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       #Post#: 95236--------------------------------------------------
       Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/2026
       By: TheThingFromLewes Date: September 14, 2025, 4:07 am
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       [quote author=HChip link=topic=7048.msg95235#msg95235
       date=1757840582]
       Obviously he would have hopefully learnt from his mistake but
       having Salisbury as VAR when there are other options, any
       mistake could lead to a lot of controversy….
       I wouldn’t be as concerned if he was AVAR, but you never know.
       Everyone learns from their mistakes at somepoint!
       [/quote]
       And an important observer too in Cantelejo.
       #Post#: 95253--------------------------------------------------
       Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/2026
       By: referee12 Date: September 14, 2025, 8:45 am
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       Well done to Taylor for getting a game on the opening night
       hopefully Oliver or any of our other fifa refs who are not part
       of Taylor’s team get a game as well!!!
       #Post#: 95281--------------------------------------------------
       Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/2026
       By: ben Date: September 15, 2025, 3:09 am
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       Wednesday 17 September 2025
       18:45 CET - Piraeus (Stádio Geórgios Karaďskákis)
       OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE) - PAFOS FC (CYP)
       Referee: István Kovács ROU
       Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU
       Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
       Fourth Official: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU
       Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Popa ROU
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marcel Birsan ROU
       UEFA Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman NED
       UEFA Delegate: Artur Azaryan ARM
       18:45 CET - Prague (Fortuna Arena)
       SK SLAVIA PRAHA (CZE) - FK BODŘ/GLIMT (NOR)
       Referee: Marian Barbu ROU
       Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu ROU
       Assistant Referee 2: George Florin Neacsu ROU
       Fourth Official: Sebastian Colţescu ROU
       Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Bebek CRO
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan ROU
       UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín ESP
       UEFA Delegate: Aristídis Stavrópoulos GRE
       21:00 CET - Paris (Parc des Princes)
       PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA) - ATALANTA BC (ITA)
       Referee: Sandro Schärer SUI
       Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida SUI
       Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Erni SUI
       Fourth Official: Lionel Tschudi SUI
       Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI
       UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Atkinson ENG
       UEFA Delegate: Iain Blair SCO
       21:00 CET - Munich (Allianz Arena)
       FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER) - CHELSEA FC (ENG)
       Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez ESP
       Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabańero Martínez ESP
       Assistant Referee 2: Ińigo Prieto López de Ceraín ESP
       Fourth Official: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
       Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink NED
       UEFA Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev BUL
       UEFA Delegate: Könül Mehtiyeva AZE
       21:00 CET - Liverpool (Anfield)
       LIVERPOOL FC (ENG) - CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP)
       Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
       Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
       Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
       Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
       Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
       UEFA Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere BEL
       UEFA Delegate: Joăo Morais POR
       21:00 CET - Amsterdam (Johan Cruijff ArenA)
       AFC AJAX (NED) - FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA)
       Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
       Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
       Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
       Fourth Official: Sam Barrott ENG
       Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett ENG
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Michael Salisbury ENG
       UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan ARM
       UEFA Delegate: Claude Runavot FRA
       #Post#: 95282--------------------------------------------------
       Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/2026
       By: RCG Date: September 15, 2025, 3:23 am
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       [quote author=HChip link=topic=7048.msg95235#msg95235
       date=1757840582]
       Obviously he would have hopefully learnt from his mistake but
       having Salisbury as VAR when there are other options, any
       mistake could lead to a lot of controversy….
       I wouldn’t be as concerned if he was AVAR, but you never know.
       Everyone learns from their mistakes at somepoint!
       [/quote]
       Now we know why, as roles are reversed on Wednesday
       #Post#: 95294--------------------------------------------------
       Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/2026
       By: TheThingFromLewes Date: September 15, 2025, 10:09 am
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       Are there two Sandro Scharers? lol.
       #Post#: 95320--------------------------------------------------
       Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/2026
       By: ben Date: September 15, 2025, 12:08 pm
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       [quote author=TheThingFromLewes
       link=topic=7048.msg95294#msg95294 date=1757948959]
       Are there two Sandro Scharers? lol.
       [/quote]
       Fixed!
       #Post#: 95325--------------------------------------------------
       Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/2026
       By: Vassago Date: September 15, 2025, 12:59 pm
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       Polish media report Damian Sylwestrzak has been chosen for
       Sporting Lisbon vs Kairat Almaty which would be his UCL debut.
