Second set of referees' assignments for MD4, games to be played on 5 November 2025.
5 November 2025
18:45 CET - Baku (Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika Stadionu)
QARABAĞ FK (AZE) - CHELSEA FC (ENG)
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Riedel AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Santino Schreiner AUT
Fourth Official: Walter Altmann AUT
Video Assistant Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber AUT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Josef Spurny AUT
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson SWE
UEFA Delegate: Adrian Ixari MDA
18:45 CET - Limassol (Alphamega Stadium)
PAFOS FC (CYP) - VILLARREAL CF (ESP)
Referee: Sven Jablonski GER
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger GER
Assistant Referee 2: Lasse Koslowski GER
Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel GER
Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Johann Pfeifer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL
UEFA Delegate: Andrey Medintsev BUL
21:00 CET - Manchester (Etihad Stadium)
MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG) - BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL
Fourth Official: Paweł Raczkowski POL
Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Piotr Lasyk POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller AUT
UEFA Delegate: Radenko Mijatović SVN
21:00 CET - Milan (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)
FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA) - QAİRAT FK (KAZ)
Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho POR
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Miguel Martins Teixeira POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Miguel Almeida da Mota POR
Fourth Official: António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre POR
Video Assistant Referee: André Filipe Domingues da Silva Narciso POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP
UEFA Delegate: Raili Ellermaa EST
21:00 CET - Lisbon (Estádio do SL Benfica)
SL BENFICA (POR) - BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (GER)
Referee: Simone Sozza ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA
Fourth Official: Davide Massa ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Björn Kuipers NED
UEFA Delegate: René Siegrist SUI
21:00 CET - Bruges (Jan Breydelstadion)
CLUB BRUGGE KV (BEL) - FC BARCELONA (ESP)
Referee: Anthony Taylor ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn ENG
Fourth Official: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Andrew Dallas SCO
UEFA Referee Observer: Ante Vučemilović CRO
UEFA Delegate: Peter Oskam NED
21:00 CET - Amsterdam (Johan Cruijff ArenA)
AFX AJAX (NED) - GALATASARAY (TUR)
Referee: Benoît Bastien FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Berthomieu FRA
Fourth Official: Thomas Léonard FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Willy Delajod FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov UKR
UEFA Delegate: Paul Lyon GIB
21:00 CET - Marseille (Orange Vélodrome)
OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE (FRA) - ATALANTA BC (ITA)
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín ESP
Fourth Official: César Soto Grado ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz TUR
UEFA Delegate: Mark Blackbourne ENG
21:00 CET - Newcastle (St. James' Park)
NEWCASTLE UNITED FC (ENG) - ATHLETIC CLUB (ESP)
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Ján Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Peter Kráľovič SVK
Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Vítor Manuel de Melo Pereira POR
UEFA Delegate: Christian Kofoed DEN
Debut for Sozza, normal appointments for Marciniak, Kruzliak, Taylor and Sanchez Martinez
ReplyDeleteDebut for Gishamer and Jablonski as well
DeleteBut not for Sozza ...
DeleteNot for sozza. he refereed the
DeleteBrugge-Monaco game
Sozza already made his debut in Club Brugge - AS Monaco, 18 September. This is a second game (with committee member). Observed for a promotion, I think, would be the fourth Italian Elite..
DeleteI think now that our portuguese fan is happy now because are 2 portuguese referee, Pinheiro and Godinho.
ReplyDeleteI fear that he will not be entirely satisfied, as they continue not to officiate games involving Spanish participation.
DeleteThis was a question I asked yesterday and no one has answered yet.
DeleteThis is probably because UEFA does not disclose its assignment policy, and therefore we can only speculate. From my point of view, however, it also makes more sense—purely from a geographical perspective—to assign a Portuguese referee, for example, to a match like Italy vs. Germany rather than Spain vs. England. Especially in the League Phase, where there is still more flexibility.
DeletePrevious is was normal to see Portuguese referee a match for Spanish also Spanish so I don't the reason I remember for euro final between spain vs italy also alot of matches champions the it's not clear
DeleteIn my perception, it was also not very common in the past to see Portuguese referees in Spain matches. For example, if I take Vitor Manuel Melo Pereira: He had three matches involving Spanish teams out of 47 club games - of which two were Spanish derbies. The only non-Spain - Spain encounter was Lazio - Real in 2001. A final match is always to be considered differently because there is limited flexibility. As far as I remember, Pedro Proenca's appointment was also a lucky coincidence, as other candidates were no longer available due to the presence of their own national teams. But it is true that Pedro Proenca already officiated Spain - Repubic of Ireland in the group stage as his first assignment; a match I would not have predicted, as I assumed that UEFA also considers geographical factors as long as there is still some leeway.
DeleteI don't think it is geographical factor also don't forget artur soares have 15 matches approximately or above for spanish he was regulary officiating spanish team
DeleteSoares Dias is more than 20 years younger than Melo Pereira. In the meantime, the referees' commission has changed several times, along with its strategies: Collina and Rosetti are also significantly different. During Melo Pereira's time, appointments for Spain games (as long as it wasn't a derby) were highly unusual. Proenca then officiated "massive" numbers of Spain games, evenly distributed including home matches. Currently, the philosophy seems similar to Melo Pereira's era. His appointment for the 2001 Super Cup between FC Liverpool and Bayern München was easy to predict, because unlike the Champions League and UEFA Cup, no Spanish team was involved—thus a suitable opportunity for him. UEFA will not disclose, publicly or incognito (I assume there are enough members reading here), which philosophy they are currently following.
DeleteWhere is Peljto?
ReplyDeleteMaybe in Europa League tomorrow? But I think he would have got Champions League, we will see which game.
DeleteRangers - Roma possible
DeleteIs there who knows why spanish referee does officiate Portuguese club, also Portuguese referees does not officiate spanish since last season ??
ReplyDeletegood question..
ReplyDeleteUEFA appointed Vincic who is a friend of Fenerbahce's vice president Acun ılıcalı ,for the game between Benfica-Fenerbahce in CL playoff. They saw no problem there. And Gözübüyük with Turkish origin was appointed 3 weeks ago for the Azerbaijani team Qarabağ.
Correct I don't what is the new reason that it is forbidden Portuguese to officiate match for Spanish also spanish forbidden
DeleteDebuts for Jablonski, Gishamer and Godinho.
ReplyDeleteSecond game for Sozza now with a committee member.
