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Referees in the media (week 1)
‘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. Best wishes for 2012. I wish you a good refereeing year! “My hope is that we can officiate the final of the tournament. Everything will depend on the performance of us on the field.” Neant Alioum from Cameroon about his appointment for the African Nations Cup. “I enjoyed it when a match went well and all persons involved gave me a handshake afterwards to thank me for the match. That’s the biggest appreciation a referee can get.” Michael van Praag,…
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Referees in the media (week 44, 45 & 46)
‘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. This is the route for me to my personal destination which is officiating in the World Cup and Asian Cup. I think I’m on my way. Chinese referee Wang Di after his promotion to the Asian referees Development Group. “The referees should get much more help because their mistakes are seen all over television.” Uefa president Michel Platini favours use of goal-line assistants. At the same moment he also stated that he’s against the use of technology in football. “I will always remember Giulio…
