2019-2020 UEFA Referee Discussion [Rs]

Vinčić is thoroughly (finally!) deserved. Grinfeld is ready too, even if he didn't perform so well this season. Kovács benefitted from the powerful position of Kýros Vassáras, head of Romanian refereeing - Georgi Kabakov was actually (more) ready and missed out this time. Treimanis improved a lot since Alan Snoddy led Latvian refereeing; I don't see how Kovács is much ahead of him, to be honest. Buquet has deserved a promotion was ages, but politics has conspired again against him.

Vinčić might get CL KO, the rest rather not.

 

I remember watching Vassaras officiating UCL games back in the days. Did he move to Romania after his retirement?

 

Yeah, he was really old-school referee as I guess you remember. Performances like Real Madrid - Roma (2008) are impossible to imagine nowadays. I feel quite nostalgic for that era at the moment, to be honest.

He was head of refereeing in Greece but jacked it in when referees' got attacked and some other things happened. He did well to 'get out' as now the escalation means that foreign referees handle the big matches and generally it is a very toxic atmosphere there.

At least talking about a UEFA level, Vassáras has done an excellent job in Romania (Hațegan, Kovács, Feșnic, Petrescu). He is also (one of) the best lobbies in Nyon - his pushing can be seen as the thesis of Hațegan's career, Kovács' promotion to Elite etc. Not to say they aren't good referees, but, it helps to be someone's protégé for sure.

 

This is true everywhere!

PH

 

I guess nobody is interested but very remarkable game for Mykola Balakin (UEFA 2nd Cat.; 1989 born) in his domestic competition. SC Dnipro - FK Oleksandriya had three penalties and two red cards all in the last stages! Clips are below:

=> 78' Penalty (handling) to Oleksandriya [0-1]; 2nd YC to Dnipro No. 71 (SPA)
https://streamable.com/8lbww

=> 87' Interesting management clip - correct solution by the referee? Yellow Card (dissent) to Dnipro No.30
https://streamable.com/t56p6

=> 89' Penalty (handling) to Dnipro [1-1]
https://streamable.com/nyrfb

=> +91' Red Card (Serious Foul Play) to Dnipro No.29; management of dropped ball for the referee interfering with play
https://streamable.com/vgtfl

=> +92' Penalty (tripping / charging) to Oleksandria [1-2]
https://streamable.com/piyf8

Would be interested in your thoughts

 

This is small potatoes, but it looks like the dropped ball in +91' was not properly put into play.

 

on the taking of the third pk.since both teams encroached..shouldn't there have been a retake...he was being pedantic throughout the whole game..why stop now?

 

Such is an example of a referee getting into his own head. All of that happened in a space of 15 minutes! Wow.

 

Thank you for your views!

Another crazy match from Ukraine, this time Dynamo Kyiv - Shakhtar Donetsk in the early rounds of the Ukrainian Cup (Ro16).

Referee is Viktor Kopiyevs'kyy (new FIFA for 2020; 1990 born).

=> 10’ Reckless vs. Serious Foul Play?
Shakhtar No.6 shown a Yellow Card
[Revenge foul? Referee issued a verbal warning for a foul at 9’]
youtu.be/WZRN3Ht8HlI?t=1183

=> 89’ Reckless vs. Serious Play? (Unsporting Behaviour vs. Violent Conduct?)
Dynamo No.8 shown a Red Card; Dynamo No.5 cautioned (dissent)
youtu.be/WZRN3Ht8HlI?t=6042

=> 94’ Careless vs. Stopping a Promising Attack / Lack of Respect?
Shakhtar No.6 shown a Second Yellow Card
youtu.be/WZRN3Ht8HlI?t=6583

=> 119’ Unsporting Behaviour vs. Violent Conduct?
Shakhtar No.7 shown a Yellow Card; Dynamo No.30 cautioned (LoR)
(Card Procedure? Courage to take a brave and unpopular decision?)
youtu.be/WZRN3Ht8HlI?t=8264

 

I am shocked nobody here reported it!

Viktor Kassai has retired as of this week.

One of the great referees of my lifetime; thank you Viktor!

 

Spanish Super Cup (played in Saudi Arabia)

Semifinals

Valencia - Real Madrid: GIL MANZANO
Barcelona - Atletico Madrid: GONZALEZ GONZALEZ

 

He's still listed on the 2020 FIFA list for Hungary?

PH

 

Maybe not related to the matches, but have you seen this media put out by UEFA? Interesting...

 

But did this potentially keep another Hungarian referee from getting on the list?

PH

 

Hungary only has six male referees on the list, so that is unlikely.

 

But their quota from FIFA may only be 6? Not every country gets to list 10, n'est pas?

PH

 

So deeply disturbing that something like this would be seen as necessary.

 

Also, the "bubbles" song they are singing is associated with West Ham United, which I am sure the club is not pleased
about either. And why would a university in Munich produce the ad in English anyway?

PH

 

My bad for saying UEFA put out, but the stat still is important, 36% receive "death threats", yea, they could've made it more non denominational in regards to teams, but I think it paints a plausible picture. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a trend among most major sports. Nice to try and put some humanity into the sport.

 

Well that ad certainly didn't make me feel better about going out to referee.

 

And we believe that is an accurate stat because . . . . ?

(And that's before asking 36% of what group of referees . . . )

 

Kassai has swiftly found a new job.

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Russia has hired a Hungarian referee [Kassai] who once officiated the Champions League final after a string of high-profile disputes over the standard of decision-making in the Russian league.

Leading Russian clubs were critical of former refereeing chief Alexander Egorov, who resigned last month, over what they saw as poor calls in games and problems adapting to the video assistant referee system.

CSKA Moscow president Evgeny Giner was suspended for three months for insulting Egorov last month and saying the standard of refereeing was holding back Russian soccer’s development.

Russia has experimented with foreigners in charge of its refereeing before. Italian Roberto Rosetti was in charge of the country’s referees from 2011 until 2013.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...30338c-3320-11ea-971b-43bec3ff9860_story.html