Not much to say about the rest: regular assignments for Marciniak, Taylor (he meets again a Spanish team), Bastien, Kružliak and Sánchez Martínez (back from injury).
Marciniak is a bit surprising, because the observer was already appointed before his MD3 game IIRC. He and Siebert are the only two referees with CL on MD3 and 4.
DeleteBastien has missed the first three matchdays in all three competitions, so I didn't expect him straight back to CL.
Sanchez' injury apparently was short enough for an immediate return to CL.
I find Marciniak remarkable above all because he only officiated Dortmund on the second matchday. It is not new that UEFA sometimes assigns referees to the same team twice in the league phase. However, whether this has to happen as early as the fourth matchday with only a single other referee in between is another question. Perhaps Marciniak was a standby referee and there were reassignments, for example, due to the turmoil in Turkey.
DeleteBoth points combined it indeed looks a lot like a replacement. Maybe even for Peljto, if he doesn’t appear tomorrow for EL.
DeleteSozza with Mourinho and teams that can play dirty and be physical.
ReplyDeleteWith his lenient style,could be fun watch.
He criticized Sozza last year after the game beetween Fenerbahce-Lyon.
Deletehttps://youtu.be/XzTr5Tcs3_M?si=WVnSATJjgXqilZ49
Sozza has been pretty in form in Serie A, I hope he can continue, now seems to be one of the best serie A referees in recent form
DeleteI'm curious for Scottish and Albanian referee treatment or maybe for some other FA too. When we look names like Kabakov, Treimanis, Aghayev, even Kehlet. IINM we have already seen their names many times either in UEL, UECL, or WC qualifiers this year, but where is Walsh, Beaton, Xhaja, Jorgji. Is names like them inferior than names like Treimanis and Aghayev? Even Chefren mentioned he didn't know what's committee think for Aghayev, maybe just maybe we must have new category again after Elite Referee like 13 years ago (iinm Elite Development Group again). Either we like it or not, Treimanis, Kabakov, Aghayev it's like always get the match and their reputation was solid enough as Category 1 with quite young age, under 40. Jug, Obrenovic with their passport advantage and Croatian just started again with Pajac, but even for Pajac I didn't see his name many times like Treimanis and the others I had mentioned. What do you think? Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeletePerhaps they didn't pass the fitness or video tests?
DeleteBut Pajac got his debut and still he didn't lead many match as Treimanis, etc. Also I found out Balázs Berke from Hungary that promoted to Category 1 with very limited games iinm. What do you think?
DeleteI have to ask the same questions where on gods earth is Beaton and Wals?
DeleteMaybe if they changed their surnames to Beatoni and Walshi they may have more success in appointments ;)
DeleteWalshić*
DeleteTouché :)
DeleteThe situation regarding some of the names you mentioned is hard to understand. It seems, at least, that Jorgji had a recent match, if I remember correctly, while all about the other Albanian in focus remains very mysterious, like the two Georgians, and that's what is really strange: both of them, just like the Scots. I believe that tomorrow in the morning we should have a better understanding, because at least one of these names should be announced either in EL or ECL, if not all of them. Nevertheless, the management of this process remains hard to understand. Clearly, we can't know all the details, and the first thought that comes to mind is that perhaps all these referees who were not assigned might not have passed certain tests, or something might have gone wrong during the pre-season summer course. That's first argument, but in some cases, the treatment seems really harsh even if one thinks about that. Take Kabakov, for example, he was in good moment before starting this new season but now once again an "isolated" Category 1. It's a bit of a pity, because it looks like some names are immediately dropped in favor of others, without a consistent approach.
DeleteOne could also object to some of the debuts we have seen, both this round and in previous matchdays. Even when we are able to understand why they made debut and it was even expected, they only add new chapters without closing those of referees who were already on their trajectory for committee. It's a slightly complex concept to explain, but I think you understand. However, I can't know more than this, of course; ideally, one should ask the referees themselves, but that's not possible, so we just speculate. It’s certainly disappointing for those who were performing quite well but were suddenly stopped for some obscure reasons. Take also Alberola Rojas as example: given how promisingly he started the summer, he should have achieved a bit more by now. Honestly, I couldn't say. It's a difficult way to operate, especially considering the very big number of referees involved, but the situations are often very far from being clear. And, as last remark, for some names, indeed the Azeri Aghayev, but also others, the real consideration by committee is not clear, it seems they just get certain games as "wild card" when there are free slots and it is not possible to assign other names (it's evident to me that this kind of referees get assignments only in that circumstance).
But maybe, in the end, on this blog, we definitely want to know too much and that's just "not possible", should we give up? :)
Good appointment for Sozza, in a rather open game.
ReplyDeleteAlso expected great appointment for Marciniak, who gets a big game again.
And again this time, it's Sanchez Martinez, who is appointed as a spanish in a rather not easy game, and opens again the debate on who is number 1 in Spain. The battle seems to be between him and Manzano and for now, it's rather difficult to see who is better.
Schärer ?? still injury ?
ReplyDeleteScottish VAR official Mr Andrew Dallas is being used in what i would consider big matches for a scotsman! Whats going on with him and why aren’t Englishs VARS being used.
ReplyDeleteLet me be clear i am aware Atwells var but I’m meaning the situation two weeks ago when he was VAR for Oliver.
DeletePossibly two reasons, large English numbers tomorrow in the EL and ECL or UEFA rates Mr Dallas's VAR work highly along with his full time VAR work in Scotland.
DeleteThe Italian Referee Association website has published the following appointments for the UEFA Europa League (UEL) and UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL) games:
ReplyDelete6/11/2025 - UEFA Europe League
VfB Stuttgart (GER) - Feyenoord (NED)
AVAR: Di Bello
6/11/2025 - UEFA Europe League
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) - Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU)
VAR: Fabbri
6/11/2025 - UEFA Europe Conference League
BK Hacken (SWE) - Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (FRA)
Arbitro: Pairetto
Assistenti: Peretti - Bahri
IV ufficiale di gara: Ayroldi
VAR: Marini - AVAR: La Penna
6/11/2025 - UEFA Europe Conference League
Crystal Palace FC (ENG) - AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Arbitro: Chiffi
Assistenti: Colarossi - Moro
IV ufficiale di gara: Zufferli
VAR: Doveri - AVAR: Abisso
6/11/2025 - UEFA Europe Conference League
Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) - HNK Rijeka (CRO)
VAR: Aureliano - AVAR: Maresca
Might aswell just appoint non FIFA Italian referees at this point.
