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Not going to add to the already made points, just my decision. Penalty and Red card, there was no attempt to play the ball.

There is no violence at all, a gentle push. Whilst I abhor any player touching a referee, I always give a yellow to any player that lays hands on me during a game. Never had to resort to red for violence though. Memphis' action was not violent. Any push in the back may well get a red though, as...

Just an input from old English referee now refereeing in France. I never wore black in 25 years, then I was given a match England U17 v Australia U17. Nice!. Anyway the Aussies turned up with the blackest blue you have ever seen, and it was under lights. Lots of bigwigs from the FA at the match...

If you have not used the sin bin then you cannot say whether you like it's use or not. Sure you can have an opinion in general, but until you have tried it, and see the dramatic effects it has on players, and coaches, then have a real opinion. As I have said previously it has greatly reduced...

I am in France. A player in the sin bin here must stay on his own bench for the 10 minutes, and then when the time is up the player must re-enter from the half way line.

Abandonment is the rule here. It is specifically written into the sin bin rules!

Here it is match abandoned, and report. You should check each league's rules, they may differ from each other.

Do you have to do a report for the sin bin? Here, it is 10 minutes (only dissent offence), then all over unless player gets a second sin bin, that becomes a red!

I will first go back to the free kick that lead to the 1st goal for France. Greizmann cheated, he dived and in his dive he made contact with the opponent. For me, no foul, so unlikely that France would have taken the lead then! Now, was it a penalty? My belief is No. But there is only one...

Graham Poll thinks it was a penalty.

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I had expected those but the other way round, with the Iranian getting the Final. Mainly because of FIFA's weird way of spreading the games to referees from other parts of the world, and then it would have been a first. I agree about Pitana, think there are better refs, but it was unlikely to...

Sorry I disagree. There are referee colleagues watching the action live, then with the aid of slow motion from many angles, they are almost certainly going to have had as good a view, probably better, than the on field referee. If they tell you that you have made a big error why would you not...

RobOda said: Also, Byrch (GER) sent home. - http://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/fu...r-fuer-deutschen-schiedsrichter-15675286.html Iffy google translate. Anyone know where to find the official announcements of who they send home? Do they even do...

j'espère que ça se passera bien car la désignation est lamentable : argentin,on vient de les éliminer,c'est voisin avec l'Uruguay,même continent,même langue !!! La FIFA aurait dû mettre un asiatique ou un africain ! Moi j'ai peur This guy, retired referee, is basically saying that it is a bad...

I agree, and it is already causing a bit of a stir among the French!

This has been the worst part of this world cup in my opinion, and I agree that we referees will get an impact from it. Unless players are immediately carded when they surround the referee, then it will continue all game and every game. We (in my region of France) have started using the sin bin...

Je vais à Paris demain, vous voulez un réveil. Vous pouvez essayer mais vous serez à 600 kilomètres!

I referee both seniors and youth. U15 not really, at U18 it is there but not as often as seniors. Having refereed in England for over 30 years and 12 years in France, I have plenty of experience!

He has the French footballers disease. In France it is regular to see players falling and diving with loud screams, as if they have been shot. I tell them to get up, their injury suddenly disappears. It is worth noting that most of the French national team play their club football abroad, and...