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(URU) URUGUAY 2:3 pso ITALY (ITA)

2:2

30 June 2013, 13:00 Local Time – Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador (BRA)

Match Officials Name Origin Mark1 Mark2 Difficulty3

Very
Referee Djamel Haimoudi ALG 8.2 ---
challenging
Assistant Referee 1 Redouane Achik MAR 8.5 --- Challenging
Very
Assistant Referee 2 Abdelhak Etchiali ALG 8.4 ---
challenging
Fourth Official Yuichi Nishimura JPN 8.3 --- normal
Reserve AR Toru Sagara JPN
Blog Referee Observer Philipp S. GER
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Final mark according to evaluation scale.!
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Mark without crucial mistake.
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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.):

An entertaining and exciting match with some nice goals. However one could see that
both teams had already played a tiring tournament and the lunchtime heat in Brazil did not
help either, so there were also made easy mistakes and the players obviously disliked the
extra 30 minutes. Uruguay was the better side in most of the match, so Italy’s win was
lucky.
For the referee it was very challenging, because he had to take many important decisions
during the 120 minutes, which could have decided the outcome.
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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

No handball penalty for Uruguay: The ball hits Chiellini’s arm, which was a bit
40 away from his body, but it came from his foot and Chiellini had no chance to avoid
the contact, so the decision is borderline, but still OK.
Missed second yellow for Maxi Pereira: He clearly hits his opponent in the face
52 with his elbow, this had to be a yellow card. The referee did not even give the
foul. (-0.2)
The respective free kicks, converted to the 1-2 and 2-2 were both correct
72+77
decisions.
No penalty for Uruguay: Correct decision, the defender played mainly the ball,
98
when kicking through the legs of the striker.
No penalty for Uruguay and no second yellow for Suarez: Difficult situation, the
100 defender’s arm was touching Suarez, who then felt easily. It could have been a
penalty as well as a dive call, so play on was probably the best solution here.
Second yellow card for Montolivo: Clearly correct decision, it was an obvious
110
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.).
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Positive Points
1. Excellent performance in all areas during the extra time.
2. Most of the important decisions (see above) were at least not wrong.
3. He kept the control in an exciting match.
4. He is very ambitious to be in the right position on the field.
Good awareness for unexpected situations, e.g. second ball on the field, wrong
5.
throw-in

Points for Improvement

His card management, especially the too harsh first yellow and the missed
1.
second yellow for Pereira.
2. His general foul detection , although he already improved during the match.
There often were complaints against his decisions, which cannot be totally
3.
avoided, but would be good to be reduced.
The negative side of positive point 4 is that he sometimes exaggerates and runs
4.
too much.
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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)

Especially in the extra time, Haimoudi could show, he is able to referee matches
on this level. The generally quite good performance was however was tarnished
by his mistakes in foul detection and card management.
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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

Good awareness for offside/onside situation during the whole match and made no
1-120 mistakes in a challenging match. Highlight was the correctly disallowed goal in
32’.

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

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

24 The free kick before the 0-1 was signaled by him, acceptable decision
52 He also should have seen Pereira’s elbow infringement (see referee). (-0.2)
58 Onside at the 1-1 goal, good decision
71 Very good and important offside call
119 Very good offside call

Fourth Official

Please assess the fourth official’s performance.

Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the fourth official’s behaviour
1-90 No special events for him, did his job in an expected manner.