DeleteGosh Pairetto having a really difficult season and he just a UECL game .. Weird ..
DeleteBenoit Bastien was appointed to the Ajax-Galatasaray match.Another elite referee.Considering Ajax's poor performance, a non elite referee could have officiated this match.However,we see that the committee mostly appoints elite referees to the Galatasaray's matches.What are your thoughts on this Chefren?
ReplyDeleteBastien is a referee with a similar style to Siebert, strict and very often "by book" without thinking too much. Turkish team will have to be very careful, differently from other referees, they could see more cards. Same applies for Ajax, of course.
DeleteIt was possible to see a Category 1 indeed, but Chelsea - Ajax in my opinion was a more sonorous game than this one in Istanbul, for this reason Zwayer was there.
In the case of Galatasaray - Ajax I think Rosetti sees a rather very open tie, and in addition to that, a possible challenging technical and disciplinary control of the game, so for this reason he decided to assign an Elite, even if one coming from the "low part" (according to my opinion of course) of the category. He is France's nr. 3.
OT:Watched little bit of Guida in Milan vs Roma and I gotta say there was some positives and some negatives in some tense moments.
ReplyDeleteHis disciplinary was good,punished everything he had to except maybe towards last minute he did not caution Bartesaghi for clear SPA.
Then we had some issues with Mancini who received YC way too late,after his 500th complaint towards Guida,and Saelemaekers,who basically was doing whatever he wanted to and he escaped caution.
Then we had additional time that was original 4 minutes,then he added 2 more minutes for Leao injury.
I don't know if that's trend in Italy or they dont know to count time,but 4 minutes was way too small amount of time.
We had injuries,penalty kick that was delayed,Milan players that were injured or pretending,yellow cards,confrontations and only 4 minutes?!?
Sorry but not enough time was added imo.
Good performance by Guida in Milan-Roma. Apart from some small issues in the final minutes, when the game also became more complex and there were provocations as well as time-wasting. Good disciplinary control throughout the 90 minutes, and the penalty awarded was correct, without any hesitation, in line with recent guidelines (no yellow card). Overall, he managed the match well but lost a bit in thevery last minutes. In my opinion, however, the overall performance remains as very positive, given the difficulty.
DeleteThat said, regarding added time, it's always same issue. The only Italian referee who made sure to extend games in a very accurate way, similar to Marciniak under FIFA's Collina directives, was Maresca. He is now injured for a long period, but apart from him, really nobody gives much importance to stoppage time, which is a serious issue. They always allow too little time and, above all, in most cases, they permit time-wasting without compensating. Additionally, and this is even worse to me, they whistle with those few seconds before, of course, it could seem trivial but gives the impression that, at that specific moment of added time, there is no technical precision like other moments of the game. I will never stop repeating it, but I don't know what more I can say. I always prefer Collina's approach because, in the end, football doesn't deserve such scenes. We will see now with the proposal by IFAB about this big issue.
That being said,I see now that Sacchi is handling Lazio vs Cagliari.
DeleteWhat was the reason for his absence?
Cause he had some time in Serie B,his 6 last matches were B.
He had some poor performances at the beginning of season, but very unknown why he was kept so long far away from serie A. Basically, if I compare him to other serie A and B referees, he is surely the most difficult figure to understand. He got Juventus - Lazio as big match in his career a few months ago, but to me he didn't deserve that, nevertheless I think he would be a rather good serie A referee, but very often he gets only serie B. I fear there could be something more apart from technical outcomes, but that's just speculation. Absolutely not regular path in years by him.
DeleteI'm very curious about Jablonski... I've never seen a game of his but from what I've read he gives good performances...I hope to see the game…But the truth is that I didn't have him on the "radar" of a possible debut for this season. (If Stieler in Conference seemed strange to me, now more...)
ReplyDeleteBut the truth is that Germany has a great future: Osmers, Jablonski, Schlager, Badstubner.. German refereeing seems to be in good hands.
Jablonski in his last BL matches between brilliant and good average, with some - for him unusual - more minor mistakes, but as always in full control, completely respected by the players, much communication, for only some observers sometimes a bit too leniant in his disciplinary line, for me the most promising young German ref, together with Badstübner, who still needs a bit more time to develop his own style= clear line.
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German folks,
DeleteIt seems Siebert is also in better form internationally than Zwayer? Siebert has already officiated three Champions League matches, including Italian clubs - which demonstrates Rosetti’s confidence in him - and he is immediately assigned an Italian club following the brave RC in the Napoli game.
Zwayer, in contrast, appears primarily tense now that he is in pole position for a World Cup and possibly even a UCL final?
@Andrasch Neunert: How would you currently assess refereeing in Germany – both nationally and internationally? I only read an article this week where Dr. Markus Merk paints a rather bleak picture. Among other things, he criticizes that some younger colleagues, who have already 'grown up' with VAR in the Bundesliga, rely on it too much and that far too many decisions, which he would expect them to make correctly on their own immediately, are delegated to it. Regarding Harm Osmers, whom Diego mentioned, I am also not entirely sure how UEFA currently ranks him: Last season he made his Champions League debut, but he was not even invited to the Advanced Course at the beginning of the year. In the current season, he refereed two (attractive) matches in the Europa League, but in the Champions League, his record still only lists his debut.
Delete@Anonymous: Very tricky situation indeed. Also very hard for UEFA/FIFA I think. As a German I can say that Siebert has been performing constantly on a very high level in the Bundesliga since beginning of 24/25 season (or since the EURO in Germany where we also saw 2 good performances by him). It feels like he regained his strength and confidence by recovering the strict by book and no nonsense approach. Combined with a good feeling for the game and when to let the game cool down, as we also saw in his rather strong period in 2021/22.
DeleteAbout Zwayer, I don’t think he got much worse than last season(s) even though this season startet bad for him, way to many OFRs both in CL and Bundesliga. I think we have to see how he will be doing in the next months. At the moment I think Zwayer is still international no. 1 and I think it will stay like this but just because it’s not that easy to change this status, if you know what I mean.
And I definitely don’t see him refereeing the CL final if he (and Siebert) continue like this. That would be rather unfair.
As a side note, if we keep in mind that Siebert attended EURO 2021 as a surprise and attended EURO 2024 as a surprise, I mean, maybe he will be lucky again for the WC… why not two Germans going to America…?
