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UEFA Champions League 2013/14

3rd Qualifying Round 1st Leg

(SUI) FC Basel 1893 1:0 FC Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)

30/07/2013, 19:00 CET – St. Jakob-Park, Basel (SUI)

Goals scored: 39’ V. Stocker (BAS)

Match Officials Name NAT Mark Mark* Difficulty

Referee Szymon Marciniak POL 7.8 8.2 Normal
Assistant Referee 1 Paweł Sokolnicki POL 8.1 0.0 Normal
Assistant Referee 2 Tomasz Listkiewicz POL 8.3 0.0 Normal
Fourth Official Paweł Raczkowski POL 8.0 0.0 Normal
UEFA Referee Observer Johannes Reijgwart NED
UEFA Delegate Dag Steinar Vestlund NOR
Blog Observer Edward GRE * mark without crucial mistake (7.8/7.9)

Evaluation Scale Level of Difficulty

9.0 – 10.0 Excellent. Normal: Normal match for the officials, few
8.5 – 8.9 Very good. Important decision(s) correctly taken. challenging situations

8.3 – 8.4 Good. Expected level. Quite Challenging: Difficult match with some
8.2 Satisfactory with small areas for improvement. difficult decisions for the officials

8.0 – 8.1 Satisfactory with important areas for improvement. Very Challenging: Very difficult match with
7.9 One clear and important mistake, otherwise 8.3 or above. many difficult situations for the officials

7.8 One clear and important mistake, otherwise 8.0 – 8.2.

Below expectation, poor control, significant point(s) for Additional Time
7.5 – 7.7
improvement.
Disappointing. Below expectation with one and clear important First half 1 Second half 3
7.0 – 7.4 mistake or a performance with two or more clear and important
*Expected level for fourth official: 8.0
mistakes.
6.0 – 6.9 Unacceptable.

Disciplinary Home Team Disciplinary Away Team

Minute Card Player Misconduct Classification Minute Card Player Misconduct Classification
38’ YC 16 Dissent by word or action 08’ YC 21 Unsporting behavior
76’ YC 19 Unsporting behavior 38’ YC 10 Dissent by word of action
90’+3 Select 5 Unsporting behavior 43’ YC 18 Unsporting behavior
Select Select misconduct 90’ YC 6 Persistent Infringement
Select Select misconduct 90’+2 YC 4 Unsporting behavior
Select Select misconduct Select Select misconduct
Select Select misconduct Select Select misconduct
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Description of the match:

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First match of 3 Qualifying round of CL between Basel and Maccabi Tel Aviv. The match was played at St. Jacob-Park of
Basel and presented an attendance of 12353. Match was quite fair without many difficulties and in a calm and easy going
atmosphere. Both teams wanted to get the result ahead of the second leg but also wanted to present their technical
abilities. In that extent the referee wasn’t challenged a lot and did a decent job overall with the exception of the missed
penalty and some other points for improvement.

REFEREE

1 Application and interpretation of the Laws of the Game / match control, tactical approach and management of the
game with the special situation(s) of the minute(s):

Comments:
He had a good application of the LoTG in most situations. He was able to recognize every serious foul and had a good
distinction of what is and what isn’t a foul resulting in a total of 20 fouls. His management of the game was good even
though the match wasn’t so challenging. His biggest minus was the penalty he missed for Basel at min. 6’ when even
though he had an optimal position he mis-valued the whole situation and failed to indicate the obvious penalty.

Minute Description of the situation

Streller (BAS) enters the penalty area while in possession of the ball and is being pushed by Yeini (MTA). The
06’
referee even though he is close enough mis-values the situation and decides a play-on.

2 Disciplinary control, management of players and team officials (bench) with the special situation(s) of the
minute(s):

Comments:
His disciplinary control and management of the players was very good. All the cards he issued were justified but he could
have issued 1-2 more in some offences. He issued the cards in the appropriate manner separating the offender from the
other players. Furthermore he correctly cautioned the 2 players for dissent at min. 38’ and intervened almost immediately

Minute Description of the situation

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3 Physical Condition:

Good

Positioning and Movement:

+ Expected -

--- X --- Always close to the play, follows play at all times, and does not interfere with play
--- X --- Flexible diagonal system
--- --- X Able to anticipate the action
--- X --- Enters the penalty area when necessary
--- X --- Efficient positioning at set pieces / dead ball (e.g. corner-kick, free-kick, goal-kick)

Please describe any special situation(s) with indication of the minute(s) – mandatory if you tick “-“ (negative point) in one of
the above boxes:
Minute Description of the situation
He was too late to signal a foul for Maccabi Tel Aviv and that resulted in 2 yellow cards for dissent. He should
38’
anticipate such situation due to the nature of both teams.

4 Co-operation with assistant referees, additional assistant referees (where applicable) and fourth official:

Co-operation with assistant referees was good. They helped him in foul situations and they seemed to talk him a lot.

5 Personality:

He appeared too relaxed and as a result he missed some situations and had to use his cards a little more than needed. It
was obvious that he was influenced since it was the first European match of the season and didn’t have full preparation.

6 General comments, advice on performance and personality:

He should have more awareness especially at the start of the match. He shouldn’t be so relaxed because that caused him
the missed penalty situation at min. 6’.

7 Points discussed in the report:

Positive points: 1) Disciplinary control.
2) Physical condition.
3) Co-operation with assistants and FO.

Points for improvement: 1) More awareness needed at the start of the match.
2) He should be able to anticipate potentially dangerous duels.
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ASSISTANT REFEREE 1

8 Assistant referee’s performance (please mention some important decisions with reference to the minute):

Positioning and Movement:

+ Expected -

--- --- X Correct offside decisions and good application of the “wait and see” technique
--- X --- Good positioning and movement
--- X --- Adequate alertness and good co-operation with the referee
--- X --- Reaction to incidents within his vicinity
--- X --- Efficient control at set pieces / dead ball (e.g. corner-kick, free-kick, goal-kick)

Comments:
He started the match well with 1 Onside call (min. 01) and a correct offside call (min. 14’) but then he made 2 consecutive
mistakes on offside calls (mins. 26’, 32’) and made another mistake when a player of Basel was in offside position and
returned to take the ball and became active.
Please describe any special situation(s) with indication of the minute(s) – mandatory if you tick “-“ (negative point) in one of
the above boxes:
Minute Description of the situation

26’+32’ 2 mistaken offside calls on Streller (BAS).

34’ Stocker (BAS) is in offside position and returns and takes the ball becoming active. Not given.

ASSISTANT REFEREE 2

9 Assistant referee’s performance (please mention some important decisions with reference to the minute):

Positioning and Movement:

+ Expected -

--- X --- Correct offside decisions and good application of the “wait and see” technique
--- X --- Good positioning and movement
--- X --- Adequate alertness and good co-operation with the referee
--- X --- Reaction to incidents within his vicinity
--- X --- Efficient control at set pieces / dead ball (e.g. corner-kick, free-kick, goal-kick)

Comments:
Less challenged than his colleague since he had only 1 offside decision evaluated correctly. He made a mistake on min.
47’ when he gave a corner kick for Basel instead of goal-kick.
Please describe any special situation(s) with indication of the minute(s) – mandatory if you tick “-“ (negative point) in one of
the above boxes:
Minute Description of the situation
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FOURTH OFFICIAL

10 Comment on the fourth official:

All technical procedures were executed in an adequate manner. He had control of all officials outside the pitch and did a
good job overall.