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#Post#: 112148--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Nations League 2026/27
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: September 25, 2026, 4:26 pm
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Gillett with ten yellows, one red and a reported brawl at the
end in Hungary tonight…
We await bmb on who was being childish!
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Re: UEFA Nations League 2026/27
DIR By: bmb
Date: September 25, 2026, 5:09 pm
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--- Quote from: TheThingFromLewes link ---
>
> Gillett with ten yellows, one red and a reported brawl at the
end in Hungary tonight…
>
> We await bmb on who was being childish!
>
>
--- End Quote ---
I can't say any of the YC were wrong, the red was a YYR and both
YC correct, so...
As to the brawl. Well first off it's worth mentioning that there
are political tensions between the nations right now, have been
for years and the topic of the poor treatment of ethnic
Hungarians in Ukraine has been raised again recently and
discussed at EU level. Significant progress has been made with
our new PM & President Zelensky and promises have been made -
the sticking point being Hungary won't support Ukraine joining
the EU until the promised improvements have happened and become
law, Ukraine say they won't enact them before that so it's a bit
tense right now, at least they are talking and hearing each
other out now which has been long awaited.
So the game was getting tetchy in maybe the last 20 mins or so,
some silly tackles - both teams, some even sillier revenge
tackles - both teams, there were some instances where Tom Daley
was on the phone demanding his swimming pool back and Szobo,
Milos and Barany I'm looking at you mostly! Late challenge in
front of Neil Davis near to 90 mins, not long after the red
card, Szobo took umbrage at it & was having words with the
Ukraine captain, Milos stepped between them, rather too
aggressively, he ended up in a bit of a scuffle with 2 of their
players who wrestled him to the ground, again rather
aggressively, the 2 captains were chest to chest at this point
and it was clearly quite heated. Next thing everyone bar team
ref had joined in - all 22 players and every single person from
both benches, some wanting to scrap, others trying to calm it
down and pull people apart. Neither team come out of it looking
good, neither were innocent, neither were the most guilty, they
were both as bad as each other. The crowd were pelting them with
what looked like the paper coffee cups as well. Took about 5
mins or so before it started to calm back down and both lots of
benches were ushered back to where they belonged and both sets
of players back onto the pitch, there were 3/4 YC for that
alone. Could possibly have been more and may end being so once
the video is analysed.
I expect big fines for both nations and possible extra sanctions
for Hungary being the home team. It was disgusting to watch/see.
Both teams and officials should be hanging their heads in shame
right now. Shameful behaviour from the lot of them.
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Re: UEFA Nations League 2026/27
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: September 25, 2026, 5:29 pm
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--- Quote from: bmb link ---
>
> [quote author=TheThingFromLewes
link=topic=8422.msg112148#msg112148 date=1790371619]
> Gillett with ten yellows, one red and a reported brawl at the
end in Hungary tonight…
>
> We await bmb on who was being childish!
>
>
--- End Quote ---
I can't say any of the YC were wrong, the red was a YYR and both
YC correct, so...
As to the brawl. Well first off it's worth mentioning that there
are political tensions between the nations right now, have been
for years and the topic of the poor treatment of ethnic
Hungarians in Ukraine has been raised again recently and
discussed at EU level. Significant progress has been made with
our new PM & President Zelensky and promises have been made -
the sticking point being Hungary won't support Ukraine joining
the EU until the promised improvements have happened and become
law, Ukraine say they won't enact them before that so it's a bit
tense right now, at least they are talking and hearing each
other out now which has been long awaited.
So the game was getting tetchy in maybe the last 20 mins or so,
some silly tackles - both teams, some even sillier revenge
tackles - both teams, there were some instances where Tom Daley
was on the phone demanding his swimming pool back and Szobo,
Milos and Barany I'm looking at you mostly! Late challenge in
front of Neil Davis near to 90 mins, not long after the red
card, Szobo took umbrage at it & was having words with the
Ukraine captain, Milos stepped between them, rather too
aggressively, he ended up in a bit of a scuffle with 2 of their
players who wrestled him to the ground, again rather
aggressively, the 2 captains were chest to chest at this point
and it was clearly quite heated. Next thing everyone bar team
ref had joined in - all 22 players and every single person from
both benches, some wanting to scrap, others trying to calm it
down and pull people apart. Neither team come out of it looking
good, neither were innocent, neither were the most guilty, they
were both as bad as each other. The crowd were pelting them with
what looked like the paper coffee cups as well. Took about 5
mins or so before it started to calm back down and both lots of
benches were ushered back to where they belonged and both sets
of players back onto the pitch, there were 3/4 YC for that
alone. Could possibly have been more and may end being so once
the video is analysed.