I think generally UEFA is rather unsure who to push as a future German Elite. And I agree, it is rather tricky to pick one of the German FIFA-Refs. However time is running if we keep in mind that Zwayer and Stieler are both aged 44. I‘m on holiday and bored, so I decided to write down the German FIFA Refs future for anyone who’s interested (no Elite because they already reached the maximum).
DeleteStegemann: UEFA tried to push him couple of years ago, which didn’t really work out well. Now, he’s a standard category one getting ok games, however with 0 future. IMO to make space for new talents from CAT II, I wouldn’t be sad if he got demoted tbh. Even though Stegemann is IMO performing constantly very well in the Bundesliga since about 2 years and I personally appreciate his style.
Osmers: I‘m not convinced that he will make it to Elite tbh. He’s definitely a good referee in the technical area. However his communication and management skills are below a good level. He often lacks acceptance in tense moments and hot games. He has to fix that issue rather fast, because he is aged 40 already and can’t be seen as a talent anymore. I‘m also very unsure how he is rated in UEFA, because nothing followed after his CL debut under Kuipers observation (!).
Jablonski: Yes, he’s definitely a great referee and the most promising of them all. His strength, contrary to Osmers, is his great communication. He has very good acceptance in Germany, both by players and also media (very similar to Aytekin). However he also first has to prove that his lenient approach fits for hot European Duells and not only for Bundesliga. And again, how does UEFA rate him? IMO it was a pity that he for example wasn’t appointed to the U21 EURO last summer.
Schlager: I think he performed better in UEFA than domestically. 5 ECL GS games since 2022 is an ok number while he’s never really been constant in Bundesliga (this season started well for him though). Now he will get a chance in EL, however it looks like he replaced Stegemann. Schlager is mostly seen as arrogant and strict which is not really appreciated in the Bundesliga but could work out quite well (or already works) in international competitions. He could be promoted to CAT I if UEFA wanted to but then the room for new faces (e.g. Badstübner, Brand) would be blocked again.
Badstübner: Surely a talent, he was pushed very fast though. His last seasons in Bundesliga didn’t suggest a nomination onto the FIFA list, he was rather put there last December because of his (relatively) young age. And I agree, you need to give the young refs a chance. This season he was appointed to the Bundesliga opening top match Bayern - Leipzig were this strange free kick execution occurred, we discussed it on the blog. After that he was punished and no longer appointed in Bundesliga until MD 7. As I said, he still needs time however I can imagine him becoming a good referee at some point.
Jöllenbeck: 38 years old already. He’s a predetermined life time CAT II. His 23/24 season was very good, which already allowed him to join FIFA list but other than that average Bundesliga referee IMO.
Schröder: Injured again and again for a long period now, he will give his comeback this weekend in 2nd or 3rd division. There are even reports that he may be replaced on the FIFA list in December by Benjamin Brand.
Brand: IMO a fantastic referee! He’s been very unlucky with several injuries (which explains why he’s a very trustworthy VAR). But IMO his refereeing skills are very good too and I would totally grant him the nomination onto FIFA list if the rumours are true.
Unfortunately I can’t comment on the general German refereeing level since I‘m still very young and lack a comparison on how the level was couple of years ago (e.g. before introduction of VAR).
Very good post, I fully agree on everything you said. Brand was indeed very unlucky with injuries, he gave his debut in the Bundesliga at the age of 26 (!) and was propably pretty close to become a FIFA referee. But unfortunately his injuries in 2018 denied him of becoming an FIFA referee although he will probably make it now in 2026.
Delete@Jojo i also fully agree with you. Brand should be a FIFA referee in my opinion.
DeleteBrand with all his accuracy, technical skills and now a new developed charisma could be on top of the next period in Germany together with Jablonski, who is one of the most promising talents in Europe IMO.
DeleteMerks remarks should be read not as a critic of the young Germans, but as an interesting invitation to a GENERAL debate, cause the possible problems he describes are definitely not specifically German. But you are right, after Zwayer and Siebert leaving soon - in next year's, I guess - there is no reason to be afraid of the future of German refereeing at all!
About the other guys of the past... : The most reflected ones are Brych and already Aytekin, who should both play an important role in future of UEFA/Fifa
international refereeing. But do not expect any good input from our warriors of the past, Gräfe and Fandel. With their arrogance and enormous ego they have already been destructive enough. They are nothing but past.
I was asked about Guida and the Milan - Roma incident, well, today he has been appointed to Genoa - Fiorentina, very delicate serie A game. This means he received the highest possible marks from the observer at San Siro (in a big game, as AIA is used to do) and will now officiate a second match in a row. So, no consequences after the (to me still unclear) possible reaction against AC Milan player.
ReplyDeleteMariani, after the CL game in Paris, will be fourth official in serie B. And then we will go to the international break with national teams, we will see which games for the Italians there.
Chefren what is your comment about Makkelie’s behavior.. 3 days ago he pushing the alkmarr player 😟.. that’s crazy.. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQjzoOZk8Zx/?igsh=MXM4dzN5d255cWx0MA==
ReplyDeleteAlready been discussed.
DeleteThere’s not much to it. The AZ player (Goes) is pulled back by a teammate. But the edit suggests that Makkelie pushed him. That’s the TikTok era we live in… The media is out for sensation.
DeleteIt’s shared by espn official account
Delete@HB2300
DeleteESPN NL is a commercial broadcaster that thrives on sensationalism, always chasing hits and viral videos on social media. Their analysts spend about 99% of the time speaking negatively about referees.
On top of that, in the Netherlands, even stonewall red cards can be overturned by a so-called “disciplinary committee”, whose members remain completely anonymous. Yet clubs with strong legal representation always seem to get their way. This undermines the authority of referees. It’s no surprise that Dutch referees operate under enormous pressure now, and that there’s such a severe shortage at the amateur level.
Btw. Makkelie’s handling of the incident with Goes was, incidentally, praised by the local media - mainly because Goes has a reputation for being a troublemaker. He is known as a player who plays on the edge, constantly testing how far he can go before crossing the line.
From the video with the close-up shot, I can't say for sure that the action corresponds exactly to what is being reported. However, I want to say that I'm not too surprised by a referee who might also look for physical contact with a player, if he has, within his skill set, a deep understanding of that player. Of course, this isn't something that applies to all referees, but I can give the example of some referees in Italy as well, like Maresca, during mass confrontations or similar situations, he has never hesitated in pushing players away. It's obviously not something that is formally taught, but in the end, if someone has that ability and acceptance, and considers it a useful tool to manage that moment of the game, he can use it.
