Italian Gianluca Rocchi has been appointed to oversee the first leg of Europa League semifinal involving AFC Ajax from Amsterdam and Olympique Lyon. 3 May 2017, 18:45 CET AmsterdaM Arena, Amsterdam (NED) AFC Ajax - Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA) Assistant Referee 1: Elenito Giovanni Di Liberatore (ITA) Assistant Referee 2: Mauro Tonolini (ITA) Additional Assistant Referee 1
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Spain's Antonio Mateu Lahoz has been assigned to referee Wednesday's UEFA Champions League semifinal between AS Monaco and Juventus Turin. The 40-year old will be assisted by Pau Cebrián Devis, Javier Aguilar Rodríguez, Jesús Gil Manzano, Carlos Clos Gómez and Teodoro Sobrino Magán. 3 May 2017, 20:45 CET (Stade Louis II, Monaco) AS Monaco - Juventus Turin Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (
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English Elite Referee Martin Atkinson has been appointed to oversee next Tuesday's Spanish derby between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. He will be assisted by Stephen Child and Stuart Burt at the sidelines, while Anthony Taylor and Michael Oliver will serve as Additional Assistant Referees. Jake Collin - Mark Clattenburg's AR1 - will function as Fourth Official. 19 April 2017, 20:45 CET
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Guess the referees for next week's 4 UEFA Semifinals. The user with the highest amount of points per matchday is rewarded with referee equipment. Moreover, you have the chance to thus participate in the run for the season-prize provided by our partners RefsworldUK! Deadline: 30/04/2017, 10:00 CET Loading...
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The last quiz of April. How did you do during the first tests of the month? Make sure you’ll do the final quiz well. Don’t expect less than a 5 out of 5 Good luck! Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find the Terms and Conditions plus links to previous quizzes on the […]
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William Labrit is only 15 years old and already has almost four years of experience as a referee. “I struggled at first with many things”, he admits in an interview with Dutch Referee Blog. “However, after working several lower level games and receiving lots of advice from superiors, I began to work with the older […]
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FIFA has officially announced the selected officials for 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, to be played in Russia. Nine officiating trios and eight VAR officials have been selected from five different confederations. A support referee completes the appointments. AFC: Referee: Fahad Al Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia, 1985) Assistant Referee 1: Abdulah Alshalwai (Saudi Arabia, 1975) Assistant Referee 2:
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The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 16. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or
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The Referees – Onside with Carragher and Neville. Have you seen it already on tv? There’s a video now on DailyMotion that you should watch for sure. The documentary gives a wonderful insight into refereeing at Premier League level. Video of The Referees – Onside with Carragher and Neville Here’s the documentary. Please share your […]
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How are you doing the LOTG quizzes? I got five more to come before my holidays and the summer break. Make sure you’ll test your knowledge with some important games coming up at the end of the (European) season. Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find the Terms and Conditions plus links to previous […]
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Viktor Kassai's performance in yesterday's Champions League Quarterfinal return leg between Real Madrid and FC Bayern München was much talked of. We have summarized the most important situations: 10 Questions and Answers. Embed from Getty Images Vidal & Casemiro (1st half, 2nd half, thanks to our reader RayHD) Was Arturo Vidal's first yellow card in minute 5 justified? Yes, it
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The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 15. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or
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These officials will control the second legs of EL Quarterfinals, to be played on 20/04/17. 20 April 2017, 21:05 CET Vodafone Arena, Istanbul (TUR) Beşiktaş JK - Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB) Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB) Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Đurđević (SRB) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Danilo Grujić (SRB) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Nenad Đokić (
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Guess the referees for next week's 4 UEFA Europa League matches. The user with the highest amount of points per matchday is rewarded with referee equipment. Moreover, you have the chance to thus participate in the run for the season-prize provided by our partners RefsworldUK! Deadline: 18/04/2017, 10:00 CET Loading...
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UEFA Referees Committee has appointed Dutch Björn Kuipers to handle the second leg between Barcelona and Juventus. At the same time, Slovenian Damir Skomina will be in charge of AS Monaco - Borussia Dortmund, observed by Hugh Dallas. 19 April 2017, 20:45 CET (Stade Louis II, Monaco) AS Monaco - Borussia Dortmund Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN) Assistant Referee: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
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How’s Refereeing in Ukraine? In this blog post you’ll read the interesting story of how Andrii Sliphuka (19) tries to improve as a referee and reach his goals. But first, check out the video I found online that led to me asking Andrii some questions. “I am Andrii and I am a referee from Kiev, Ukraine. […]
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Italian inflation in UEFA Champions League's Quarterfinals: With Gianluca Rocchi taking charge of Leicester City vs Atlético Madrid, UEFA has nominated the third all-Italian refereeing team to oversee a match in the Round of the last eight. Meanwhile, Hungary's Viktor Kassai has been assigned to control the return leg of Real Madrid vs Bayern München. 18 April 2017, 20:45 CET (Leicester
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April is turning out to be quite the footballing festival but it’s all culminating to the biggest bi-annual match in world football; El Clasico. I planned to post this at the last Clasico but it just goes to show how far behind I am on posting. I’m trying or rather I want to try! My […]
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I got lots of comments on the quizzes of the last two weeks. Quite easy, right?! That was also my idea of the test. I was able to score a 10 out of 10 score without any problems. I hope you could as well. The question about the requirements on the kick-off will be update […]
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The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 14. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or
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