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    • Development as ref: start with the selfscan
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  • Blog,  news

    Zidane headbutt only seen by 4th official

    9 July, 2017 / 5 Comments

    Referee Horacio Elizondo, who refereed the World Cup final between France and Italy in 2006, has not seen the Zinedine Zidane headbutt on Marco Materazzi’s chest. It was fourth official Luise Medina Cantelejo who advised him to give a straight red card. That’s what he told Issue Eleven. That incident happened on 9th of July 2006, now 11 years ago. In a video of the incident you can see the referee talks with the assistant referee and then giving a red card to the French player. But it was not the assistant who saw the incident, Elizondo explained now. Have a quick look at the situation on the video below.…

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    Jan ter Harmsel

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    Referee news (5): lies by referees (or not)

    6 September, 2016 / 1 Comment

    Referee news of week 5: A controversy about lies by referees about having judged match incidents. And an example where the video referee was used. But was it the correct call? Plus some stories about assistant referees on flip flops and “the big season” for Simon Haydon. Mark Halsey has started a big discussion about lies by referees. Every referee has to submit his match report and write down incidents they have seen or situations they judged. On Twitter Halsey talked about the Aguero incident and if the referee could/should have seen it. It was in the Referee News of last week. Andre Marriner was in perfect position to judge…

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    Salary of German referees increases, match fees keep the same

    26 August, 2016 / 23 Comments

    The salary of German referees increases again this season. Top referees Deniz Aytekin and Felix Brych will earn 75.000 euro’s in the 2016-2017 season plus fees for the matches they officiate, say German media. That amount was 40.000 euro’s in 2013-2014 season, 60.000 euro’s in the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 seasons for Fifa referees from Germany. In the 2016-2017 the top refs will get 75.000 euro’s on their bank account. The basic fee, independent of the number of matches referees get, was introduced in July 2012 in Germany. The president of the German FA thinks referees should have a better environment to achieve the best. Financial stability is one of them. Former German referee boss…

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    Jan ter Harmsel

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    Referee news (2): the cheating is back

    16 August, 2016 / No Comments

    The referee news of this week has a few interesting story. I liked the idea of David Meier in his blog story “The cheating is back”. Below you’ll find more stories plus the international appointments of this week. David Meier:  The cheating is back An interesting plea from David Meier on his blog. The idea: if a club appeals to a ban for cheating, increase it with one game. Good idea? It’s about the following incident. Meier starts: “I do not blame the referee on making the mistake to give a penalty, but I do blame the player for cheating, absolutely disgusting behaviour in my opinion.” The authorities gave the cheating player a 2 match…

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    Jan ter Harmsel

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    Mike Dean’s positioning as referee

    15 August, 2016 / 3 Comments

    Have you seen Mike Dean’s positioning as referee this weekend? Check the images below. I would like you to answer the following questions. Why would Mike Dean do this? What are the advantages or disadvantages? When you are watching your games, always be a critic of the referee in your own benefit. I do NOT say: be negative about it – especially not publicly. But if you see what other referees do, you can see if that’s something you could do on the pitch as well. Learn from other referees and improve yourself. Screenshots thanks to Arbiter Café on Twitter. Positioning as referee In the first situation Mike Dean takes a…

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    Referee news (1): portrait of Heber Lopes

    8 August, 2016 / No Comments

    Dutch Referee Blog wants to bring you the latest referee news of the weekend with some photo’s or video’s. The 2016-2017 season has started again and this is the first edition of “referee news”. It contains a portrait of Heber Lopes, medics on the pitch and more. Have you seen an interesting story? Please share it with me on Twitter or mail to jan@dutchreferee.com Portrait of Heber Lopes Heber Lopes has officiated a record number of matches refereed in the Brazilian Championship. At age 44, Heber Lopes started last week his final season. He will hang up his whistle in July 2017, at 45 years of age, 22 of them…

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    Referee assessor: getting a notification in advance?

    10 November, 2015 / No Comments

    Dutch FA announces the Referee assessor now in advance for all amateur referees. That led to some curiosity online. I also heared about the first referee who called off his game because he saw in the online portal that a stern assessor would visit him. That latter is a bad thing. My solution would be to give that referee the same assessor later this season. Sometimes refs are really injured, but you’ll be sure if he also calls off the second time with the same assessor. The result of the Twitter poll was: 71 percent says it’s a good idea that you know in advance if you got an assessor.…

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