Referee news: Collina teaches new offside rule, appointments for the first Champions League round and a new referee badge. Uefa is a bit late with a short explanation of the new interpretation on the offside rule. But it’s always good to see different people explain it. Here’s how Collina teaches new offside rule. Ahead of #UCL and #UEL season, Pierluigi Collina explains changes in offside law. VIDEO: http://t.co/cBgBKtp5u3 pic.twitter.com/T4Mf611Cvj — UEFA (@UEFA) September 15, 2015 Appointments first matchday Champions League Damir Skomina has gotten the best game of the Tuesday: Manchester City – Juventus Turin. Check all Tuesday’s appointments. Bjorn Kuipers is having a great appointment with Barcelona – AS…

Months ago I published “Referees in the media”. I am going to pick that up with a section called “Referee news”. You’ll get the best news, video’s, articles about refereeing from other websites in a news message on my blog. First message will be about Schwab’s red card (+ 3 more reds) and I’ll share some video’s of referees at Scandinavian tournaments. 4 correct red cards The 3rd Team has written a good analysis of last week’s red card in the qualifying games for European club competitions. I got the photo of the red card Willie Collum gave via Whatsapp. My first thought was that this must be a red card by…

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has published Laws Of The Game changes for 2015/2016. There are no major changes, but few things are allowed now: returning substitutes and electronic performance and tracking systems. I know many refs for example who already use tracking systems on gps-watches and the returning subs are already in use in The Netherlands on lower levels – now there are officially allowed by Fifa. Below you can find the texts that explain the new rules a bit further. Law 3: number of player The first Laws Of The Game changes for 2015/2016 begin on page 17 of your rulebook. The following text is added: Return…

Big referee news: Çakir to referee UEFA Champions League final between Barcelona and Bayern Munich. The game will be played in Berlin on June 6th. Another great appointment: the Europa League final will be officiated by Martin Atkinson. Çakir is an experienced referee from Turkey. He has officiated 70 games in European competitions. This season he officiated the following games in the Champions League play-offs: Athletic Bilbao versus Napoli Group stage: Shakhtar – Porto Group stage: Bayern Munich – AS Roma Round of 16: PSG – Chelsea Uefa announced: “Çakir will be assisted by his countrymen Bahattin Duran and Tarik Ongun. The fourth official will be Jonas Eriksson from Sweden,…

Dutch Eredivisie referees are younger than 10 years ago. Nine of nineteen referees are under 33 years old. A decade ago only three out of twenty were that young. That’s what newspaper Volkskrant reports. “We got a group of referees with a lot of international experience plus young talented refs who can make progress”, says referee boss Dick van Egmond to the newspaper. “That stimulates referees to get the most out of their performance and to develope themselves.” Dutch FA wanted to get a youger group of Dutch Eredivisie referees with better help for young refs. Part of that strategy was to hire an exercise physiologist and video analyst for…

Strange situation in the Spanish Cup match: Jordi Alba got hit by assistant referee. Alba tried to get the ball and walked over the line. The assistant referee signalled for a throw-in for Atletico Madrid and the Barca player tried to walk back as soon as possible. He ran on right side of the AR, where he was pointing his flag. The AR did not notice him and lowered is flag … right on the head of Alba. The Barca player went down, but could continue the game. Check out the game situation: Have you ever injured a player as (assistant) referee?