2019-2020 UEFA Referee Discussion [Rs]

And perhaps why in the WWC it was the lone exception to the rule that the calls are supposed to be made on the field.

 

I imagine the EPL and other leagues will just have an unwritten policy of telling their VARs to not call this. I can't imagine VARs will forensically analyze every penalty save/miss

FIFA and IFAB kind of relented in the WWC with the addendum of not issuing cautions on penalty kicks in penalty shootouts and got lucky by only having one penalty shootout in the entire knockout stage.

If they go down this road it will make penalty saves impossible.

There could be a period where referees do order a bunch of retakes and everyone just gets frustrated and upset and they start to gradually get back to the idea of never ordering retakes like it always has been.

I've only ordered retakes on a couple of PKs due to goal keeper infringement in my career as, either, AR or referee and it is not a fun call to make.

It's one of the most dramatic moments in the game (elation for one team and devastation for one player) and you ruin it by being, the equivalent, of a traffic cop.

In the fans and players eyes, you are giving a ticket for speeding for going 71 in a 70.

I'm really waiting for the first time we see a send-off due to this. The automatic caution is just so contradictory to every recent law change and instruction going on.

The Laws are being re-written to issue less cautions and instruction is going that way as well. Certain referees have just stopped issuing yellow cards on penalty kick fouls no matter how reckless or cynical they are, unless it's DOGSO.

 

After watching the video I thanked the almighty that I don't do this anymore! Of course I can still give my expert opinion after watching 10 or 12 more times.

 

Maybe IFAB should add a mandatory caution for keepers who lobby for the call against their opponent.

 

Over under on when the first double yellow comes for same goalie get called twice during KFTM? What's the UEFA rule if the keeper gets sent off during KFTM and they didn't use their 4th sub? Can they sub in their backup goalie from the bench?

 

They could just roll out a portable booth for the keeper to wait their turn.

 

Just saw that a referee was hit with a flare in Europa league match in Romania (U. Craiova vs. Honved):

BREAKING: Ref hit by a flare im the 120th minute of the game between Craiova and Honved in the Europa League! Doesn't look good at all!!! pic.twitter.com/CgINB4D9Eo

— Emanuel Roşu (@Emishor) August 1, 2019

 

MassRef put the extra time jinx on...Several matches going to extra time today

 

Wow! Stéphanie Frappart assigned the Super Cup.

https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/news/newsid=2617533.html

 

I'm hoping it's not a publicity stunt, but I fear it is and a sign that the Super Cup's importance has been devalued.

Over the years there have been some very competitive Super Cup matches with red cards and incidents.

Kuipers had one where he gave two red cards to Porto in a game versus Barcelona. I've seen likes of Paul Scholes get sent off.

If Bibi Steinhaus isn't good enough to get regular CL group stage matches and Europa League matches why is suddenly Frappart now?

 

From the AP write-up:
Frappart also became the first female referee to officiate a French league match in April. She has been promoted to the pool of French top-flight referees on a permanent basis for the upcoming season.

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says: “I have said on many occasions that the potential for women’s football has no limits.” Ceferin adds: “I hope the skill and devotion that Stéphanie has shown throughout her career to reach this level will provide inspiration to millions of girls and women around Europe and show them there should be no barriers in order to reach one’s dream.”

 

I'm stunned. I'm all for supporting women referees as many of you know, but giving her this honor ahead of Cakir (who is 4O) and Turpin (who is VAR), both of whom have never done this match (Turpin hasn't even done any European final), is just beyond belief. The usual "what matters should be performance, not gender" argument used to defend female referees is shattered here - no male referee gets this match without having done UCL knockout matches, while Frappart hasn't even done UCL/EL qualifying.

That being said, I definitely hope for a strong performance from Frappart and her team. I don't want to imagine the backlash if this game becomes a disaster or gets out of control.

 

No player is going to look back on their career and so "boy, I wish I won the UEFA Super Cup." But it is a real trophy when you count players medals and achievements winning the UEFA Super Cup is counted and it's counted on Wikipedia, where say winning the Emirates Cup or International Champions Cup is not.

For the team that wins the CL, it is a game and competition that you really don't want to lose more than win, where the team that wins the Europa League goes in thinking they have something to prove.

Losing the game can have negative consequences for your season especially for the CL winning team. Real Madrid never recovered from last year's embarrassment against Atletico Madrid.

In 2012, Atletico Madrid and Falcao ripped apart Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea and it was the beginning for him and that squad.

Sir Alex Ferguson talked about how when they lost against Lazio in 2000, that they celebrated like they won the World Cup. Winning isn't that important, but defeat stings a lot more.

It's played under the same exact Laws of the Game as any other official UEFA match with the standard 3+1 sub rules, etc.

An UEFA have always given the assignment respect and priority by putting their top referees on the game

Some interesting points about the UEFA Super Cup assignment.

Every referee that's done the game since 2002:

2002: Dallas (SCO)
2003: Barber (ENG)
2004: Hauge (NOR)
2005: Temmink (NED)
2006: Farina (ITA)
2007: Plautz (AUS)
2008: Bo Larsen (DEN)
2009: De Bleeckere (BEL)
2010: Busacca (SWI)
2011: Kuipers (NED)
2012: Skomina (SLO)
2013: Eriksson (SWE)
2014: Clattenburg (ENG)
2015: Collum (SCO)
2016: Mazic (SRB)
2017: Rocchi (ITA)
2018: Marciniak (POL)

Lot of big names and a couple of "who?" Barber and Temmink?

What's interesting about this list is that apart from Busacca, none did the CL Final or Europa League Final prior to that assignment. This was literally their first UEFA Final. Many others never did another UEFA Final after that.

It could be a coincidence, but it seems like Cakir won't ever get the game especially now that they have turned it into a publicity stunt.

 

Yeah referees get bumped all the time. Now that I think about it, this is really beyond belief and a pure publicity stunt. Couldn't they have given her at least one CL qualifier match and then this? Or just throw her into the group stage this year and give it to her next year? Something? But not just put her on your 4th (out of 4) most important men's Final (CL, Euro, Europa League, and Super Cup).

See Kassai (who barely did any UCL knockout matches) getting the CL Final in 2011 over De Bleeckere who seemingly did a CL semi-final every year (I'm still bitter over that).

But this is like putting someone into an MLS All-Star game who has never officiated an MLS game before.

If she was given group stage games prior to this, I really wouldn't be against the assignment, but this isn't right and I don't say it lightly.