Wednesday, 19 June 2024

UEFA EURO 2024 Match 13: Scotland - Switzerland (discussion)

EURO debut for Ivan Kružliak, in charge of Scotland - Switzerland.
 
                                                              

Game 13, Group A
Cologne, 19 June 2024 21:00 CET
SCOTLAND - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Irfan Peljto BIH
Reserve Assistant Referee: Senad Ibrišimbegović BIH
Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Frankowski POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2: Nejc Kajtazović SVN
UEFA Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis CYP
UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli SMR

85 comments:

  1. Veľa štastia Ivan, uži si svoj debut na vrcholovom turnaji.
    Good luck Ivan, enjoy your big tournament debut.

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  2. With the focus on EURO, as for now I just write a comment about that.

    FIFA has announced the referees for Women's U20 WC in Colombia (31/08-22/09). It's interesting because there will be the trial of Football Video Support, a semplified version of VAR.


    AFC:

    Veronika Bernatskaia KGZ
    Ramina Tsoi KGZ
    Nuannid Donjangreed THA

    Dong Fangyu CHN
    Xie Lijun CHN
    Bao Mengxiao CHN

    Oh Hyeonjeong KOR
    Kim Kyoungmin KOR
    Supawan Hinthong THA

    Support:
    Casey Reibelt AUS

    CAF:

    Akissi Konan CIV
    Carine Fomo CMR
    Fides Bangurambona BDI

    Shahenda Elmaghrabi EGY
    Soukaina Hamdi MAR
    Asma Ouahab ALG

    Support:
    Vincentia Amedome TOG


    CONCACAF

    Astrid Gramajo GUA
    Iris Vail GUA
    Sherly Socop GUA

    Karen Hernandez MEX
    Jessíca Morales MEX
    Elva Gutierrez MEX

    Natalie Simon USA
    Meghan MullenUSA
    Kali Smith USA

    Crystal Sobers TRI
    Carissa Douglas-Jacob TRI
    Melissa Nicholas TRI

    Support:
    Lizzet Garcia MEX


    CONMEBOL

    Maria Daza COL
    Mayra Sanchez COL
    Eliana Ortiz COL

    Anahi Fernandez URU
    Daiane Fernandez URU
    Belen ClavijoURU

    Dione Rissios CHI
    Marcia Castillo CHI
    Leslie Vasquez CHI

    Marcelly Zambrano ECU
    Viviana Segura ECU
    Stefania Paguay ECU

    Support:
    Susana Corella ECU


    UEFA

    Iuliana Demetrescu ROU
    Svitlana Grushko UKR
    Amina GutschiAUT

    Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi ITA
    Tiziana Trasciatti ITA
    Andreia Sousa OR

    Marta Huerta ESP
    Guadalupe Porras ESP
    Eliana Fernandez ESP

    Ivana Martincic CRO
    Maja Petravic CRO
    Stasa Spur SVN

    Ivana Projkovska MD
    Susanne Kueng SUI
    Camille Soriano FRA

    Collina explained here about the trial:
    https://inside.fifa.com/technical/refereeing/news/football-video-support-to-be-implemented-at-fifa-u-20-womens-world-cup

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  3. Match could get challenging cause of the score and the way players did not accept Kruzliak as they should have.

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  4. SCO GK, second time in the match, delayed restart, still no YC, warming only

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  5. Missed clear YC for SCO10 IMO, only warming

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  6. Well spottet offsite by AR2. Almost looked on-site from some camera angles.

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  7. Correct offside call (AR2), no goal

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  8. Challenging game for Kruzliak, he booked only when strictly needed, could have done that before, as reported in a comment above. But the way he showed the first card was a confirmation that he didn't want to do that before (blatant gesture like saying "no more").
    Very good by AR2, crucial call, tight, and also a previous (not crucial) one correct, tight as well.

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  9. Good play on in Scottish penalty area, fair challenge IMO 43´

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  10. Can someone put a link to all the video clips of this match please.

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  11. In summary good first half, two potentially YC in both acceptable warming, one clear YC, given. Only thing could be criticized IMO are two head collisions, both little bit late whistled, but only detail.

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  12. Kruzliak really good imo so far

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  13. In summary good first half, two potentially YC in both acceptable warming, one clear YC, given. Also great eye AR2, correct offside call. Only thing could be criticized IMO are two head collisions, both little bit late whistled, but only detail.

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  14. Really good 1st half IMO. Some might say there were a few missed YCs, however when issuing the 1st one, the line has been set and communicated to everyone quite clearly, so for now we can call it "game management". Let's see what the 2nd half brings up.

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  15. Quite challenging game for the Slovakian because of players behaviour. No real dissent but players constantly undermine his authority by waving hands after calls. Correctly rejected penalty appeal in 43'. I think 10SCO should've been booked for kick in the face in 10'.

