The quiz of last week was maybe a bit too easy for you. Lots of people scored 5 points. This week is a bit more difficult. I can also proudly announce you one of the previous monthly winners. Kenneth from Denmark won a previous month. There were many people who scored all points and he […]
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Michele Scarpino is expert in sport business management and also officiates in San Marino and Italy at national level. The Calabria-born Scarpino lives in Bologna, where he started refereeing during his studies in 2007. It’s also the area where Italian top referees Pierluigi Collina and Nicola Rizzoli come from. In this interview you’ll learn how […]
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The importance of a referee community should not be underestimated. Carol Anne Chenard stresses the importance of a good referee community. Having fellow refs around you gives you great opportunities to develop. In this article she talks about their benefits and how it will motivate and challenge you as a referee. “It will make you […]
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Deal with troublemakers immediately, says Bjorn Kuipers. During a presentation Kuipers shows a clip of his 2014 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Spanish temper, but as referee you need to deal with that. The clip below starts after Raul Garcia has made tackle and stopped a promising Real attack. You’ll see […]
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Referee news of week 3 has some interesting situations for you. Is Costa rightfully complaining about a deliberate back-pass? You’ll also get this week’s international appointments. An interview with Australia’s top futsal referee and an interesting handball situation in the box. If you have suggestions for the weekly “referee news” send an e-mail to jan@dutchreferee.com. […]
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Ovidiu Hațegan (ROU) and Néstor Pitana (ARG) are the selected officials for men's semifinals. Men's Semifinals (17 August) Rio de Janeiro, 18:00 CET Brazil - Honduras Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Şovre (Romania) Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania) 4th Official: Fahad Al Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) Reserve AR: Abdulah Alshalwai (Saudi Arabia)
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When Mark Clattenburg blew the final whistle in Saint-Denis’ EURO 2016 Final between Portugal and France, he concluded what can be seen as the most successful tournament in terms of refereeing in recent history. Participating in such international tournaments as a referee or referee observer is only possible for FIFA match officials or international referee observers - at least that's what you
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A player who has lost his shoe scores a goal with the respective foot - did you ever experience anything like that in your games? And what is the correct decision? Loading...
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Week 2 Laws of the Game Quiz 2021-2022. Video for question 1 Watch the goal situation, starting at 3 min 57 seconds. Question below. Quiz The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. […]
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One of the changes to the Laws of the Game that was rather "flying under the radar" in the medial coverage of the IFAB's revision work concerns the type of offence called "impeding the progress of an opponent". In former times, impeding the progress was one of the reasons for an indirect free-kick. It did not matter whether an offender made physical contact with his opponent or not. As soon
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Your chance to guess the referees who will take charge of the last group stage matchday of UEFA Champions League - and to win a small prize sponsored by our partners Refsworld UK. Loading...
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The weekend games once again threw up glaring errors made by our top referees. The second tier of professional referees who operate
The post Hackett’s Verdict: Is decision making at an all time low? appeared first on You Are The Ref.
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Effective goal-setting for referees is very important, whatever you have achieved last year. Mark Clattenburg officiated the Euro 2016 and Champions League final, but he will set his goals for 2017 as well. “Last year I set my goals and I over-achieved my goals for sure”, he says. “But this year I’ve set my goals […]
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The worldwide football community corporately are still mourning the victims of last week's plane crash in Colombia involving huge parts of the Brazilian football team AF Chapecoense. Two football players active in European clubs have shown their solidarity on the field - in a way which is not in accordance with the Laws of the Game. Our rather sad Door no.4. During the French Ligue 1 match
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“You haven’t passed your assessment” I was sitting on the other side of the bench with both legs on either side and couldn’t help but look to the floor in disappointment. It wasn’t a surprise but I wasn’t used to hearing a binary decision on my performance in the debrief so it was an unexpected blow […]
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The first ever Gibraltar FIFA referees are given their international badge. A unique moment for the small European country. Referee boss Adrian Bacarisa can be proud, because his goal was to get the first international refs by the end of 2016. I got the chance to interview the three new referees. Congratulations to: Jason Barcelo […]
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Canadian Carol Anne Chenard has been appointed to oversee Olympic Games final between Sweden and Germany. A FIFA referee since 2006, in recent years Chenard has gained a notable experience, officiating games at 2011 Women World Cup, 2012 Olympics and 2015 Women World Cup. Women's Gold Medal Final (19 August) Rio de Janeiro, 22:30 CET Sweden - Germany Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)
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UEFA has appointed the officials for next week's Matchday 1 of this season's Youth League group stage. Group Stage, Matchday 1 A| 13.09.2016, 16:00 CET (Basel) FC Basel 1893 - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Referee: Boris Marhefka (SVK) Assistant Referee 1: Tomas Vorel (SVK) Assistant Referee 2: Branislav Hancko (SVK) Fourth Official: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI) UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter
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The quizzes get tricky sometimes. Last week the score was 3 out of 3 on average. I hope that this week you’ll score at least 4 out 5 correct. Good luck! Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find the Terms and Conditions plus links to previous quizzes on the Quiz Page.
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What is the big picture of your refereeing career? Are you just enjoying your games every weekend or do you want to get more out of it? If you want to achieve your goals as a referee, you need to answer this this question for yourself. At the start of 2017 it’s a good moment […]
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