• Blog,  referees in the media

    Referees in the media (week 39)

    ‘Referees in the media’ will be published each Monday on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. “There’s a lot of work to do, because no Russian referee was at the recent Europe and World cups.” Says Roberto Rosetti in an interview with Russian Oggi about his career as head of refereeing in Russia. “The system in place at the moment doesn’t provide them with a full-time working relationship.” Kilmarnock coach Kenny Shiels calls for full-time referees after controversioal decisions in the Scottish league. “From the bottom of my heart, I am very sorry.” The words of former World Cup referee…

  • Blog,  referees in the media

    Referees in the media (week 29)

    ‘Referees in the media’ will be published each Monday on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. “With hard work, determination and commitment I’m sure the OFC referees will be just as good, if not better, than the top confederations.” By Japanese FIFA fitness instructor Toshio Utsumi, who has to prepare the Oceanian referees O’Leary, Kumar and Namo for the u20 World Cup in Colombia, on the website of OceaniaFootball.com. “I don’t know if it was because I’m a female too, and they’re used to being refereed by men. Or maybe because I was younger than them.” By rugby referee Sarah…

  • referee announcement,  world cup

    First appointments for the WC final round

    The first referees the first matches in the knock-out stage of the World Cup 2010 in South Africa are appointed by Fifa. Match 49: Uruguay – Korea with Wolfgang Stark. Match 50: USA – Ghana with Viktor Kassai. Match 51: Germany – England with Jorge Larrionda. Match 52: Argentina – Mexico with Roberto Rosetti. Join the discussion of which referee deserves a spot in the finals on the Dutch Referee blog and read the World Cup refereeing review.