       #Post#: 95337--------------------------------------------------
       Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/2026
       By: ben Date: September 16, 2025, 3:07 am
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       Thursday 18 September 2025
       18:45 CET - Bruges (Jan Breydelstadion)
       CLUB BRUGGE (BEL) - AS MONACO FC (FRA)
       Referee: Simone Sozza ITA
       Assistant Referee 1: Alessio Berti ITA
       Assistant Referee 2: Davide Imperiale ITA
       Fourth Official: Davide Massa ITA
       Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
       UEFA Referee Observer: Howard Webb ENG
       UEFA Delegate: Patricia González García ESP
       18:45 CET - Copenhagen (Parken - Connected by 3)
       FC KŘBENHAVN (DEN) - BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (GER)
       Referee: Əliyar Ağayev AZE
       Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov AZE
       Assistant Referee 2: Akif Amirali AZE
       Fourth Official: Elchin Masiyev AZE
       Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink NED
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alen Borošak SVN
       UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav BIH
       UEFA Delegate: Paul Daniel Zaharia ROU
       21:00 CET - Manchester (Etihad Stadium)
       MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG) - SSC NAPOLI (ITA)
       Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
       Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
       Assistant Referee 2: Christian Dietz GER
       Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER
       Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
       UEFA Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský SVK
       UEFA Delegate: Nils Řyvind Fisketjřnn NOR
       21:00 CET - Frankfurt am Main (Deutsche Bank Park)
       EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (GER) - GALATASARAY (TUR)
       Referee: Marco Guida ITA
       Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA
       Assistant Referee 2: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA
       Fourth Official: Daniele Chiffi ITA
       Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED
       UEFA Referee Observer: Jon Eilif Skjervold NOR
       UEFA Delegate: István Huszár HUN
       21:00 CET - Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade)
       SPORTING CP (POR) - QAİRAT FK (KAZ)
       Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak POL
       Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki POL
       Assistant Referee 2: Adam Karasewicz POL
       Fourth Official: Marcin Kochanek POL
       Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
       UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP
       UEFA Delegate: Dane Jošt SVN
       21:00 CET - Newcastle upon Tyne (St. James’ Park)
       NEWCASTLE UNITED FC (ENG) - FC BARCELONA (ESP)
       Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
       Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
       Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
       Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck SWE
       Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL
       UEFA Referee Observer: Jan Willem Wegereef NED
       UEFA Delegate: Arturs Gaidels LVA
       #Post#: 95362--------------------------------------------------
       Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/2026
       By: TA_Ref Date: September 16, 2025, 1:47 pm
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       Thought Donatas Rumsas had a good game in what was a loud
       atmosphere in Bilbao. Never seen him officiate before but he
       looked good. Let the game breathe, let it be physical and
       occasionally didnt fall for some theatrics.
       Good to see YC’s for delaying the restart and, a typical Arsenal
       trait, taking too long to take a corner.
       Edit - Watched the other North London team tonight was less
       impressed with the referee, Rade Obrenovic. Thought he was
       inconsistent from the get go, similar incidents being treated
       differently. No YC’s for a while and then they all seemed to
       come at once (some of them not wrong).
       3 incidents to write about.
       1) Knowing UEFA’s handball guidelines, I was surprised that
       Tottenham were not awarded a penalty in the first half after the
       ball bounced up and hit an outstretched Villareal arm. No
       penalty given on field and no OFR recommend. Unless the
       guidelines have changed then I think this was the wrong call by
       referee and VAR.
       2) Xavi Simons was extremely fortunate to remain on the pitch
       after a challenge where he made a careless challenge, bordering
       reckless which I also thought was SPA. Villareal manager was
       booked for his protests. (This would’ve been a second YC)
       3) I thought Micky Van de Ven was also extremely fortunate to
       remain on the pitch as, I thought the foul late on on the
       forward was a case of DOGSO, the attacker had a good position,
       in close proximity to the ball and I don’t think Romero was
       close to enough to pressure. I thought it was a clear goal
       scoring opportunity. However, yellow given on field and backed
       up by VAR.
       Two referees who in my opinion have vastly different
       performances
       #Post#: 95368--------------------------------------------------
       Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/2026
       By: ajb95 Date: September 17, 2025, 10:34 am
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       [quote author=TA_Ref link=topic=7048.msg95362#msg95362
       date=1758048442]
       Thought Donatas Rumsas had a good game in what was a loud
       atmosphere in Bilbao. Never seen him officiate before but he
       looked good. Let the game breathe, let it be physical and
       occasionally didnt fall for some theatrics.
       Good to see YC’s for delaying the restart and, a typical Arsenal
       trait, taking too long to take a corner.
       Edit - Watched the other North London team tonight was less
       impressed with the referee, Rade Obrenovic. Thought he was
       inconsistent from the get go, similar incidents being treated
       differently. No YC’s for a while and then they all seemed to
       come at once (some of them not wrong).
       3 incidents to write about.
       1) Knowing UEFA’s handball guidelines, I was surprised that
       Tottenham were not awarded a penalty in the first half after the
       ball bounced up and hit an outstretched Villareal arm. No
       penalty given on field and no OFR recommend. Unless the
       guidelines have changed then I think this was the wrong call by
       referee and VAR.
       2) Xavi Simons was extremely fortunate to remain on the pitch
       after a challenge where he made a careless challenge, bordering
       reckless which I also thought was SPA. Villareal manager was
       booked for his protests. (This would’ve been a second YC)
       3) I thought Micky Van de Ven was also extremely fortunate to
       remain on the pitch as, I thought the foul late on on the
       forward was a case of DOGSO, the attacker had a good position,
       in close proximity to the ball and I don’t think Romero was
       close to enough to pressure. I thought it was a clear goal
       scoring opportunity. However, yellow given on field and backed
       up by VAR.
       Two referees who in my opinion have vastly different
       performances
       [/quote]
       Agree with first 2 points but not DOGSO for me by VdV. Player
       going away from goal
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