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    Nicola Rizzoli Champions League final referee 2013-2014

    20 May, 2013 / 15 Comments

    Nicola Rizzoli is appointed as Champions League final referee. He’ll officiate the match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich Saturday 25th of May at Wembley. Nicola Rizzoli will be assisted by Renato Faverani and Andrea Stefani. On Uefa.com: “The fourth official will be Damir Skomina from Slovenia and the two additional assistant referees, Gianluca Rocchi and Paolo Tagliavento, are from Italy. An Italian reserve assistant referee – Gianluca Cariolato – completes the refereeing team lineup.” Rizzoli after getting the appointment: “I feel very proud of getting appointed for the CL final.” Nicola Rizzoli always wants to know how football players behave during the matches – even when he doesn’t have…

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    Referees in the media (week 36)

    3 September, 2012 / No Comments

    ‘Referees in the media’ will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. MBWN6ZY4JZVP “But if they want to have referees in big European competitions we will give priority to those coming from associations who are implementing the system so that there is understanding among the team of five referees.” Michel Platini’s advice (‘not a threat’) to European countries about using extra assistants in national leagues. When I was about 22, they told me I could play again but it was too late – I stayed as a referee!” Doctors gave Slovenian referee…

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    Reactions from referees who’ll go to EC 2012

    20 December, 2011 / 2 Comments

    Uefa has selected twelve referees for the European Championship 2012 in Ukraine and Poland. You can find the Uefa list with twelve referees and the fourth officials here. I’ve searched the internet for reactions from each appointed referee, which you can find below. European referee boss Pierluigi Collina on Uefa.com: “The 12 are all referees from the elite group, so they are the top referees in Europe. They have all refereed UEFA Champions League matches during the past two seasons. What they can guarantee are two main elements – quality and experience. And only one referee, Howard Webb, was at UEFA EURO 2008. So there has been significant turnover.” Cüneyt…

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