Refereeing
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Sevilla want a zoom on three Real Madrid plays, the gaffer watches it all from the slope
Sevilla, beaten 4-1 by Real Madrid on Sunday, lodged a complaint with La Liga on Wednesday. The club says three incidents were not replayed properly, including an elbow by Arda Güler.
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Red card on a screen in Uruguay: the sun has proved Marcel right
Uruguay’s football federation is testing a smartphone-sized digital device in cup matches to show cards. During Defensor Sporting-Plaza Colonia, the test was halted because sunlight stopped spectators seeing the colour of the…
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No VAR in the Belgian Cup for Standard, and Marcel finds a match from his day
Standard reached the last 16 of the Belgian Cup by beating Dender 2-0. Early on, Casper Nielsen had his foot stamped on as he shot in the box, and referee Anthony Letellier…
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Nainggolan calls on Botticelli over Drammeh’s penalty, VAR was missing a painter
After Standard’s 0-1 defeat to Charleroi, with no penalty for a trodden foot on Salieu Drammeh, Radja Nainggolan summed up his astonishment with a line about Botticelli. Stijn Stijnen wants more former…
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Duchâtelet predicts AI-run VAR within ten years, Freddy already has the delegate
Speaking to Sudinfo, Roland Duchâtelet, former Standard Liège chairman, says VAR has improved refereeing despite technical errors that are still too frequent. He predicts it will be run by artificial intelligence within…
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VAR doesn’t call the referee over to see Drammeh’s fall at Sclessin: Marcel compares
Beaten 0-1 by Charleroi at Sclessin, Standard got no penalty for a late fall by Salieu Drammeh, although the footage seems to show a foot being stood on. The VAR did not…
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Cucurella hands the referee his red card back, Freddy wants him on Sundays
Spain beat Croatia 1-2 in Split in the Nations League thanks to a Mikel Merino double, after Ivan Perisic was sent off in the 79th minute. Referee Erik Lambrechts dropped his red…
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A penalty retaken ends in a saved panenka, Marcel watches the goal line
In the last 32 of the Croky Cup (Belgium’s national cup), Axel Benoit’s penalty for Olympic Charleroi was saved, retaken because goalkeeper Thiebault Bartholomé was ruled too far off his line, then…
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Lardot wants referees to blow earlier, Freddy knows the quarter-hour that boils
Bahmed Deuff was sent off twenty minutes from the end of Antwerp – Union Saint-Gilloise, on a second yellow card for a shirt pull on Zeneli. On Monday on DAZN, Jonathan Lardot…
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Real Madrid attack the referee in an official statement, Nadine recognises her WhatsApp group
Beaten 2-1 at Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid put out an official statement condemning referee Ortiz Arias and listing two incidents the club believes deserved a red card.
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Boukamir disputes the penalty and quotes his opponent, Louise looks for the form
In Charleroi’s 3-2 win over Cercle Bruges at the Mambourg, referee Anthony Letellier gave a penalty on 73 minutes for a foul by Amine Boukamir on Martens. Ngoura scored it. The 19-year-old…
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Six minutes of VAR for Anderlecht’s third goal, and Louise timed the silence
Anderlecht beat Zulte Waregem 3-0 on Saturday. The third goal, scored by Marten Winkler in the final phase, was only given after six minutes of video checking, with Ken Vermeiren on VAR…