DeleteOf course at the international level, you would never see something like that, because the referee is under the eyes of all people, but domestic leagues often have their own kind of refereeing language. That's how I see it, then of course everyone has their own point of view, which is absolutely respectable. Still, it's a topic that can be very interesting to discuss. In the end, everyone sees that the outcome achieved is that the player steps back and all stops.
I want also to add that when the sites try to create sensationalism, they make so without giving a background of the incident...
No need to protect a referee when he/she acts unprofessionally. We should keep high standards towards ourself in the refereeing community when it comes to professionalism. Behaviours like this damages our reputation. People who have low trust in us and thinks we are abusing power gets water on their mill. Makkelie might have gotten away with it in this match, but he makes the job harder for his colleagues which officiates these teams next matches. If a player acts badly we either talk to them or punishes them with the tools given to us by the LOTG. We do not push players just because we are in a more powerfull position then them. Then we have no credability when we tell players to act in a good manner. If the player would do the same thing back towards the referee he would be sent off and rightly so.
Delete@N. Curious response.
DeleteYes, referees serve as role models for the amateur level. But uniformity is an illusion - quite the opposite, in fact. Top referees are not cut from the same cloth; each has their own style and personality. In situations like this, there should be room to manage things in a way that fits the individual.
Makkelie is a police officer by profession, and he carries that demeanor onto the pitch — occasionally taking on an instructive, de-escalating role during incidents. Björn Kuipers is famous for shouting at players, while Bas Nijhuis, on the other hand, keeps his distance. The ultra-lenient (almost clownish) Nijhuis might laugh a player off or crack a joke — it works for him, and the players accept his authority. Meanwhile, a no-nonsense referee might be quicker to hand out a second yellow card.
Incidentally, even Mario van der Ende — the Dutch equivalent of Manuel Gräfe — who’s usually all too eager to take a shot at Makkelie, admitted there was very little wrong in this case. I remain convinced that the media has played a particularly damaging role here, with a questionable social media edit that conveniently omits the part where the player is pulled back by his own teammate.
Yes, different referees have their own style and thats okay ofc. But that fact doesn't make any sort of style acceptable. For me, in an aggressive manner pushing a player that isn't aggresive towards you can never be justified. Makkelie is a police officer by profession but in this case he serves as a football referee and not a police officer. Police officers may use force if required but football referees may not. And yes the media may have exaggerated this. I don't read dutch media. But that's how the media works and that is exactly the reason why referees shouldn't act like this. The optics can be bad and that hurts our reputation.
DeleteClear penalty missed for qarabağ
ReplyDeleteWhich incident are you referring to? Watching the game and can not identify what it could be.
DeleteHow on earth was that not a penalty for Qarabag!? Kicks the back of his leg, what is VAR doing
ReplyDeleteThere was pulling from Qarabag player before the kick, maybe that’s the reason.
DeleteFor me not a penalty, both players pulling and not a high enough bar to considered a clear error. Correct decision for me given on field and correct no intervention.
DeleteNo.. pulling was from chelsea player
DeleteCmon be serious…that’s never PK
Delete@diego612 fully agree
DeleteShameless acting from Chelsea player, as he got punched in the face, but it wasn’t even close. For this situation, VAR refs should suggest to the ref to give YC without OFR. This is realy disgusting behavior. Obviously this player watched a lot Vinicious Junior.
ReplyDeletemiki, for your information, a yellow card is not a matter for VAR.
ReplyDeleteMissed YC for CHE #3 in 26’, right in front of QAR HC
ReplyDeleteGishamers ultra leniency is costing him here. 3 missed YC's so far.
ReplyDeleteCorrect PK awarded for QAR following handball by CHE player after good communication between ref and AR1
ReplyDelete38’ Now correct PK given by handball, helped by A1.
ReplyDeleteGishamer may have forgotten his cards in the locker room
ReplyDelete44’ Correct YC given after a good advantage with Chelsea’s #17 making a reckless challenge
ReplyDeleteGishamer has opted for an ultra lenient approach for this half and he's got away with it. Personally I do not like it and I feel that he's missed several clear cautions that have impacted his technical accuracy. Generally this referee has good body language and has been very proactive with players in situations which has helped but it has been frustrating to see clear cautions just ignored. Not a disastrous first half but certainly room for improvement
ReplyDeleteFirst Half:
26' Missed YC for CHE #3 for reckless challenge
30' Missed YC for CHE #3 for reckless challenge
31' Missed FK to CHE and missed YC for QAR #35 for reckless challenge
37' Penalty to QAR correctly awarded for handball. Very good communication between ref and AR1. Ref looks over to AR1 who confirms it for ref, good teamwork between the two.
41' Possible missed YC for QAR #8 for reckless challenge. Hard and fast barge from behind to lower back.
42' Possible missed YC for CHE #11 SPA, this one is just on the edge of being a promising attack.
44' Correct YC for CHE #17 for reckless challenge. Good advantage played by Gishamer who then after next stoppage correctly cautioned.
Maybe 1 or 2 cards missed and a good communication between him and A1 giving a clear PK given by handball… I think that is what we can say about his first time.
ReplyDeleteNot so bad, but not so convincing for me.
1 or 2 yellow cards? He missed 4 mandatory yellow cards in same half and that can not be ok for this level. I hope he will do it better in second half so he does not lose the game.
DeleteI started watching the game around 35’ with the PK incident and I just checked again the previous incidents and yes, I must say you’re right. At least 3 YC missed in the first 30 minutes.
DeleteUnfortunately, discipline is clearly one of Gishamer's weaknesses. He seems to be trying to avoid YC. Why is that? Hopefully, it won't come back to bite him.
DeleteMah… I disagree. Till now Gishamer (I never saw his performances before that) read the key moments of the game carefully, managing them intelligently and without academic judgment. He adopted a high standard of judgment that allowed the game to flow very smoothly and with full recognition of his decisions by the players.
ReplyDeleteHowever, we already agree that an expected YC should be given. And there were quite a few of those.
DeleteI am watching Jablonski's game in the PAF-VIL match. Very few cautions, even though PAF is leading 1-0 until the 85th minute. It seems the German has the Spaniards' emotions under control. Strong performance so far.
