QF Analysis: NED-BRA - Nishimura (JPN)

I would book it as a PI because Robben has been tightly marked and fouled numerous times. Remember, persistent doesn't have to be committed by the same person.

 

This is going to be a tough game for the ref...theres a lot of exaggeration and play-acting. He has to discern whats serious and whats ridiculous.

 

For all of those giving him heat for not letting the game flow, I think he needs to be calling it how he is. There is a lot of tension growing and he needs to talk to the players to settle it down. This is a huge game with huge emotions, if he doesn't address the flaming emotions then it will get out of hand. The players have settled down since the earlier moments in the game after he controlled the game a lot.

Any thoughts?

 

I've been refereeing for 12 years, high school, college, premier, amateur, prison. I know the laws and I know how to use common sense...I also know that you should use it universally not as it's own Law. A lot of Referees on this site agree with me, I get that you don't, but that doesn't mean you need to disrespect me.

 

Thanks for the info, MassRef!!

BTW, where do you find all this stuff?

 

The past 15 minutes have been extremely lose compared to the first 30 minutes or so. Definitely an extremely difficult match but I think he's doing fine. Another reff could have already given loads of cards for dissent and some of the fouls, he did not. He's letting the players decide the game. I think he's doing great.

 

Yeah this is how I would ref this sort of game. The games I find the toughest is when there's opposing styles...one thing the players are agreeing on though is fakery.

 

Tough to refereeing opposing styles. You have to find the middle ground and sometimes that takes a bit longer, which effect game flow. I think Nishimura has found that middle ground and let's see if the players play accordingly in the second half.

 

Brasilians are saying it should be penalty for attack on Kaka by de Jong in first half. What you think?

 

Gotta say Nishimura's assistants make him look good too. They've gotten each offside/onside call dead on. Also they've been right with fouls they've called or mirrored for him too. It's great when you can have great assistants.

 

I was listening to the match on the radio. Andres Cantor, El Pibe Valderama, Marcelo Balboa and Javier Castrilli are announcing.

Per Castrilli, he believes that the match is beyond the abilities of Nishimura to referee. He stated the players were growing incredulous of his decisions and that even Van Persie took pity on him near the end of the first half when he placed his hand on his head. Is this an accurate statement?

 

I was thinking when I saw it that it was close to one. I'd imagine calling it at a lower level, however if you're going to call a penalty in the quarter finals of the World cup you've gotta be sure...hard to be sure when it's in that corner.

I don't really have a problem with not calling it, but I understand those who say it's a penalty.

 

I feel Brasil and Holland giving Nishimura tough time (diving, fouling, shouting at ref), but so far he does great job. All decisions correct. Maybe he should give out some cards for discussions with referee.

But I'm not referee.

 

The English commentators are saying he's doing great. On a sidenote there's a lot of racism against Asian officials in general I've noticed.

Also 47th minute he just called the Dutch for a dive and yellow carded the player. Great call.

 

THat's the problem with radio, I think... since you can't see it, you have to depend on the announcers to draw an appropriate picture.

I don't agree with Castrilli... I think Mishimura is handling it quite well. However, we will see if he is really up to the task in the second half.

 

It just took him a while to get the game flowing.. and he has a high tolerance for dissent and shouting back at him early in the game. Those are the only things I noticed that people might call him out on.

 

Disappointing call for the foul in the 52nd.. not really any contact. But hey, I'm not complaining since the Dutch just scored after the free kick (I want Brazil to lose)

 

Foul on Robben, barely any contact but still a good call because the player wasn't going for the ball at all. Commentator says you can't be called for "intent" however I think you can because it's an "attempt to trip."

 

It's a foul, he was going for Robben and not the ball, it's an attempt to trip.

 

It appears to me that the only people on the field who are unaware that there is a hackfest going on are the referee crew. Now that The Netherlands had scored the equalizer, it will be interesting to see how this match pans out. There are a lot of off-the-ball contact incidents, one incident of VC on a kick to the groin that was missed, and the simulation and dissent are completely out of hand. So far, I am not impressed with Mr. Nashimura at all.

 

Next foul by Bastos could leave them with 10.