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Felix Brych will referee 2014 Europa League final
Felix Brych will referee 2014 Europa League final. Uefa just confirmed it. “Brych will be assisted by his fellow countrymen Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp. The fourth official is Milorad Mažić from Serbia and the two additional assistant referees, Tobias Welz and Bastian Dankert, are both from Germany. A German reserve assistant referee – Thorsten Schiffner – completes the refereeing team lineup.” Last year’s final was officiated by Björn Kuipers from The Netherlands who will referee the 2014 Champions League final.
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Photo series: World Cup preparation for referees
Photo series: World Cup preparation for referees. The photo’s are made Lorenzo Fontani, a Sky Sport journalist. He published them on Twitter and I embedded them in the blog post below. All referees doing their excercises. #arbitri #Mondial2014 chi riconosce quello in first piano? #regoliamoci #zurigo #fifa #referee #meeting @SkySport pic.twitter.com/KftTaguvAy — Lorenzo Fontani (@lorenzofontani) March 27, 2014 Photo of Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura. Per cultori della materia… #regoliamoci #arbitri #zurigo #fifa #referee #meeting pic.twitter.com/ipAxzu9ubA — Lorenzo Fontani (@lorenzofontani) March 27, 2014 Nicola Rizzoli check the video screen during the world cup preparation for referees. #Rizzoli si rivede alla #moviola ! #arbitri #Mondial2014 #regoliamoci #zurigo #fifa #referee #meeting @SkySport pic.twitter.com/1Iq9JDaX6K…
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Best referees of the 2012-2013 season: an overview per country
Who are the best referees of the 2012-2013 season in your country? An overview of the best football match officials. I’ll update the blog post if other referees are names by their association or in a newspaper or football magazine as referee of the season. Let me know who was elected in your country and I’ll add it below. The Netherlands Referee Bas Nijhuis has won the trophy as best referee in Dutch Eredivisie. The Uefa Elite Development referee scored just enough points to keep in front of Björn Kuipers. Kuipers had also a top season because he refereed the Europa League final last week. Both refs were also amongst…
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Felix Brych has drinking problems (during match)
Referees need to drink too during the match, but that ain’t so easy. For Felix Brych during last weekend’s Bundesliga match for example.
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German record: red card in 87 seconds
Red after just 87 seconds. It happened to Youssef Mohamad from 1. FC Köln at the opening day of the German Bundesliga against Kaiserslautern. No one got a red one faster in the German top league than the Lebanese player. Referee Felix Brych spoke to weekly magazine Der Spiegel: “When I whistle for a foul, I can’t do anything else. The rules give no opportunity for a different interpretation.” Good piece of refereeing, but it’s not a record Mohamad will be proud of. The German elite group referee added: “After two minutes – that is hard.”: I never had to give a red card so fast. Whom of you did?
