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(GRE) GREECE 1:3 UZBEKISTAN (UZB)

Round of 16, 02 July 2013, 17:00 CET – Gaziantep (TUR)

Match Officials Name ORI Mark1 Mark2 Difficulty3

Very
Referee Noumandiez Doue CIV 8.5 ---
Challenging
Assistant Referee 1 Songuifolo Yeo CIV 8.3 --- Normal
Jean-Claude
Assistant Referee 2 BDI 8.3 --- Normal
Birumushashu
Fourth Official Neant Alioum CMR 8.3 --- Normal
Blog Referee Observer Philipp S. GER
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Final mark according to evaluation scale.
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Mark if the final mark had not been influenced by a crucial mistake (only in case of a crucial mistake, to be held empty if no crucial mistake occurred).
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Difficulty has to be integrated into the final mark. Levels of difficulty are: “normal”, “challenging” and “very challenging”.
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Blog-Referee Observer =Inofficial referee observer appointed by the blog administrator.

Evaluation scale
(for referee, ARs and Description of the Marks
fourth official)
9.0 – 10.0 Excellent.
8.5 – 8.9 Very good. Important decision(s) correctly taken.
8.3 – 8.4 Good. Expected level.
8.2 Satisfactory with small areas for improvement.
8.0 – 8.1 Satisfactory with important areas for improvement.
7.9 One clear and important mistake, otherwise 8.3 or above.
7.8 One clear and important mistake, otherwise 8.0 – 8.2.
Below expectation, poor control, significant point(s) for
7.5 – 7.7
improvement.
Disappointing. Below expectation with one and clear important
7.0 – 7.4 mistake or a performance with two or more clear and important
mistakes.
6.0 – 6.9 Unacceptable.

Small description of the match (extra-ordinary incidents etc.):

This match would have been rather boring without the crucial decisions taken by the
referee and the outcome was mainly affected by them. In the rest of the match there were
not many differences between the teams and also not many goal scoring opportunities.
Three penalties and two sending-offs make clear, it was a very challenging match for the
referee, although it generally was a fair game and quite easy to control.
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Referee
Crucial Decisions (refer to penalty kicks, sending-off situations etc.)

Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the referee’s decision

Penalty for Greece: A shoot was blocked using the arm and afterwards a striker
was hit on the foot, so it was not totally clear, what the reason for the penalty was.
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For the handball, it would have been quite harsh, but probably the foul was
punished and so it was a correct decision.
Penalty for Uzbekistan and second yellow for Kourmpelis: Two strikers were held
by their opponents in the penalty area and both infringements justified a yellow
card. The referee decided to book Kourmpelis, who was then sent off. Maybe it
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would have been more elegant to book the other defender instead, but Doue
obviously was not aware of Kourmpelis’ first card. However, the sending-off was
acceptable, as well as the penalty
No Penalty for Greece: The decision is OK, because the defender plays the ball,
78 difficult to see for the referee. He missed a foul by the striker himself immediately
before.
Penalty for Uzbekistan: The foul was clear, but the handling of the situation was
not good: 1. He should have waited a second for a possible advantage, a goal
82 attempt was not allowed; 2. He booked the wrong player first, but then corrected
it, probably adviced by his assistant. 3. A red card for DOGSO would have been
the better choice.
85 Second yellow for Yuldashov: Clearly correct caution for a tactical foul.

Basic Observations (refer to the general application of the LotG, highlight the
referee’s tactical approach, personality, match control, management of the teams
and players, teamwork etc.).
Please deploy short but precise and detailed sentences!

Positive Points
1. Very good awareness of situations in the penalty area (see crucial decisions)
2. Good control, achieved by effective warnings and a self-confident appearance
Apart from the big decisions, he managed to stay in the background. He always
3.
was calm and did not behave as strange as in his first match. Well improved!
4. His style fitted well to the needs of the game
Good handling of the time wasting by Uzbekistan, first warning, then also booking
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(79’), and an adequate additional time.
6. Good awareness for the correct position of the ball at free kicks.
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Points for Improvement

In the first half, his card management was not satisfying. He was very (maybe
1. too) lenient, but showed a very soft first yellow card to Kourmpelis. In the second
half, his card management was better.
2. The circumstances around the third penalty (82’), see grid above.
3. His foul detection was so-so, not on the high level of his general performance.

The referee’s character

Physical Aspects + Expected -

Fitness / Stamina X
Always close to play without inferfering with it X
Flexible diagonal movement X
Positioning at set pieces X
Efficient positioning, having a good angle of
X
vision to play
Close to the penalty area, if needed X

very very
Tactical Approach lenient medium strict
lenient strict
Description X

Yes So-so No
Consistency in the tactical approach / style X
The tactical approach suited to the require-
ments of the match / the match benefitted X
from the tactical approach of the referee
Ability to adapt the tactical approach if
X
needed

Further observations (peculiarities of the referee revealing his character)

He seemed to have learned after his first match and improved his appearance
on the field, being calmer and not looking for attention. However he was ready
to take the big decisions and did not choose the easy way to ignore them. This
made it a very good performance, although there are still a couple of things to
improve.
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Assistant Referee 1

Please assess the first assistant referee’s performance.

Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the AR’s behaviour

Easy match without any difficult onside or offside decision, not involved in the
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crucial decisions.

Assistant Referee 2
Please assess the second assistant referee’s performance.

Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the AR’s behaviour

Easy match without any difficult onside or offside decision. Maybe he told the
1-90 referee about the yellow card confusion (82’), but else also not involved in the
crucial decisions.

Fourth Official

Please assess the fourth official’s performance.

Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the fourth official’s behaviour
The only peculiarity was, when he accompanied Kourmpelis on a part of the way
full time
off the field to the cabins, when he was sent off. Expected execution of his duties.