Appointments of match officials at 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Group Stage, MD3.
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Group Stage, MD3
Group B
Monday 23 June 2025, 21:00 CET
Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
Monday 23 June 2025, 21:00 CET
Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
Atlético Madrid (ESP) - Botafogo (BRA)
Referee: César Ramos MEX
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Bisguerra MEX
Fourth Official: Gustavo Tejera URU
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Bisguerra MEX
Fourth Official: Gustavo Tejera URU
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Group B
Monday 23 June 2025, 21:00 CET
Lumen Field, Seattle
Monday 23 June 2025, 21:00 CET
Lumen Field, Seattle
Seattle Sounders (USA) - Paris Saint Germain (FRA)
Referee: Cristian Garay CHI
Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Rocha CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Retamal CHI
Fourth Official: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh NZL
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Retamal CHI
Fourth Official: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh NZL
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Group A
Tuesday 24 June 2025, 03:00 CET
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
Tuesday 24 June 2025, 03:00 CET
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
FC Porto (POR) - Al Ahly (EGY)
Referee: Jesus Valenzuela VEN
Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Urrego VEN
Assistant Referee 2: Tulio Moreno VEN
Fourth Official: Omar Al Ali UAE
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Assistant Referee 2: Tulio Moreno VEN
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Group A
Tuesday 24 June 2025, 03:00 CET
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami
Tuesday 24 June 2025, 03:00 CET
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami
Inter Miami (USA) - Palmeiras (BRA)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL
Fourth Official: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL
Fourth Official: Michael Oliver ENG
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After Ramos appointment, one should stop to follow the tournament...
ReplyDeleteHe makes the games entertaining. For football fans it creates great matches. As a referee he isn't helping us. But since he has no management at all it means any game can get completely out of hand.
DeleteIt's either a total sacrifice on an impossible match OR, as I said in the other thread, you might as well pencil Ramos in for the WC Final next year.
DeleteI don’t really understand option 2. How would this appointment relate to next year’s WC final? If so, which I don’t believe, wouldn’t it be far more sensible to keep him out of the spotlights in this tournament?
DeleteI'm assuming it's impossible for a performance to be rejected in this competition... Garay wasn't great, but Ramos... Surely it's better to break the confederation neutrality earlier, then it becomes less of a story when it inevitably happens later on
DeleteIt's a bit of hyperbole @Unknown.
DeleteBut the point would be that Ramos can do no wrong in FIFA's eyes. He's already had a semifinal. And, politically, after the 2006-2022 UEFA/CONMEBOL domination, it could be time to see a referee from a third confederation. Plus it's a home WC for Mexico.
I think we'd all be foolish to believe he isn't in consideration for that match next year, despite our near collective analysis on his abilities. Obviously, I hope I'm wrong.
Wow,speechless.
DeleteYou can have performance as he had in BOC-BEN,you wont be punished.
Bravo Fifa,excellent.
Teachincg refs that being lenient,forgiving everything and letting everything go is the way to go.
Mobbing and aggressive attitude towards the ref is acceptable and that's the way Fifa views his style.
I was excepting he would get another match,but match of this magnitude???
Decider and almost similar in terms of passion?????
Jezz.
Then we can also not exclude Kovacs for some important matches,but he is different, he punishes dissent and that's not how Fifa wants it.
Assuming how Atlético always behaves, plus what Botafogo showed yesterday, and Ramos' style... this has only one word: COMPLETE DISASTER. (I hope not but it's going to be a very difficult/impossible game from minute 1)
ReplyDelete37' Salman Falahi - Di Maria.
ReplyDeleteYet another chapter of allowing everything to players...
Good to see the Qatari ref standing up to the dissent by Di Maria in Orlando
ReplyDeleteCorrect foul given on the gk to disallow a benfica goal. May have been offside too
ReplyDeleteYes, correct foul, also offside. And good job by Falahi to delay his whistle until the ball was in the goal, just in case.
Delete43', I have a feeling the Qatari referee whistled exactly when ball was entering the net, maybe for a foul? But I think he was lucky because there was also offside before (quick VAR check, but no signals by referee to understand what he had punished...).
ReplyDeleteI watched it again; at least on my broadcast, the whistle was well after the ball was in.
DeleteYes, he whistled with ball in the net and punished the foul on keeper, but there was offside before. VAR simply confirmed the decision.
DeleteVery forceful message from the medic to the referee as they are going through the head injury protocol. And now what is following from the player, wow...
ReplyDeleteRemarkable from that player. I actually think that reaction is reason enough to not let him back on
DeleteBased on his reaction there was no way he did not have a concussion. It was not a regular reaction in any way.
DeleteGood yc for dissent by action for the kicking of the ball in frustration. Now a correct penalty
ReplyDeletehttps://streamin.me/v/667e40f9
ReplyDeleteCorrect decision. Missing YC for reckless?
Apparently what it takes to get a yellow card for dissent at this tournament is kicking the ball at the referee from 30 yards away. At least we know there IS a line!
