Soccer Referee Brych wants to continue after the age limit of 47 Will continue to whistle: referee Felix Brych. photo © Uli Deck/dpa The lawsuit filed by ex-Bundesliga referee Manuel Gräfe against the DFB is even more explosive: top referee Felix Brych still wants to referee Bundesliga games at the age of 48. Top referee Felix Brych wants to referee in the Bundesliga beyond the age limit of 47, which is common for the DFB. "During the winter training camp...
It is a very severe sanction which was inflicted by the New Aquitaine football league to a 22-year-old member of the Réole club. He will not be able to participate in league matches for twenty-five years, the heaviest sentence before the radiation for life, explains the daily Sud-Ouest. In reaction to racist remarks made on the sidelines of the match on October 2, 2022, the young man struck the referee. The latter was himself expelled from the club for having...
Bundesliga referee Handball as a role model: soccer referee Patrick Ittrich for stricter rules Whistles in the Bundesliga: referee Patrick Ittrich © Soeren Stache / DPA For Bundesliga referee Patrick Ittrich, it is the biggest bad habit in football: the constant lamentation after the referee's controversial decisions. In his eyes, a look at handball could help. Bundesliga referee Patrick Ittrich would like to see a tighter set of rules in football based on the model of handball. Ittrich told the...
Pointed out for his whistle performance during France-Germany, Szymon Marciniak defended himself with force. He nevertheless admitted to having made mistakes, regretting one in particular. Szymon Marciniak's ears were ringing after the World Cup final. If the Pole managed to hold the debates, certain decisions earned him severe criticism. The penalty awarded to Argentina after a slight contact between Ousmane Dembélé and Angel Di Maria and the supposed forgotten foul on Kylian Mbappé at the start of the action which...
Penalty, not penalty?During the World Cup final between Argentina and France, Marcus Thuram fell in the penalty area. Following contact with his opponent, it seems. But Szymon Marciniak, the boss of the meeting, refused to whistle a foul and even gave the striker a yellow card for simulation. On TVP Sport, the referee in charge of the VAR has just returned to this episode. "Remember that sometimes there is a strong hesitation between simulation and penaltysaid Tomasz Kwiatkowski. VAR referees...
Tomasz Kwiatkowski, referee in charge of VAR during the World Cup final, returned to the difficulties encountered by him and the refereeing team during this France-Argentina and in particular evokes the penalty not whistled on Marcus Thuram.Hailed like heroes on their return to Poland, the various referees who surrounded Szymon Marciniak in the World Cup final each spoke in turn about this very special match. Tomasz Kwiatkowski, referee in charge of VAR in the World Cup final, returned to the...
After the Belgian seum, the English seum and the Moroccan seum, make way for the French seum. Difficult aftermath of defeat on Monday, after the coronation of the band to Lionel Messi Sunday in Qatar, despite the exploits of Kyky. And as for every loser, or almost, already a lot of controversy over the arbitration of Polish Szymon Marciniak, credited with a score of 2 in the Team, but a 7.5 for an Argentine media. Former professional referee Philippe Malige...
In December 2020, nothing seemed further away for Szymon Marciniak than the 2022 World Cup final. For nine months, the Pole later said in an interview, he successfully ran away from the virus, but then "was too slow". Marciniak fell ill with a severe course of Covid. It took him months to recover, he suffered from a protracted cough and tachycardia, an increase in heart rate that initially prevented him from playing at European level. Before the EM 2021, the...
Much criticized after his refereeing performance, César Ramos, the man in charge of the semi-final between France and Morocco (2-0), spoke on his Instagram account, following the many insults he received . What's next after this ad “My friends, the Moroccan people. Please wait. If you are not satisfied with the match, you can lodge a collective objection via the FIFA website and the match can be replayed”, he wrote. Not sure that's enough to restore his image with fans...
Former German top referee Markus Merk attacks the World Cup referee – but praises the unloved VAR World Cup 2022, quarter-finals in the Al-Bait Stadium: France's Antoine Griezmann (left), referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio (centre) from Brazil and England's Harry Kane (right). © Robert Michael / DPA The referees are increasingly being criticized at the World Cup. The former Fifa and Bundesliga referee Markus Merk judges differently – and sees the issue of overtime as not mature. Former World Cup referee...
