Week 3 of the Laws of the Game Quiz for 2017-2018 is all about penalty kicks today. Last week there was a mix-up during a penalty shoot-out in a Dutch cup game. The referee applied the ABBA-technique, where Team A takes the first kick, then two kicks from team B, and so on. I also […]
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Pieter Vink’s alarm goes every morning at 5.30. Waking up, making sandwiches for lunch and off to work. The former top referee unfortunately had to quit his “wonderful career as pro referee”. During the first years of his refereein career he still worked as police officer, but the last ten years refereeing was is fulltime […]
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UEFA Referees Committee has decided to appoint the following officials for 2017-18 Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2. Group A, 28 September 2017, 17:00 CET Astana Arena, Astana (KAZ) FK Astana - SK Slavia Praha Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE) Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE) Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Pandžić (SWE)
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These referees will be in charge of Wednesday's CL MD2 games. Among others Spanish Jesús Gil Manzano and German Tobias Stieler, both Category 1, will make their debut in CL group stage. A| 27.09.2017, 20:45 CET CSKA Moskva Arena, Moscow (RUS) CSKA Moskva - Manchester United FC Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE) Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klaseniuns (SWE) Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (
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UEFA has appointed the following officials to handle Tuesday's Champions League Matchday 2 games. Among others Dutch Björn Kuipers will officiate the top clash between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid. E| 26.09.2017, 20:45 CET Otkrytie Arena, Moscow (RUS) Spartak Moskva - Liverpool FC Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA) Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA) Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore
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I am amazed with the huge number of referees participating on the quiz of week 1. That feels like a warm welcome back. Here’s another quiz for you, again with some things that changed in the LOTG for the 2017-2018 season. Good luck with the test. And please share the quiz via social channels or […]
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The wait and see technique is well-known in football. Assistant referees should not raise their flag too soon, but wait how play continues. I recently saw two great offside examples to show how it works. The first example is from a 2017-2018 Champions League game. Feyenoord plays at home against Manchester City and the referee […]
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Last season was a great success with the Laws of the Game Quizzes. Lots of referees participated in the weekly quizzes. Some just to practice, others to win the goodies from Refsworld UK. And the quiz is back in 2017-2018. I’d love to see you participate again! This season you can win goodies again or […]
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Why you need to keep up with the secondlast defender as assistant referee? To make sure you’re able to recognize offside. Duh! But that is easier said than done. A great example from one of my games. Back to August, my season starts in a few weeks. But I am not there yet. Focus is […]
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UEFA Referees Committee has chosen the following referees to handle MD1 of 2017/18 Europa League group stage. Group A, 14 September 2017, 19:00 CET Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal (ESP) Villarreal CF - FK Astana Referee: Srđan Jovanović (SRB) Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB) Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Lazar Lukić (SRB)
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These are the officials appointed by UEFA to complete MD1 of 2017-18 UEFA Champions League group stage.. Among others, remarkable assignment for the new Elite Dutch referee Danny Makkelie: he will be in charge of group E clash Liverpool - Sevilla. French Category 1 Benoît Bastien will make his CL group stage debut in Real Madrid - APOEL. E| 13.09.2017, 20:45 CET Anfield, Liverpool (ENG)
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I hope you’re being evaluated. That’s shocking. He poked his finger at me as though jabbing me in the eye across an imaginary distance. It was a sensitive moment and a delicate situation. I knew this was, in fact, the moment of truth, in the game but I wasn’t going to back down. I glanced over […]
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UEFA has chosen these officials to kick off the 2017/18 Champions League group stage. Among others, Slovenian Damir Skomina will be in charge of the sonorous clash involving Barcelona and Juventus. A| 12.09.2017, 20:45 CET Old Trafford, Manchester (ENG) Manchester United FC - FC Basel Referee: Assistant Referee 1: Assistant Referee 2: Additional Assistant Referee 1: Additional Assistant
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FIFA has officially announced the selected officials for 2017 FIFA Under 17 World Cup, to be held in India. 21 officiating trios and 7 support referees have been selected from six different confederations. For the first time ever in a FIFA tournament there will be a mixture between male and female officials. AFC: Referee: Muhammad Bibn Jahari (Singapore, 1986) Assistant Referee 1: Tzu Liang
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Dedication to your referee training is very important to be succesful. You can’t just sit back and relax. Yes, you can have a basic fitness level, but that’s not enough nowadays. To reach the top, you need dedication. That’s also what Belgian Jean-Baptiste Bultynck sees when supervising the fitness of Women’s Euro referees. He is a […]
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Mika Lamppu from Finland gets appointed for the u17 European Championship in 2017, but has never worked with the center referee before. He shares his experiences of the tournament and how important it is to build a relation with referees outside the games while abroad for a tournament. “Without chemistry the team can’t work to it’s […]
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It’s not often I take a weekday game but Thursday was an exception. There’s something to understand here. It’s a privilege to referee a game where everyone comes prepared and takes it seriously. Back when I was officiating at the grassroots/house league, players often arrived late, not dressed consistently and generally not as focused getting […]
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A Dutch court has convicted a football player to 100 hours of community service after a tackle on the football pitch. The victim, who broke two legs, also receives 9.000 euro’s financial compensation for this physical abuse. The judge realises the player is challenging an opponent for the ball. And although his intentions were good, […]
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These officials have been appointed for the eighth matchday of 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (UEFA Zone). 3 September 2017 Group H, 18:00, Tallinn (Estonia) Estonia - Cyprus Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland) Assistant Referee 1: Vital Jobin (Switzerland) Assistant Referee 2: Raffael Zeder (Switzerland) Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (Switzerland) FIFA Referee Assessor: FIFA Match
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High Intensity Training Sessions are very important for referees. Most fitness tests focus on this type of referee training. The FIFA fitness test is also called the High Intensity Interval Test (HIIT). It shows the importance of interval training sessions. But how do you train then? Harvey Newstead, a young and talented referee from England, […]
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