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Referees in the media (week 46)
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. “Behind our mistakes, there is nothing: it is a mistake and then we turn the page. The referee and our association are like a kite: the more headwind there is, the better and higher we fly.” Marcello Nicchi after the moment he was chosen as the president of the Italian referees. This would have been the hardest decision of my life so far! The thought of giving up 4 years as an assistant referee on the A-league panel to pursue…
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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…
