The fifth week of the Laws of the Game Quiz is ready. How did you do last week? This is the new quiz. Good luck. Bezig met laden…
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Swiss Elite referee Esther Staubli has been appointed to handle a game at 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup in India. She will be the first female referee ever to make this step. After having officiated UEFA EURO Women 2017 final, Esther Staubli has reached another remarkable achievement in her career, being the first woman to take control of a Men's game in a FIFA tournament. She will be in the middle
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Week 4 Laws of the Game Quiz 2017-2018 is ready. Not one specific topic like the penalty kick questions last week, but I think it’s a good one again. I wish you good luck with the first quiz of October! Did you know The Top Ref sells hard copy versions of the Laws of the […]
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Referees in charge of the last matchday of 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (UEFA Zone). 8 October 2017 Group C, 20:45, Plzeň (Czech Republic) Czech Republic - San Marino Referee Alex de Albuquerque Troleis (Faroe Islands) Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Christiansen (Faroe Islands) Assistant Referee 2: Dan Petur Pauli Højgaard (Faroe Islands) Fourth Official: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)
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A not so interesting flashback… Travel began again at the start of the week and there was going to be a significant break for refereeing. In fact, I didn’t imagine anything coming up in the near future. I’ve been more cognizant of refereeing in other countries and how referees source their equipment so I’ve been […]
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These officials have been appointed for matchday 9 of 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (UEFA Zone). 5 October 2017 Group C, 18:00, Baku (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan - Czech Republic Referee: Benoît Millot (France) Assistant Referee 1: Julien Pacelli (France) Assistant Referee 2: Bertrand Jouannaud (France) Fourth Official: Frank Schneider (France) FIFA Referee Assessor: FIFA Match Commissioner:
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I had my best training session in weeks, but it was not deliberate. I put my house keys in my shorts pocket during a short break from work. A short run, that is what I wanted. But then I lost the keys … Almost back home, I notice the keys are no longer in my […]
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It was 9pm on Monday night. I had my forehead leaning on the glass as the rain was pounding outside. I wasn’t in a great mood. Had I made the wrong decision? I was in the gym pondering the Sunday morning game. 91st minute of the match A cross was whipped in to the penalty […]
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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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