'm curious how these situations will be handled at EURO, but I guess Rosetti will instruct referees like I wrote above, the potential offside and the impact must be very, very clear, noticed by people.
      Good remark by Nole, in case of pass to that teammate, then the offside would have been more "realistic", but in this case, defender without any chance to play ball even without the block, well, it's very diffficult to accept.
      Nevertheless, we have also the problem that a potentially missed offside is always something that must be judged and assessed by referee...

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    4. It depends. If the AR has detected the offside and together with the referee decided, that there was no interference by that attacker, the VAR should indeed remain silent.
      But if it was a missed offside position, the OFR becomes mandatory to let the referee decide about the interference.

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    5. Yes, but the problem is that in such situations, when referees are called to OFR, they mostly decided all for a punishable situation and they agree with VAR. I would like to see more "freedom", but I guess in Bundesliga maybe this is different.

      And here the video of coin toss mistake:
      https://streambug.org/cv/64a10d

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  20. Michal Očenáš has very poor game management skills. Watch the 2/3 minutes after he awards penalty took far too long to get card out.

    Missed YC in 1st half for DTR and in 2nd half for SPA

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    1. We rarely see DtR being punished in UEFA competitions, so no surprise it is ignored in a friendly :)

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  21. Very bad handling of the game by Balázs Berke. Far too passive, totally unclear foul detection / selection leading to frustration of the players. Now two potential RCs for VC, only YCs given.

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    1. 46' - https://streambug.org/cv/a46520
      51' - https://streambug.org/cv/3a44cb

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    2. Thanks for the clips, the first one suggests us that control of the game was not the best, in the second incident I agree with VAR that the foul was not a 100% clear red, because the movement of the player is also a factor to consider. Not an isolated action by fouling player but also unlucky circumstance.

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    3. In my opinion both of decision was correct. Some time ago maybe in one of Bulgarian EC QF (and not friendly like this game) by Stefanski was 2 red and 1 wrong penalty. On this game was totally unclear foul detection, no one had knows what will happening. I think this is an other part. I think Berke did it well on this game. But all referees has a style.

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  22. Unfortunately a very poor offside flag from AR1 in Rotterdam for Netherlands fourth goal. The VAR check was even completed before the replays were finished

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    1. https://streamin.me/v/f939f908
      Rare to see such mistake at this level.
      It seems that also a previous goal was a wrong decision by him, then disallowed by VAR (missed offside, but no replay here) and surely more difficult to assess than the other incident:
      https://streamin.me/v/d8b87919

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    2. No, that was a handball on the midfield.

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  23. Chile-Paraguay
    Who is the referee?
    Thank you in advance for reply.

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    1. Árbitro: Pablo Echavarría (Argentina).

      Asistentes: Pablo González (Argentina) y José Savorani (Argentina).

      Cuarta árbitra: Dione Rissios (Chile

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  24. Portugal - Ireland with a VAR incident for Kavanagh.
    55' A free-kick just outside the box was given to Portugal. VAR checked and correctly assessed it was inside. Kavanagh was called to the screen to review. After that the decision was no foul and dropped ball.

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    1. I don't think I've ever seen a situation like that before! It feels like a bit of a grey area in regards to protocol, but I think this is the way it's prefered to be doneby the authorities (and me personally as well)

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    2. Elliot Check out Melbourne Victory v Melb City in 2018, similar situation but wrong decision

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  25. VAR intervention was procedurally correct: free kick was first upgraded to penalty and then rescinded. But was that a clear and obvious mistake? To me penalty kick was soft but still supportable.

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