The trio from Algeria will officiate Haiti - Scotland, good luck to Ghorbal and his team!
Match 5
Group C
14 June 2026, 03:00 CET
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
HAITI - SCOTLAND
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal ALG
Assistant Referee 1: Mokrane Gourari ALG
Assistant Referee 2: Abbes Akram Zerhouni ALG
Fourth Official: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández ESP
Reserve AR : José Enrique Naranjo Pérez ESP
Vidéo Assistant Referee: Abdullah Alshehri KSA
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : Mohammed Obaid Khadim UAE
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : Fedayi San SUI
Ot fifa says technical issue was in Qatar Swiss
ReplyDeleteFIFA MEDIA:
Delete“During the Qatar vs. Switzerland match in the San Francisco Bay Area, a brief technical outage prevented the onside animation graphic from being generated ahead of the penalty awarded to Switzerland in the 14th minute. The issue was quickly resolved.
The workflow of the VAR was not affected by this issue and followed the normal procedure in checking the on-field decision. The lines used by the VAR to check the position of the relevant players did not show the attacking player to be in an offside position in either of the two situations immediately before the penalty decision.”
I'm against using kine technology is outdated and in tight decision can make mistakes
DeleteFoul threshold a little low for my liking from Ghorbal. A few soft fouls given in duels imo.
ReplyDeleteGhorbal loves a foul. On the one hand, he's fairly consistent, the YC was correct, and he's been in control. On the other, he's allowing next to no contact, the game has no flow, and I can't imagine Fifa would want that in a game much bigger than this
DeleteHe did this in caf too once the game physical he start whistling
Delete“Once the game physical he started whistling” sounds like good preventative refereeing to me
Delete45×1 foul given to the wrong team the holding start by defender
ReplyDeleteIt seemed mutual holding. I think arguments for it being given either way, very easy to see why the picture looked worse one way from specific angles. Defensive fk made more sense
DeleteNo budy the defender start the holding then bouth player hold each other .from the beginning punish the first who start the hold if the atacker didn't feel protected by the ref will push back
DeleteIrish commentary noting that alot of the 50/50 fouls are going to Scotland
ReplyDeleteGhorbal need to do better the game is physical . You need to give soft foul to the bouth team or keep play on .
ReplyDeleteThis game is such a scrappy and physical game. The referee is struggling to let the game flow and is whistling for theatrical falls and soft pushes.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry but for me that first half from Ghorbal was pretty poor. Next to zero contact allowed and such a low bar has made this game pretty unforgettable in all honesty. No feel for physicality and emotion and too robotic in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI think his performance in the first half was acceptable, but he must take into account the standard for awarding fouls, because not every contact should be considered a foul; otherwise, the match will get out of his control.
ReplyDeleteMissed yc 59min
ReplyDeleteHe could definitely let more go and have a more flowing game with more risk, but if he’s going to call lots of fouls he needs to be strict with the management, persistent offenses, and cautions going along with it. Otherwise he loses the power of the whistle and fouls become a free for all, leading to the stop-start game we are watching. However, I’d be surprised to see a PO setup or PO caution in a World Cup game to be honest.
ReplyDeleteAs of the hydration break, 2 players with 4 fouls, 3 players with 3 fouls, several with 2. The players on cautions have 1 or 2 fouls each.
DeleteBall was clearly going back to Scotland there
ReplyDeleteI thought that too... Understandable the players frustrations, should have been dropped to Scotland
DeleteThe drop is for the last one play the ball
Delete@Adnane, it goes to who would have gained possession, if that can be determined. In this case, Scotland
Delete62 min ghorbal interfere with play
ReplyDeleteBy the 65th minute this match has had more fouls (35) than any other match so far (in 90 mins)
ReplyDeleteAlot of whistle less fluid play come on ghorball
ReplyDeleteGenuinely, Ghorbal looks like he’s sleeping mid game. No energy, just showing lazy arm gestures when players complain, and nothing convincing. However he has great for foul detection and positioning
ReplyDeletePossible handball
ReplyDelete73 min I'm sure the ball touch the hand of Scotland player
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a possible penalty for handball there
ReplyDeleteYes there is touch it was clear from back angle with slowmotion
DeleteIf there’s a touch that’s a clear handball for me, I can’t imagine why no review if there was indeed a touch…
DeleteAlso thought maybe handball watching it live, I guess connected ball confirmed no contact.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they late it go because the contact was minimal
DeleteFor handball, doesn’t matter if it minimal, if there’s contact there’s contact.
DeleteI agree from replay the ball touch the fingers so missed pelanty by var
DeleteAnd for the other incident in 78 min I don't know for sure if the ball touch the left hand was making the body bigger
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DeleteAnother handball 78
ReplyDeleteRed
ReplyDeletePossible red card here
ReplyDeleteHeel studs to knee high force
ReplyDeleteDefinitely red the fet very high to the knee
ReplyDeleteWhat keeps this foul in 95’ from serious foul play? A lack of force… not sure a yellow is enough here
ReplyDeleteWhere the var crew
ReplyDeleteWhat is the VAR doing?
ReplyDeleteEven make the safety of the opponent in denger
ReplyDeleteClear rc missed
ReplyDeleteI think the var crew is sleeping to key match incident was missed pelanty in 73min and red card in 94min
ReplyDeleteScotland have been quite fortunate with the KMIs here
ReplyDeleteWith this performance ghorbal will the first one send home
ReplyDeleteI would be very surprised to see Ghorbal on a second game in all honesty. A poor performance compounded by in my opinion a missed RC in 90+5' for SFP. Far too whistle happy and not allowing any degree of contact set the stall for a low tolerance and in my opinion very fussy and soft decision making.
ReplyDeleteOverall an ok performance with one missed YC for H8. Not a red later on minimal impact in challenge. Enough for a low level second game for the Algerian
ReplyDeleteSampaio empty the red card stack for the first match day? Be curious to know what keeps this from a red card by the referee and Is this one where either would be supportable that it’s not “clear and obvious”
ReplyDeleteWould have preferred a red card here
Noticely Poor performance from Ghorbal. Not good enough
ReplyDeleteNeed some clips of the handball and SFP (not given)
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