Hope so. Yes, Turpin can carry it off, as he is so calm, and unfussed and has a brilliant air of confidence about him. He is so good to watch as a ref
GER v SCO - Euro 24
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I mentioned on a US-based forum that one of my favorite things to watch in officiating is Clement Turpin give his "I am not amused by your feeble attempts to embellish" expressions (example below, but I prefer his "smirk"). I remember his first Euros in 2016 when he looked like a deer in headlights. Certainly not the case now - I also love his demeanor on the field. Wish I had that instead of my more, um, "intense" personality (which I recognize and work hard to ramp down when things start to get heated).
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Yes, he is great to watch, and somebody to aspire to. Seems to actually enjoy being there, and living the moment
Thanks! Now you’ve pointed it out I seem to remember this from somewhere.
So we're going to throw out the guy who maybe had the best season in all of Europe because he had to use var (quickly and efficiently)?
I don't make the rules, but VAR correcting referees doesn't protect their marks. So in effect he has made two incorrect key match decisions in this game, and in days before VAR that would have killed his tournament.
I know you are going to say the way the penalty kick is allowable in law, but I don’t like it as a continuous movement. The feint is just about in the run up though.
- feinting to kick the ball once the kicker has completed the run-up (feinting in the run-up is permitted); the referee cautions the kicker
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I like the quick offside decisions with the new technology. Big improvement.
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I dont disagree with @RustyRef that Turpin isn't going to get a great score. I get he's an international-level official and the expectations are really high at that level. I've already discussed the reasons why I believe he missed the red card/PK. The penalty area line decision is harder. First of all, that's a very tough call in live action anyway given the position of the contact and other players along the penalty area line. Tough to see exactly where the first contact was. Second, the more I think about it, why didn't the crew award the penalty kick for the second contact that was inside of the area. The whistle hadn't blown yet for the first foul. Couldn't the crew have looked at the video, realized there was a more "severe" foul (penalty vs common foul), and said "penalty kick stands"? Genuine question for me - I'm not asking to be snarky in any way.
I know that if I were in a game and could clearly see one foul inside the area and one foul immediately after inside of the area AND I DIDN'T ALREADY BLOW THE WHISTLE FOR THE FIRST FOUL, I'd award the penalty for the second foul. Is this because the call on the field was "first foul was what I called" so you have to review only that call?
It might have been a messy or roundabout way to getting to penalty, but the facts seem to at least make that plausible.
I'm not interested in who stays or goes home etc.... but he missed a PK that involved SFP. A wrong KMD doesn't get any worse than that
I doubt he did miss it. I doubt any elite ref would. More likely, he wasn't 100% so just left it to VAR. Are they told to do that by UEFA? Helps justify the existence of VAR. Referees used to make mistakes, but the number of PKs they don't spot seems way higher now that it ever was
That argument still doesn't stack up. Why would an elite referee see something and not give it, knowing that if VAR come in and correct him it will almost certainly end any hopes of progression beyond the group stage? No referee would think that way in a tournament.