ReplyDelete@Gianluca G:
DeleteAgree. There was a potential penalty situation in the 92nd minute. Great positioning by the referee on the counterattack. Extra time was intense, good management.
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DeleteJablonski provided any heat by his great communication, great technical accuracy - I did not see any mistake - completely respected by the teams. Perfect start.
DeleteHave to stop watching the game at minute 83' so no second half analysis or summary, will try and provide one later tonight or tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteSecond Half for Gishamer:
47' Correct YC for CHE #24 for SPA. Very clumsy management afterwards. Too much into the centre of the action and could have missed further offences. Looked messy and lacked a strong presence.
48' Correct YC for QAR #2 for adopting an aggressive attitude or action.
AR1 was obliged to call this penalty, given his point of view, but since we see many missed incidents in other games, one must praise him...
ReplyDeletehttps://streamff.com/v/e9a6f8fe
Didn't watch the Austrian, very different opinions here, will try to watch something...
DeleteGishamer impressed me primarily with his running. The important handball incident was quickly resolved thanks to the correct notification from AR 1. For the most part, he was respected by the players, even though he opted for an extremely lenient approach to disciplinary control (once he fell for a simulation by a CHE player – it wasn't even a foul and the player was holding his face!). Personally, I didn't like this at all, as he ignored several clear warnings. Good body language, though.
ReplyDeleteFirst half:
16' Possible penalty, but subsequent criticism from QAR #15 ignored.
26' Missed yellow card for CHE #3 for reckless foul. QAR #20 even had to be substituted afterwards.
30' Missed yellow card for CHE #3 for reckless foul.
Second half:
47' Correct yellow card for CHE #24 for SPA. But after that, his management was erratic. He was at the center of the action and could have overlooked further offenses. He appeared chaotic and lacked a strong presence.
Correct yellow card for QAR #2, who was also involved in this mass confrontation.
80' Clear protest from CHE #9 ignored.
90' Yellow card for CHE #25 for dissent with corresponding gestures, but the player was right in terms of content, as he did not commit a foul.
Summary: In his first game in the UCL, Gishamer clearly showed that there is still a lot of room for improvement. Will he be used again this year????
IMO, I saw several Élite referees less performing that him this year…
Deletethan, not that. Sorry
Delete7’ Correct YC given by Godinho for a reckless challenge committed by KAI #7.
ReplyDeleteGreat ONSIDE by AR1 and then AR2 in Brugge
ReplyDeleteOh yeah! Minute 6 excellent onside by Beswick who correctly identified the failed offside-trap by Barcelona. And 3 minutes later also good onside by Nunn. Both decisions leading to goals.
DeletePhantom PK whistled live by Sanchez. Never a foul by goalkeeper. Don’t understand why VAR Cuadra Fernandez didn’t intervene here….
ReplyDeleteGoalkeeper tackles too late, doesn’t play the ball and the attacker isn’t obliged to jump over the goalkeeper. The contact is not initiated by nor anticipated (warmly welcomed though, admittedly) by the attacker, so for me it makes sense Var stays silent.
DeleteIs clearly anticipated and you can see by replays that attacker felt his foot to be touched. He initiated the contact though. Difficult for referee i agree but not for VAR.
Deletehttps://streambug.org/cv/133979
DeleteInter minute 16. Obvious tripping that is always called. But now ignored by VAR. Absolutely a penalty missed.
ReplyDeleteNow minute 18, penalty called for something that is not s penalty.
Delete+1, I think the first incident should’ve been called as PK, soft tripping, but the foul is evident.
Delete16' https://streambug.org/cv/5c1603
Delete18' https://streambug.org/cv/4c7fa7
I can't understand how it's not been assessed as a foul in the first incident...
Not good here for Godinho, should have whistle the first penalty, in 16', but indeed I think they assessed "soft", "not enough" from VAR room. While in the second case, Godinho had perception of a foul because attacker felt, but he couldn't see more about what had really happened, otherwise he would have made the correct decision. He tried to guess a penalty, but he was wrong, while in the first case he didn't want to give it. Also to me, clear YC and mandatory missed for attacker for his action, once seen at monitor.. very reckless!
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Delete20’ Correct OFR in San Siro.
ReplyDeleteWrong PK given by Godinho, was indeed a foul committed by the attacker.
31' Missed YC in Manchester, reckless minimum for a challenge on Doku by Guirassy
ReplyDeleteOnly YC ?
DeleteI think lack of force is the only thing that possibly saves it, or at least saves it from being a clear and obvious red. But I think a RC would be equally supportable
Deleteagree, more RC than YC imo
Deletehttps://streambug.org/cv/69ca47
DeleteBig miss with YC, but this was rather RC. Maybe Polish VAR doesn't intervene but another VAR would take the contrary decision... can be easily assessed as SFP.
DeleteMost obvious YC missed by Marciniak in Manchester. Borderline red TBH. Foul on Doku.
ReplyDeleteSome clips from Gishamer just to have an idea (penalty for handball already posted above):
ReplyDelete13' Penalty area incident
https://streambug.org/cv/f986a7
26' Possible YC
https://streambug.org/cv/e30ba5
30' Possible YC
https://streambug.org/cv/1e03a6
47' YC SPA, Management
https://streambug.org/cv/893a9e
90' Dissent YC
https://streambug.org/cv/126deb
Supportable about the penalty area incident in 13', never VAR stuff and correct decision by Schüttengruber to stay silent.
Then, good teamwork for the penalty called for handball.
Chelsea #3 surely lucky to escape from a YC in two situations, the first one in 26' is rather very evident. Correct card in 47' but then lacking in showing presence, with players having the confrontation. In this case he could have lost control, didn't show to be respected by players, and good remark by Walter above, staying there in the middle couldn't helping him in detecting more, if needed, in case. But still, nothing very big happened. OK with the card in 90'.
It seems to me that the Austrian tries to send his calmess to the game, but maybe this can't work. He has a very slow way of handling incidents (meanwhile, one could say, everything can happen...). But as long as correct crucial decisions are taken, and the big miss of the game results only in YC could be OK for UEFA. However the important point for improvement is to be more reactive, for sure, when a game starts to be agitated. Based on what I can see, it is still an OK performance, but one can't say good or more. Should a bit adapt his style bcause in more challenging games he can be in trouble.
Neither negative nor extremely positive performance, it's just up to committee to evaluate what about the possible missed yellow cards. I think his next game could be an Europa League one, but maybe very top one.
