Wednesday, 26 June 2024

UEFA EURO 2024 Match 34: Ukraine - Belgium (discussion)

Anthony Taylor and his team will referee Ukraine - Belgium, crucial game in  group E. 

                                           


Game 34, Group E
Stuttgrart, 26 June 2024 18:00 CET
UKRAINE - BELGIUM
Referee: Anthony Taylor ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn ENG
Fourth Official: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Reserve Assistant Referee: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: David Coote ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2: Marco Fritz GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL
UEFA Delegate: Per Svärd SWE

20 comments:

  1. Wow stopping play because GK of BEL put his bottle next to the goal post and not out of field of play. I don't think I have ever seen that. But important of course.

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  2. 14' PAI after corner. Both players get a hold on players. But in both cases not enough. And you can't add 2 half penalty fouls together ofc. So no PK CD.

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  3. Clear pushing action 17'. Off the ball. No YC given, solved via management. I think good choice not to go for YC.

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  4. Clear faul in the 30 min. against Lukaku. Late call, i think the first AR helped Taylor

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  5. Clear first YC BEL4. Late tackle, reckless

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  6. Although not the usual management for a final candidate, I think Taylor is putting himself in contention to be the current favourite, hopefully back to top form. Everything correct first half except one throw 37th minute

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  7. Missed offside by AR2 at the end of 1H, but ball went out for goal kick anyways so no big deal.

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    1. They didn’t miss it, they let it go because it went out for a goalkick (as seen as the thumbs up Taylor and the AR2 gave each other).

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    2. Well I thought something like that, but wasn't sure. Either way I think it doesn't really matter in the end

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  8. I don't agree tbh. Missed foul yes, YC yes. But RC doesn't seem right here. No high intensity, studs on foot. I don't think this should ever be RC.

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  9. Missed FK + YC. Nothing more for me.

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  10. yellow for onana, red card not enough because onana play the ball first

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  11. Very good advantage after wait and see principle 67'. He waited an awfull long time, but very nice advantages.

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  12. I'm not totally convinced by Taylor after the first 70 minuites. Some good advantages, 67' was very impressive. But for my taste, too many phantom fouls whistled where almost zero contact, and two yellow cards missed. Onana in first half was a very dark yellow for me

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  13. Very strong step on foot, more unlucky because opponent was making that movement. Said that, RC would have been supported by VAR, but I can agree not a clear and obvious mistake to miss it.

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  14. Very good Taylor! The missed YC for Onana was hard to spot, everything else perfect. In full control

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  15. I agree with your overall impression, especially as the most visible mistake remains the missed (dark) YC to BEL24 in 39'. It's actually a pretty bad miss considering it was really close to SFP, but I still think the expected decision is YC, as the studs contact remained mostly on foot and the offender was a bit unlucky in this whole situation. There was also a possible YC in 50' (BEL22, step on foot), although it's possible to support Taylor due to it not being a full step (my personal preference is YC, but OK). Of course, I agree with you about a possible YC for simulation to BEL11 in 90+1', although the existence of a minimal contact can probably save Taylor from any real blame (but I would certainly prefer such behaviour to be punished). Two YCs given were more than correct: 43' (BEL4, reckless tackle) and 69' (UKR11, LoR).

    Foul detection was somewhat of a mixed bag IMO, with some really nice play ons and advatages (e. g. 67' for BEL), but also some soft (66', in favour of UKR) and even some plainly wrong (10', in favour of BEL) fouls given. It has, unfortunately, been Taylor's issue for some time now. In terms of PAIs, besides the aforementioned 90+1' situation, there was also a potential penalty for UKR in 14', with two possibles infringements in the same situation, but I'd argue none were actually worthy of a PK.

    All in all, I think your conclusion is optimal to grade this performance by Taylor.

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

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