Abdulrahman Al Jassim in charge of Panama - England, his second game at 2026 WC.
Match #67
Group L
27 June 2026, 23:00 CET
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
PANAMA - ENGLAND
Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim QAT
Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Al Marri QAT
Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Al Maqaleh QAT
Fourth Official: Sandro Schärer SUI
Reserve AR: Stéphane De Almeida SUI
Video Assistant Referee: Juan Lara CHI
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1 : Khamis Al Marri QAT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2 :Abdullah Alshehri KSA
One way to avoid dissent is to give the foul and run away up the pitch. An interesting tactic adopted by Al-Jassim so far.
ReplyDeleteAl-Jassim running away everytime he gives a foul. Quite fun and interesting to watch as a neutral
ReplyDeleteSeems like a much lower foul threshold by Al-Jassim. As well as running away its the quiet whistle to suggest the fouls aren't significant.
ReplyDeleteQatari official lack of communication with the players ,running away will eventually led to a lose of contrl
ReplyDeleteAs I've stated before. England games are easier to referee, he's not going to lose control as it'd not going to be threatened that much
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DeleteI'm at a loss (not in a bad way) on how to describe that first half performance from Al-Jassim. Okay? Good? Indifferent? I really don't know. Followed the FIFA directive well (central positioning, letting the game flow) but I just found it lacking the WOW factor. Very down the middle and average for me which ist always a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteAssistant referee one very good ,other making it up as he goes along.
ReplyDeleteWhy I feel like every 50\50 call goes England Way! Is it subconsciously thinking, where referees does not want to upset Powerhouse
ReplyDeleteCorrect first YC at 52'
ReplyDeleteThe blowing the whistle, not signalling, and running away is very Mateu Lahoz esque... Although he understood advantage far better, I think Al Jassim would benefit from delaying his whistle a few times, play doesn't always need to be stopped when in possession!
ReplyDeleteTrue - but sometimes a quick whistle nullifies any advantage gained from the foul...
DeleteMissed foul for Panama which could have been YC. From same action CK for England and goal after that.
ReplyDeleteHe gave a YC after advantage
Delete84’ Possible dogso for Panama, only SPA, wrong call for me..
ReplyDeleteI somewhat agree, maybe borderline dogso so not possible for VAR to intervene
DeleteThat's never DOGSO!!! Distance from.ball, Distance from goal
ReplyDeleteCynical yes but not red
Agree, too many doubts about whether he would control the ball, YC both expected and correct
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