2024-25 UEFA Women's Champions League, referee assignments for Semifinals (First Legs)
13:30 CET - London (Emirates Stadium)
ARSENAL WOMEN FC (ENG) - OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (FRA)
Referee: Ionela Alina Peșu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Constantinescu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Staša Špur SVN
Fourth Official: Catarina Isabel Ferreira de Campos POR
Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Sorin Popa ROU
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Judit Romano García ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Snježana Fočić CRO
UEFA Delegate: Diana Andersen DEN
Sunday 20 April 2025
18:00 CET - Sant Joan Despí (Estadi Johan Cruyff)
FC BARCELONA (ESP) - CHELSEA FC (ENG)
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Anita Vad HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Svitlana Grushko UKR
Fourth Official: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Tamás Bognár HUN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Katrin Rafalski GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Ana Minić SRB
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandra Pejkovska MKD
Arsenal - Lyon
ReplyDeleteR: Ionela Alina Pesu (ROU)
VAR: Catalin Popa (ROU)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrdBUclS9rs
01:00: disallowed goal for offside (AR2), then allowed by VAR.
05:45: OFR for a penalty to Arsenal (foul by Goalkeeper).
Possible that in the case of the wrong offside, AR2 had missed the Arsenal defender in the midfield, while making the assessment? Otherwise borderline decision and more understandable mistake, but still, NO FLAG expected.
DeleteAbout the penalty for the offense by keeper, it's interesting to observe, even more if you watch from full game footage, that nobody expected the call, maybe in women's football more than men's. This call caused rather some astonishment, even by commentators, but it's a fully correct one. Referee without any awareness of what had happened. Are these incidents with late actions by keeper impossible to spot? To me, very interesting point for discussions. I praise that in recent times there is focus on that, because it wasn't the same in past.
OFR for Katalin Kulcsar in the other game as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO9PH-259tk
Very clear handball, correct call by Bognar. This one rather impossible to see, very hidden to referee. More chances for AR1, but still hard, the touch is very quick, but once seen extremely evident.