ReplyDeleteManagement in first half:
ReplyDelete37' Reaction to Di Maria dissent. At UEFA level, this is a clear YC and player is at the border of RC. Aggressive approach against referee, unacceptable. You can positively observe the body language of the Qatari, but on a scale of tolerating dissent, this is still a medium reaction. It's a YC missing. But I think we can't ask for more at this tournament.
https://streambug.org/cv/ae38b1
45'+4 YC for kicking ball (against referee? unsure) from a certain distance, but surely frustration
https://streambug.org/cv/f42a30
Am I the only one getting totally annoyed by all the adverse weather suspensions? I cannot remember we experienced this so often in past bigger tournaments.
ReplyDeleteMaybe FIFA should choose a host for next year's WC, where it is possible to play a game of football in June. ;)
DeleteIf this is the standard of suspension in MLS, well, US fans can't definitely complain about VAR breaking up the flow of the game. They have definitely something "bigger" doing it very often...
DeleteFrom an American fan: this is definitely a lot more weather delays than normal. Usually in the summer we have delays for some games in Florida every now and then, but not every matchday like we are seeing. That region is very prone to thunderstorms on summer evenings. Delays in Cincinnati and New York would be pretty rare, though.
DeleteI can't understand how Carreras intentionally kicking the ball to the referee isn't a straight RC instead of just a YC. At least here in ESP everyone would expect a RC.
ReplyDeleteFrom that distance, there can be an element of doubt about whether the ball was meant to be kicked directly at the referee, or just in the general direction of the penalty area in frustration.
DeleteIvan Barton has definitely good skills.
ReplyDeleteI’m not sure that foul was reckless, but absolutely correct in his management of the situation
DeleteThe Salvadoran referee has a certain demeanor when calling a foul and he makes some gestures that reminds me of Byron Moreno, but of course only in that regard.
ReplyDeleteI don't dislike Barton, but there is certainly an element of theatre. Not sure it really helps to calm things with an English team. He does seem more in control than many Americas officials have been
ReplyDeleteWhat you're seeing are the left-over remnants of CONCACAF under Brian Hall's control. Where referees were encouraged (expected) to be "actors" on the pitch. It meant, an excessive amount of gesturing and posturing with no actual refereeing qualities.
DeleteI think you are completely missing the mark if you believe Barton is a product of Hall. Like, not even close.
DeleteEscobar, yes. Escobar is the model that Hall wanted to create and push.
But Escobar and Barton are like night and day for refereeing. They could not be more different.
Clement Turpin is fourth official between Mamelodi Sundowns - Borussia Dortmund
ReplyDeleteRamos + Botafogo aggressiveness/dissent + Atletico attitude/gamesmanship + possible must win for both teams = complete and utter DISASTER!!!
ReplyDeleteIt saddens me to see that CONCACAF has fallen this low in terms of referees. With all due respect to these other confederations. CONCACAF is at or below to AFC/CAF levels. Only above OFC!
But it comes as no surprise with Mexican referees. As I've witnessed the steady deterioration/decline under the disastrous/draconian mandate of Benito Armando Archundia.
Great two onside decisions by Pupiro on the 1-1 goal in Flamengo vs Chelsea
ReplyDeleteAnd another for the 2nd goal though it was a bit easier
DeleteWOW what a quick red card...
ReplyDeleteAnd top decision by Barton
DeleteGreat red card decision and very well managed in front of the technical areas
ReplyDeleteIt is true that the referee from El Salvador has a rather "chaotic" style, but definitely skills of a big talent.
ReplyDeleteExactly. I think in the first half his demeanor was very risky, potentially even inflammatory at times (see: the first yellow card of the match, 11'). But in other moments that needed a big personality (YC in first half added time, red card to Jackson), he really shines.
DeleteFor Barton I think the one improvement I was would is for him to develop more nuance: instead of being at 100% energy, super high intensity all the time, being able to slow himself down when his default energy is counterproductive.
Still, this has been a very good performance by Barton so far.
Maybe he was reading my mind... his lower-key reaction to the foul at 90'+4' was exactly what I was looking for (although in theory a yellow card could be justified too).
DeleteBrilliant spot by Barton. I thought at first that the contact was only on the foot, but very well seen that it started on the shin and raked down, and his immediate presence on the situation diffuses any further tension.
ReplyDeleteI also thought the same until I rewound and watched again. Worth noting that El Salvador has no VAR in their domestic league. Perhaps VAR has caused the skill of recognizing SFP live to atrophy.
Delete@thegreatwar, I've been saying this--your last sentence--for a long time. Maybe not the skill, per se. But the confidence in acting on what you see. I think the fear of being wrong with an affirmative decision weighs on referees; they'd rather be told they missed something via VAR than told they called something wrong.
DeleteExcellent red card decision!
ReplyDeleteAn argument for SFP with that challenge? It trapped the attackers leg
ReplyDeleteBack to Penso, Infantino visited the female trio after Al Ain - Juventus game to congratulate. It seems like a very strong endorsement by FIFA president for the American woman, we will almost certainly see her at the World Cup. Ramos, from her same confederation, is terrible, while Barton from El Salvador is excellent. I haven’t fully assessed the US referee so far, also considering the relatively limited assignments she has been given, but she might be better than Frappart, if we want to make a European comparison. Time will tell. But it's not hard to be the best in CONCACAF in recent times (said with all respect for both her and the others).
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