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  16. Good performance in the 1H for me. Apart from the missed YC to SCO10 in 30', reported by MH_svk above, I don't think he made any other mistake. He decided to only warn the player in 31', but my preferred solution would be a YC. His foul detection is mostly good, and he had an excellent SPA-YC decision to SUI13 in 31', that one was mandatory IMO. All KMIs were solved correctly, including a potential penalty for SUI in 43' (correct play on for me). AR2 with an excellent job so far, especially in 33' with the cancelled goal of SUI for a really tight offside. Let's hope for a similar performance in the 2H.

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  17. Missed clear foul of SCO7, no card needed

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  18. Why did the ref stop an important SCO play just cuz a Swiss player was down (his injury was not even remotely serious)

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  19. YC for SCO3 for dissent in 51´, not sure what exactly happened, replay in broadcast

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  20. In the penalty area, cannot really play on with a prone player there

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    1. What happens if every promising attack ends with a defending player being down, open to misuse imho

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  21. And then YC shown to SCO player for a very light dissent following the decision

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  22. YC for SCO3 for dissent in 51´, not sure what exactly happened, replay in broadcast

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  23. Why run the risk of a goal being scored with a defending player lying on the ground with a potential serious injury?
    Ivan couldn't see the footage we saw a few moments later.
    It's easier to stop the game in that situation, in order to prevent a controversial outcome.

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    1. How is everyone discussing the injury management and ignoring that it was an extremely blatant undercutting foul leading up to it :D incredibly missed by Kruzliak (not the only foul recognition error in the 2H, too).

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    2. LOL. Get real, that wasn't a foul. Stop fanboying certain refs.

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    3. It's not my intention to be Mikael's attorney, but frankly, it was a foul for me as well. In such a situation, with a player in the air, even a minimal contact can be enough to throw him off balance.

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    4. Overall: decent job by Kruzliak in this game.

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  24. 66´ Good foul on the edge of penalty area, correctly outside of penalty area

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  25. And now great YC to SCO #26,maybe cooperation with 4th offic.

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    1. For me probably more AR1, foul was on the offside line

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    2. Hm, I am not so convinced about the foul itself. Could also be seen as mutual holding or even a foul by the attacker, who also had a strong grip on his opponent.

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    3. For me probably more AR1, foul was on the offside line

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  26. Another very light YC shown to McKenna from SCO. So far huge protection for SUI players from the Slovak ref.

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  27. Not sure about the YC 68', looked like mutual holding to me

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    1. Exactly. Awful second half officiating so far.

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    2. It's not mutual holding, really. The defending player is much more at fault. He was holding first and more strongly. The attacker reacted by very slightly grabbing the defender's jersey. Expected YC, well seen by the referee crew.

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  28. Two yellow cards for less than the one on the edge of the box at 66...

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  29. Kruzliak is slowly but surely losing control of the match

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  30. I think this ref defo is not EURO standard.

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    1. You are a great fan of hyperbole!! He has done ok in his debut game

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  31. Fans not happy with kruzliak in stadium in the second half. I can understand why - losing control and foul detection very poor so far in the second half.

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    1. I must add the game would be quite challenging anyway without the presence of the referee due to the nature of the game. I think Kruzliak could have performed better with improved man management skills.

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  32. Disagree. Not the best performance but quite difficult game.

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  33. Should be sent packing after this game IMHO.

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    1. Love to be your line manager at work and assess you as harshly!!

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  34. Very surprised by some of these harsh comments. I came here to say that Kruzliak has been doing a very good job! The 68' and 71' yellow cards are spot on, as well as the foul outside the penalty area (no card needed) at 66'.

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  35. He won't make knock outs because he was never going to make knock outs. He is there to learn and gain experience; tonight's game will assist his development

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    1. I would like to see him have a chance in a second group game, in which he has the chance to fight for a R16 game. I hope UEFA gives him that opportunity.

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    2. Agree! I thought that was more than acceptable performance in a very difficult game

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    3. there's no chance he will be assigned to another game mate

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    4. I think he won't get another game. Just my two cents.

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    5. Why is my comment being deleted? Merely saying I think he won't get another game. That's all. Chefren please don't delete it...

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    6. I really don't think he's going to get another game really

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    7. “Very difficult game” is going way too far IMO. Normal difficulty really. Wait for the Copa America and maybe we will see some “very difficult” games. No games at the EUROs have come anywhere close and I don’t think any will.

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  36. Great eye AR1, good offside goal canceled 82´

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  37. Finally a YC for a SUI player. Should have been way more!

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  38. 85' really should be a yellow for Delaying the Restart OR Dissent by Action, the latter especially if we are clamping down on dissent.

