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Door 3 concentrates on penalty kicks. It is relatively robust trend that there is 1 penalty in every 4th match on UEFA level (~ 24-27% at EURO 2016 and the last three UCL seasons). As the IFAB modified Law 14, it might be worth to focus on what is and on what is not permitted since then. Please check Law 14 here (starting on page 94). Encroaching Players By the letter of the law, all Continue reading...
These officials will be in charge of next week's Youth League Matchday 6. A| 06.12.2016, 16:00 CET (Basel) FC Basel 1893 - Arsenal FC Referee: Peter Kralović (SVK) Assistant Referee 1: Miroslav Benko (SVK) Assistant Referee 2: Erik Weiss (SVK) Fourth Official: Urs Schnyder (SUI) UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI) UEFA Delegate: Petro Ivanov (UKR) A| 06.12.2016, 15:00 CET ( Continue reading...
The first door of The3rdTeam Referee Advent Calendar is open. And there is a video clip in it! The situation as written text: An attacking player is having an obvious goal-scoring opportunity: Having already left all other defenders behind him, he is only facing the goalkeeper and decides to shoot. The goalkeeper is unable to save the shot, so that the ball is about to go into the goal Continue reading...
When the weather gets colder, the days get dark earlier and gloves as well as floodlights appear on the agenda in your games as a referee, you know that Christmas cannot be far anymore. Time to take out your Advent Calendar. We also have one - a Referee Advent Calendar. Behind our 24 "doors", you'll find a mixture of educative articles, improving and cementing your knowledge of the new laws Continue reading...
“Make sure you’ll have maximum control as referee”, says Bjorn Kuipers. That doesn’t mean you have to step up with a dominant presence, you need to control the things you can. Taking maximum control as referee means, according to Kuipers, that you everything you can to deliver a top performance. And key there is: it’s […] Continue reading...
L'arbitre Blog - Assessment #1
“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 […] Continue reading...
Charles Corver was named Dutch referee of the 20th century by football weekly Voetbal International. He officiated in four European Cup finals and the final of the Intercontinental Cup. And yet, despite his impressive career, his name is associated most often with that incident in the semi-final of the 1982. Do you remember? That’s during the […] Continue reading...
Dutch professional referees will wear black armbands this weekend in memory of Leo van der Kroft. The former referee at the top level in The Netherlands and a FIFA referee passed away on November 24th of 2016. Leo van der Kroft was the first referee in The Netherlands who issued a yellow card. After his career […] Continue reading...
Trust your team members. That’s one of the most important things as referee according to Bjorn Kuipers. Before the European Championships in France the Dutch press talked about Team Kuipers. In a previous tip in this series I already talked about communicating with your team members. Today is all about trust. During a match situation […] Continue reading...
Referee news this week has an interesting insight into the British Columbia Soccer Referee Program. But you’ll also find the latest international referee appointments and more interesting reads below. Video: British Columbia Soccer Referee Program The appointments follow below, but first the British Columbia Referee Program. In this video below you’ll get an idea of what […] Continue reading...
The following officials will be in charge of 2016-17 UEFA Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5 games. Group D, 24 November 2016, 17:00 CET Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg (RUS) Football Club Zenit - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD) Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD) Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Dimitar Continue reading...
UEFA has chosen the following officials to take charge of next Tuesday's Champions League matches. Group A, 23 November 2016, London, (ENG) Arsenal FC - Paris Saint-Germain Referee: Felix Brych (GER) Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER) Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Bastian Dankert (GER) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Marco Fritz (GER) 4th Official Continue reading...
UEFA has chosen the following eight referee teams to take charge of next Tuesday's Champions League ties in Groups E - H. Group E, 22 November 2016, Monaco (MON) AS Monaco - Tottenham Hotspur Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED) Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED) Assistant Referee 2: Erwin E.J. Zeinstra (NED) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Pol van Boekel (NED) Additional Assistant Continue reading...
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