Matteo Marchetti ITA is wasted in the Youth League ,superb performance this afternoon in charge of Manchester City v Dortmund
ReplyDeleteA very poor match from Bastien...
ReplyDeletePenalty Gala not right.... defender his own knee and than handball...
This not a penalty.
This referee his authority is disgraceful.
Speechless, terrible mistake by the French crew. I believe Bastien was shown the wrong angle, the deflection from the body was not clearly visible during the OFR.
DeleteThe fact that it touched the knee doesn’t matter. Negligeable change of direction. If you think it’s a natural position then that’s fine. But the knee doesn’t matter.
DeleteSorry to say but Bastien is acting so arrogant. Now penalty for handball after OFR. Looks first touch was knee before the hand?
ReplyDeleteBastien is very calm. Clear handball and penalty. He missed a YC to Galatasaray player on first half I agree. But no arrogance at all and dutch players are very annoying with protests for nothing.
DeletePenalty after OFR for Bastien. Perhaps his angle didn’t permit him to see handball. Good VAR Delajod intervention.
ReplyDeleteWrong penalty by Taylor, definitely nothing. Correct call to monitor by Attwell.
ReplyDeleteSuggested by AR2 Nunn, I think.
DeleteCorrect penalty? IMO the ball comes off his knee first and then hits his arm. Therefore deflection with a clear change of direction.
ReplyDeletethat's a clear PK this ''rules'' of the detection is no longer the law so clear handball there
DeleteWe didn’t have any replays with this deflection. Only with clear handball, same than VAR replays. If you have another angle, interesting to see other images.
Deletehttps://streambug.org/cv/e4fd0a
DeleteLast replay shows the ball comes of the knee, ball changed direction twice
No question of deflection here. Clear handball for me. Good VAR decision.
DeleteBut LOTG don't talk anymore about deflection so it's a PK or i miss something.
DeleteYes i agree. Don’t understand this point either.
DeleteIMO clear penalty, but difficult to see live
DeleteAnyone with an eye on Kruzliak’s game? How is he doing?
ReplyDeleteI was lucky to be at the ground live. So can't offer the most technical analysis but for me would be an expected/good performance. Both cautions correct and no one will be talking about team ref afterwards
DeleteSecond penalty by Bastien himself and clear handball. Brave decision in such context.
ReplyDeleteI think Taylor watched Siebert yesterday…same situation with Yamal.
ReplyDeleteAs I said before, I love seeing this ;)
I'm also very happy. Taylor would show that every day of the week in England (and has many times before), but the English officials tend to become more tolerent when travelling. Good to see!
DeleteI didn't see any blatant protest from Yamal. The yellow card was invented by Taylor.
ReplyDeleteHe made a card gesture
DeleteMarseille penalty claim with goal for Atalanta after. IMO a good non intervention
ReplyDeleteHandball before Atalanta goal (in the other penalty area...) but not punishable. Correct decision, it was defender kicking ball on his own arm. But live, Sanchez looked unsure for a moment, as if he wanted to give penalty.. Agitated French bench.
ReplyDeleteNot the best day for Taylor...
ReplyDeleteAnd some overly enthusiastic fans still want Taylor to referee the Champions League final. No chance. Names like Oliver and Letexier are far superior to him.
DeletePlease find me a good day for Taylor in the last 3 years
DeleteBig mistake imo by Taylor to disallow that goal after review. Attacker clearly plays the ball.
ReplyDeleteWhere did the attacker play the ball? I‘m not convinced at all about the decision but I can‘t see that the attacker plays the ball.
DeleteNo, attacker does not play the ball. It looked to me as if ball was played at first for me too because the GK moves the ball backwards just before the attacker slides in. That’s also how the mistake can be explained.
DeleteThey transformed football into basketball, what a disaster
DeleteDisallowed goal for Brugge after OFR, for foul before goal.
ReplyDeleteNo clear and obvious error, as the attacker clearly plays the ball. Strange call.
DeleteThink the non handball was the correct decision by the Spanish crew in Marseille but will be a talking point.
ReplyDeleteHum hum. I agree. Very bordeline because this handball permitted to italian player to keep the ball under pressure of Aubameyang and after to obtain 0-1 final score…Very doubtfull no VAR intervention. Perhaps would be more logical to go to screen to avoid complaints. Marseille is very angry against spanish referees.
DeleteAnthony Taylor with two huge mistakes (corrected after review), without VAR this would have been catastrophic, I expect a very poor rating
ReplyDeleteNote that the players surrounded him after the game ended. This is proof that Taylor offers no guarantees of a safe and controversy-free match.
DeleteThe reason Barcelona players surrounded him was that he did not allow the execution of a corner and blew the final whistle beforehand.
DeleteI don't see how he has this status in UEFA when he is desperate both in the league and in most european games...
DeleteSimilar to the corner kick in the South Korea vs. Ghana game at the 2022 World Cup. And he blew the final whistle before it ended. Taylor being Taylor.
DeleteFor me a normal difficulty game in which he generally performed well. However the two OFRs remain as very negative point even though both of the decisions were (at least partially) made by AR2. Nevertheless not good for an Elite referee to have two OFRs in one game.
DeleteI’ve never liked when a referee blew the final whistle just before a corner kick…I don’t find “logic” on this, I’m sorry.
DeleteBut yes, 2 OFR are not good for him, but also he did some things right…I’d say an OK performance from what I saw in the second half.
What is Anthony Taylor doing actually. Horrible
ReplyDeleteI read that in Marciniak’s match a red card for serious foul play was missed and that there was also a foul missed in the attacking phase leading up to a goal. Is that correct?
ReplyDeleteImo AJA#16 escaped a Rc after a violent conduct like kick (85.). Bastien with only a Yc.
ReplyDeleteWas Orange one i agree. Perhaps low intensity and no hurt by turkish player pushed for only YC. But RC could be an option yes.
Deletehttps://streambug.org/cv/7ea026
DeleteSince the video posted by DutchRef doesn't work for me (but maybe it's only me), here another upload: https://streambug.org/cv/551d22
DeleteWell, this is the classic foul that before the modern era of refereeing was punished without doubts by red card, because player is aware he can't play ball and he makes the action just to hit and stop opponent. Today, the argument is the intensity and you can even support a yellow card, but yes, the discussion would be big...