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    1. Agree,as we saw this trend in PL this season.

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    2. Exactly why PL should never be considered the standard of refereeing 🙏

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  39. 4 added seems light given we had a stretcher on the pitch along with the subsitutions and offside check

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  40. Good performance by Kruzliak, but Excellent job of his assistants. I like what they do!

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  41. Agree with Daniel. Questionable time management. Lengthy stoppage for Tiernay injury, VAR checks and substitutions. 4 minutes additional time a bit puzzling and in such a tight game with group placings crucial important to calculate the additional time correctly.

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  42. I didn't make notes on the games today but was able to watch them in more detail than the matches before; so, for what it is worth, how I saw the three performances.

    Letexier: Good job, but in my view the comments here exaggerated it. At first, it was absolutely a normal difficulty game, only the ends of both halves became slightly delicate. In a harder match, the Frenchman could have been tripped up by two things: 1) management of injuries, two instances of Albanians acting in 'bad faith' by pretending to be injured at the end of the first half, then an Alb player (very likely) exaggerating an injury to get play stopped in the 2H, most interestingly then it seemed Croatia cottened on and there was an incident in 65' when Albania were denied a very promising 1-on-1 as Letexier stopped play for a (rather non-)injury when a Croatian defender went down; and, 2) foul recognition at least partly being determined by player reaction, Sutalo’s alledged offence at 83’ being a perfect example, this was NOT spa, it wasn’t a foul, Albania player ‘pinned’ himself to his opponent in order to win the freekick. Not perfect/outstanding/etc; in a harder game (such as Guinea-Indonesia… :P), this costs you. BUT: overall a good job without question today.

    Makkelie: I found his performance, generally, in accordance with the level of his refereeing this season. Personally I would view this (www.streambug.io/cv/76681d) 5min spell in the first half very critically: missed foul before goal, botched reentering mgmt, two missed yellow cards for tactical fouls. I retain my view on 38’, Hungary were pretty unlucky in added time not to get sth! Hand to ball, but I wouldn’t be sure even Italian VMOs would have sth to say there. I don’t think there is too much to add; let’s see how the Dutchman progresses with the next assignment.

    Kruzliak: Usual fare from Slovakian! The battle for him in every game is to not become passive, a passenger to the match and let too much go and lose a grip on the match (problem for him throughout his career). To this ends, I think Kruzliak started the game with TOO much energy! The amount of tension that he put in his gestures when admonishing Sco no.10 — between offences at 10’ and 29’ he should have received a yellow card — was quite noticeable, even a bit over the top, in my view. The ‘usual’ drop in technical accuracy came in the second half (impossible to keep up what he was trying to do in the 1H!!), especially early on, but also in eg. careless foul wrongly given as a caution in 86’. Overall, the Slovakian equipped himself relatively well and deserves a passing grade (≈8,2) but the weaknesses of the refereeing in this match were more obvious than in most of the others so far imo.

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    1. And indeed the high level of the Slovakian linesmen shouldn't go unmentioned, very well played by Branislav Hancko and Jan Pozor, following in the footsteps of the great names Sramka (rip :/) and Slysko.

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  43. Decent, leaning towards good, performance for me. After a positive 1H, a somewhat shaky 2H with some issues in foul detection, but nothing major, at least for my taste. Disciplinary management was average IMO, with missed YCs for SCO10 in 30' and SUI5 in 66', while those for SCO26 in 68' and SUI16 in 86' can be considered as supportable, although I understand the discussion about the one in 68' (IMHO, holding by the defender was more decisive in this instance, but I accept the opposite arguments). On the other hand, a good, but also mandatory YC was given to SCO7 for SPA in 71'; I'm glad Kružliak didn't miss this one, as it would have been a big mistake otherwise. All KMIs were solved correctly IMO, there were no issues in this aspect.

    Players' behaviour was somewhat "on edge", with many of them undermining the referee's authority. There was one YC given for dissent IIRC, to SCO4 in 51', but his management could/should have been more effective, and I cannot deny that some dubious foul calls in the 2H frustrated the players a bit. However, at least for me, it was far from bad. Lastly, both ARs with a very good performance: both of them had one correct offside decision to cancel a SUI goal: AR2 in 33' and AR1 in 82'.

    To sum up, I think my first sentence in this comment summarises this performance well. There are certainly areas for improvement, but I don't find any reason to describe it as "bad", quite the contrary.

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  44. I imagine Scotland v Hungary will necessitate a higher profile referee

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  45. Its clear Ceferin and his referee department cronies do not want man-management on the field.

    Ask a question and you get a yellow.

    The S**te will hit the fan when the red cards from two yellows start flowing.

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  46. Highlights:
    https://files.fm/u/7p6nbbcmnt

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  47. Can we get all the video clips of the games please?

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