Recent content by santa sangria

Wow - Finland-Holland in Helsinki. Finland equalized with 1 second remaining. Went to penalties. Spanish refs. One big call, 6th foul, where one cut the grass and the other gave it. And there was a vicious off the ball hand straight arm to the face missed. Quite eccentric ref who was kinda...

I do our womens prem futsal and they are all on a pay TV channel. The old age final from Sunday not. Not a spectator sport! Tonight though I am about to see real live international futsal!

Take it as a complement. Seems like he didn’t have much real stuff to improve on and he doesn’t want you to get complacent. The mark is not ideal but you are obviously doing a lot really well. Next game!

I thought she was a keeper!

If all were cleared out of the box by defenders, are they interpreting play as stopped before the attackers touch the ball (even if that’s a second or two before the whistle)?

Did you watch with the “new” floaty camera angle? The coverage I watched showed much more of the field, players and benches for large chunks of the game - which was great TBH. And it made it soooo obvious that Arteta is camped the wrong side of the line. Drove me nuts. Presents so poorly on...

Talked about before… by the law, it’s deliberate handball. In high level matches it needs to be whistled. 14 and under away from elite - for me - especially 12 and under - I won’t whistle. Common sense. Especially not a penalty or ball with power. If anything, at U9 I might even stop the game...

Where I was looking was if the initial contact in the back was the only foul or if there was also a trip. Whether or not that would affect the location as an advantage-separate foul is another matter. In the United were lucky. And Bournemouth paid for not taking their chances earlier...

It is hard. I also found the emotional side really hard for a few years TBH. Seems like you are very lonely out there. I learned to love refereeing through running the line. It was the better matches, camaraderie, community, learning from better refs, going through tough incidents together...

When you have experienced ARs/4th (and mics) then it’s easier to share responsibilities. For the top matches I do (no 4th) the ”best” refs will have comms/mics, great briefs (!) and AR2 monitors all time (and keys;)). Mics are a big advantage - no surprises.

Hmm but a final might not be the best time to use comms for the first time - especially for assistants. Easier to remind the fourth to look for your hand signal just before the 90. And in the pre match remind that it is a minimum.

And do post here. As you can see from the thread count here there are not too many futsal referees here but at least there’s myself and one other (see what I did there);) Our futsal season is just ending (different country;)). I had a special season, in a training group, five video reviews so...

Just saw the Saka pen appeal properly. Just embarrassing. The commentators, Hackett etc. should be ashamed.

This is a ceremony that varies by location. Where I am the ref (and ARs) always go to the centre circle. Some divisions it’s random handshakes, some nothing, some queue, some do a line up, clap and then shakes, and at our high level youth matches the players queue for shakes and the coaches...

I hear you. But that is a lot of cards. Have you had referees/assessors come and watch you?