Surprising by Bastien, though, because he is a referee who wouldn't hesitate in showing such red card!
How was the performance of luis godinho?
ReplyDeleteI just saw the first half.
DeleteHe missed an evident PK and then he whistled a phantom one. The only YC showed was perfectly given after a very good advantage.
Again, I just didn’t see the second half, but he has some areas to improve.
And let me add that I really liked his approach with the players…Great physical condition and control of the game. (Unless I’m missing something from the second half) was an OK performance.
DeleteThe first was not penalty ever because the defender does not make any touch
DeleteAbdiaziz, either you didn’t watch it or you are joking with us. No touch?
DeleteI watch I am not joking I mean in the twenty minutes there was not real contact deserves penalty
DeleteThe first was minute 18 that wasnt called. The second was minute 20, which the referee whistled and changed after VAR.
DeleteEither Benoît Bastien had great game for calling those two penalty handballs or disaster game
ReplyDeleteJosé María Sánchez had Clean performance. Most calls were expected ones
ReplyDeleteVery challenging game so far for him! Not sure about the goal disallowed for offside
DeleteAnd really really soft PK also
DeleteAtalanta penalty was a dive
DeleteHave replied to an earlier post but will say here as well, good performance from Kruzliak. I was at the game live and I can't think of too much if anything he got wrong. Sorry for lack of detail but very difficult to keep track live.
ReplyDeleteTaylor second OFR and Yamal YC.
ReplyDeletehttps://streambug.org/cv/4e5d0a
https://streambug.org/cv/6f1460
I think one can discuss about the OFR, Not all VARs would have called it. In my opinion attacker doesn't play the ball, but even with that, one could say not sufficient for a foul.
About YC to Yamal, the card gesture is by far less evident than Siebert incident in Juventus - Sporting, and one can have doubts, but indeed looking closely, he made the gesture.
Marseille v Atalanta. The coach of Marseille shows his computer just in front of the 4th official andctry to proof the handball incident. That is a clear red card!!
ReplyDeletePenalty #1 yesterday was incorrect according to active referee Bas Nijhuis. it's striking/special that he expresses himself like this. The defender also indicated that it came through his body. When he told Bastien that, Bastien simply ran away. Typical of his bad attitude yesterday.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.voetbalzone.nl/nieuws/is-ajax-benadeeld-door-arbiter-bastien-tegen-galatasarayt-bas-nijhuis-appt-onmiddellijk-naar-ziggo-sport/bltc1f013c0e2313ff3
Daniel Siebert was slightly injured in his game on Tuesday and can therefore not whistle the derby in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteBig talks on social media around Sanchez Martinez and the handball decision, it's all over the place now.
ReplyDeleteInstructions passed to all federal French referees at the beginning of the season : no question about deflections any more. The only relevant parameters are : is the handball deliberate (clear movement of the arm towards the ball) OR is the handball in a punishable position ?
ReplyDeleteIf the answer is yes to one of the two questions, then it is penalty. The deflection from one part of the body has been removed from the LotG a couple of years ago and is not relevant anymore !
Therefore, for me, both Bastien and Sanchez's situations are penalty. If the arm is in a punishable position, then it is penalty. No matter whether or not there is a previous deflection, and no matter the distance.
As per CTA-RFEF instructions, if the ball hits the arm of a player after deliberately playing the ball, it's not punishable unless there's an "additional movement" by the arm in the ball's direction.
Deleteuhm maybe FFF should update to European rules. This was two years ago update from the board, is there any other then?
DeleteWith regard to the Laws of the Game, which stipulate that not every touch of a player's hand/arm with the ball is an offence, the Board issued the following recommendations for next season for better compliance of the Laws with the nature of the game:
• In their guidelines for the next season, the Board recommends that UEFA should clarify that no handball offence should be called on a player if the ball is previously deflected from his own body and, in particular, when the ball does not go towards the goal.
In an engaging and constructive discussion, the Board expressed great satisfaction with the current level of refereeing in the European club competitions, especially in the UEFA Champions League, and suggested that the same unified approach to refereeing should be applied in domestic competitions across Europe.
A few words about the scene where the computer was shown from the bench to the referee at the end of the Marseille match, this is the mirror of where we have arrived today in terms of the lack of acceptance of refereeing. Yellow or red cards apart, the rejection of the referee's authority is now total. It's a jungle, teams just want to officiate game themselves. The funny thing is that, as always, there is full ignorance, they just show the incident and that's it, for them it would automatically be a penalty. They don't realize that every decision involves a technical evaluation. I honestly don't know how long refereeing can go on like this.
ReplyDeleteRight 👍
DeleteSo, was the play in question a penalty or not?
ReplyDeleteA few words on Bastiens performance yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThere were a few things that stood out to my opinion.
First handball. When having watched the reply a few times there I haven't found a clear picture in where you can see that the arm is being contacted by the ball. You can see the first contact on the foot. If you watch the replay's you can imagine that the arm was contacted, but there is no clear evidence. More important, in this case the arm was not out that far to make an enlargement. It was not even an onatural position. So there are a lot of arguments to support the claim of some here to not give a penalty.
The second penalty is more easy. That one was very clear. Well spotted.
In min '85 to my taste AJA #16 was very lucky by not getting a red card. He was from behind, only had the intention to stop the attack (possible out of frustration). It was with studs up and to the players leg. So a RC would be in place.
The biggest issue I had with Bastien was his overal way of selling his decisions and being accepted. To many times he used both arms when wistling a fould. One arm to indicate which team te free kick got, and the other to indicate where the foul was made. Making himself look like an official working on a airfield and giving singals to an airplane. Further more he tried to look calm. But that style worked against him. The AJA players got more and more frustrated about his minor foul detection, card policy and his body language. A great referee or a referee having a good evening, has this under control aswell. GAL didn't got any YC's. But there where fouls were a YC could be given. For example for SPA when AJA #11 got away of 2 defenders and was brought down. It was not wrong to not give the YC, but in his line of card management and being a bit smart in managing the game he could have given the card. That would have enlarged the acceptance overall.
So not a really good night for him unfortanately. And on the other hand not a disaster either.
Clip from Pafos - Villarreal: https://streambug.org/cv/c915b5
ReplyDeleteI watched Jablonski‘s game this morning and thought he did well overall. Could have given one or two more cautions but as usual we don’t see a lot of cards issued by him. Fully accepted by players. Play on in 90+2 absolutely supportable.
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