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Referee gets ball right in his face
A referee in the match between German teams SV Sandhausen and VfR Aalen gets the ball in his face. The referee whistled for a foul and the player was taking the freekick very quickly. He shot the referee, who was standing close-by right in his face. You can see the referee whistled after he was hit by the ball. How would you handle the situation? Would you give a red card for kick the ball against the referee’s head? http://youtu.be/YvwjqSF1MHg In the Laws of the Game there’s some info about taking a free-kick quickly: “If a player decides to take a free kick quickly and an opponent who is less…
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Steinhaus: ‘Getting more excited for Women’s WC’
Bibiana Steinhaus is proud to be a referee at the Women’s World Cup in her own country. “It’s getting more and more exciting, but it’s a very positive feeling”, says the referee from Germany to German television channel ZDF. Steinhaus is officiating in the second ‘Liga’ since 2007. Very sovereign, says the commentator after 2:30 in the video below. She has no problem dealing with the male players. When saw a player running at her after deciding for a penalty kick (see vid), she immediately replies with ‘Herr (mister) Hübbner, move immediately away’. The player ignores her, shouts at her – and gets booked. Then she calls the both captains…
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German refs want chip in ball, no extra assistants
The German refereeing remains very critically about the experiment with extra assistants who watch the goal line. They made a statement after a national referee meeting that they prefer a chip in the ball. “A condition is, however, that such a system works one hundred percent correct”, said Herbert Fandel, the new chairman of the German Referee Committee, after the meeting. UEFA recently announced that they will use extra assistants in next season’s Champions League. The referee boss criticized the hard tackles during the World Cup in South Africa. “Especially the slide tackle with the soles towards the enemy, which we have seen more frequent in the World Cup, will…
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Harkam is already preparing for next season
Interview with Austrian Bundesliga referee Alexander Harkam. He tells about his future, career and World Cup referees.
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The busy life of an Austrian Bundesliga referee
100 matches, 60 training sessions, four running tests, four rules of football tests, four meetings in the top league, eight meetings for our regional competitions and about 30 nightshifts in my job as a prison officer. That’s the busy life of 28-year-old Alexander Harkam, a talented Austrian Bundesliga referee. This is part 1 of an interview with Alexander Harkam. Part two is published exclusively on the Dutch Referee blog. “As you see, my wife is the football. No joke. I really love my wife and my two daughters. It is very important that you have a family. But you need some time-outs”, says Harkam. Spending so much time on refereeing…
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