Unofficial Referee Observers Report

rbitro Internacional & The Third Team

(ESP) SPAIN

0:0

7:6 pso

ITALY (ITA)

27 June 2013, 16:00 Local Time Estdio Castelo, Fortaleza (Brazil) Match Officials Referee Assistant Referee 1 Assistant Referee 2 Fourth Official Reserve AR Blog Referee Observer
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Name Howard Webb Mike Mullarkey Darren Cann Pedro Proena Bertino Miranda Edward A.

Origin ENG ENG ENG POR POR GRE

Mark1 8.5 8.7 8.6 8.4

Mark2 -----------------

Difficulty3 Normal Challenging Challenging Normal

Final mark according to evaluation scale. 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). Difficulty has to be integrated into the final mark. Levels of difficulty are: normal, challenging and very challenging. 4 Blog-Referee Observer =Inofficial referee observer appointed by the blog administrator.

Evaluation scale
(for referee, ARs and fourth official)

Description of the Marks Excellent. Very good. Important decision(s) correctly taken. Good. Expected level. Satisfactory with small areas for improvement. Satisfactory with important areas for improvement. One clear and important mistake, otherwise 8.3 or above. One clear and important mistake, otherwise 8.0 8.2. Below expectation, poor control, significant point(s) for improvement. Disappointing. Below expectation with one and clear important mistake or a performance with two or more clear and important mistakes. Unacceptable.

9.0 10.0 8.5 8.9 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.0 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.0 7.4 6.0 6.9

Small description of the match (extra-ordinary incidents etc.): Second Semifinal of Confederations Cup repeating last years UEFA EURO 2012 Final between 2010 World Cup Champions Spain and UEFA EURO runners-up Italy. The match was played at Portaleza and presented an attendance of 0.000 spectators. Pitch and weather condition created the expectation for a very big match. Italy was better and created many efforts on goal but couldnt beat the Spanish GK Iker Casillas. Spain tried at the extra time to steal the win but couldnt. So naturally the match was decided on a penalty shoot-out. English Howard Webb was the appointed referee. The match wasnt very diff icult for the experienced official even though it was a Semifinal.

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Crucial Decisions (refer to penalty kicks, sending-off situations etc.) Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the referees decision Penalty appeal by Spain. After a header from Pique (ESP) the ball hits to 95 Chiellinis arm. Webb waives play-on correctly. The distance between the header and the arm is below 1m and the touch is unintentional.

Basic Observations (refer to the general application of the LotG, highlight the referees tactical approach, personality, match control, management of the teams and players, teamwork etc.). Please deploy short but precise and detailed sentences! Positive Points Match control. He used his experience and authority to control the match. He had 1. superb control and managed to end the match without incidents. Foul Detection. Very good foul detection applying the English style and not 2. whistling every little contact. That helped the match flow and allowed us to watch a good game. Card Management and player management. He used his own style to manage 3. the players. He avoided cards for smaller infractions and issued only verbal warnings. Only 2 yellow cards that were completely justified. Co-operation with assistants. This team has worked together for many years and this was visible to the field. The referee relied on his assistants on some cases 4. and they presented the best outcome. Notably the YC on Pique for controlling the ball with his hand. The advice came from AR1 Mullarkey. Positioning and Fitness. He had a very good fitness allowing him to be always 5. near the action and to have the best possible position in order to detect almost every infraction. Points for Improvement Dives. His only weakness is that he fell for 2 dives giving very easy fouls right 1. outside Italys penalty area. He had too much talk with Xavi (ESP) especially in some fouls around the penalty area. Especially at min. 104 Xavi was protesting for the distance of the wall and 2. even though Webb whistled several times the Spanish player kept on protesting. The foul was executed after more than 2 minutes and it was really annoying. He could have cautioned him.

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The referees character Physical Aspects Fitness / Stamina Always close to play without interfering with it Flexible diagonal movement Positioning at set pieces Efficient positioning, having a good angle of vision to play Close to the penalty area, if needed Tactical Approach Description very lenient lenient medium X Yes Consistency in the tactical approach / style The tactical approach suited to the requirements of the match / the match benefitted from the tactical approach of the referee Ability to adapt the tactical approach if needed X X X So-so No + X X X X X X strict very strict Expected -

Further observations (peculiarities of the referee revealing his character) Howard Webb is a very experienced referee with many important matches. So he used this experience in order to control the match. Furthermore his tactical approach which was suited to the requirements of the match contributed to an open match. The match surely benefited from the referees approach.

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Assistant Referee 1
Please assess the first assistant referees performance. Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the ARs behavior He was challenged a lot since there were many offside/onside calls. He got them Full time all correct presenting us a very good performance. Moreover he helped the referee a lot detecting infringements that the referee couldnt. 01 Pedro (ESP) is onside and has an effort on goal. Correct play-on. 47 60 62 90+2 101 105 Gilardino (ITA) is flagged for offside. Correct. Chiellini (ITA) is flagged for offside. Correct. Gilardino (ITA) is flagged for offside. Correct. Gilardino (ITA) is flagged again for offside. Correct. Pique (ESP) is flagged for offside. Correct. Pique (ESP) controls the ball with his hand and has an effort on goal. Excellent detection and information of the referee.

Assistant Referee 2
Please assess the second assistant referees performance. Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the ARs behavior He, too, was challenged a lot since the match presented many offside/onside Full time calls. He made 1 small mistake but this is irrelevant. Very good performance. 23 Gilardino (ITA) is flagged for offside. Correct. 30 41 56 73 100 105 Marchisio (ITA) is flagged for offside. Correct. Gilardino (ITA) is flagged again for offside. Correct. Ramos (ESP) is flagged for offside. Correct. Pedro (ESP) is offside (at least his upper body) and has an effort on goal. No flag from the assistant. Mistake. Giovinco (ITA) is flagged for offside. Correct. Aquilani (ITA) is flagged for offside. Correct.

Fourth Official
Please assess the fourth officials performance. Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the fourth officials behavior He was active the whole time and made his presence known to both coaches preventing them from protesting. Moreover he was positioned 2m from the sideFull time line and was talking to the referee a lot. All the other technical procedures were executed adequately.