I expect big fines for both nations and possible extra sanctions
for Hungary being the home team. It was disgusting to watch/see.
Both teams and officials should be hanging their heads in shame
right now. Shameful behaviour from the lot of them.
[/quote]
Please forgive me here but you say the officials should be
hanging their heads in shame. Why? Was this something that
could’ve been prevented by intervening quicker? Once a mass
confrontation starts, officials are told to stand back from it
and take it all in and sanction appropriately when it’s all
calmed down. Apart from a few long blows of the whistle, all you
can do is wait. It may not seem like the right thing to do but
there’s little other option. There aren’t enough officials
around once every player and staff member comes steaming in to
add to the confrontation.
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Re: UEFA Nations League 2026/27
DIR By: bmb
Date: September 25, 2026, 5:36 pm
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--- Quote from: TA_Ref link ---
>
> Please forgive me here but you say the officials should be
hanging their heads in shame. Why? Was this something that
could’ve been prevented by intervening quicker? Once a mass
confrontation starts, officials are told to stand back from it
and take it all in and sanction appropriately when it’s all
calmed down. Apart from a few long blows of the whistle, all you
can do is wait. It may not seem like the right thing to do but
there’s little other option. There aren’t enough officials
around once every player and staff member comes steaming in to
add to the confrontation.
>
--- End Quote ---
Not the match officials - the officials from the National teams.
The match officials are the only ones who came out of this
looking like adults!
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Re: UEFA Nations League 2026/27
DIR By: bmb
Date: September 25, 2026, 5:37 pm
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Some footage of part of the brawl
HTML https://x.com/ZoryaLondonsk/status/2103597845781815362?s=20
#Post#: 112157--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Nations League 2026/27
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: September 25, 2026, 5:40 pm
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--- Quote from: bmb link ---
>
> [quote author=TA_Ref link=topic=8422.msg112154#msg112154
date=1790375372]
> Please forgive me here but you say the officials should be
hanging their heads in shame. Why? Was this something that
could’ve been prevented by intervening quicker? Once a mass
confrontation starts, officials are told to stand back from it
and take it all in and sanction appropriately when it’s all
calmed down. Apart from a few long blows of the whistle, all you
can do is wait. It may not seem like the right thing to do but
there’s little other option. There aren’t enough officials
around once every player and staff member comes steaming in to
add to the confrontation.
>
--- End Quote ---
Not the match officials - the officials from the National teams.
The match officials are the only ones who came out of this
looking like adults!
[/quote]
Ah, sorry! I wasn’t thinking anywhere close to along those
lines. I’m too used to officials meaning referees 😂.
Sorry about that.
#Post#: 112159--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Nations League 2026/27
DIR By: ben
Date: September 26, 2026, 4:58 am
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Monday 28 September 2026
League C, Group 2
18:00 CET - Yerevan (Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan)
ARMENIA vs. MONTENEGRO
Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Adrián Díaz González ESP
Fourth Official: Miguel Sesma Espinosa ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák CZE
UEFA Delegate: Jan Kořínek CZE
League C, Group 2
18:00 CET - Riga (Skonto Stadions)
LATVIA vs. CYPRUS
Referee: Michal Očenáš SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Jekkel SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Tobiáš Pacák SVK
Fourth Official: Ivan Kružliak SVK
Video Assistant Referee: Martin Dohal SVK
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Koukoulakis GRE
UEFA Delegate: Gilles Petitmangin FRA
League B, Group 2
18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadze National Stadium)
GEORGIA vs. UKRAINE
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Amirali AZE
Fourth Official: Rauf Cabarov AZE
Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ingilab Mammadov AZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Aleksandar Stavrev MKD
UEFA Delegate: Roxana Berceanu ROU
League B, Group 4
20:45 CET - Bucharest (Arena Națională)
ROMANIA vs. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: Luis Godinho POR
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Martins POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Almeida POR
Fourth Official: Fabio Verissimo POR
Video Assistant Referee: Fábio Oliveira Melo POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Helder Malheiro POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Alon Yefet ISR
UEFA Delegate: Aristeidis Stavropoulos GRE
League B, Group 4
20:45 CET - Solna (Strawberry Arena)
SWEDEN vs. POLAND
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Alfredo Rodriguez Moreno ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Álvarez Fernández ESP
Fourth Official: Victor Garcia Verdura ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva
ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer LUX
UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel ENG
League B, Group 2
20:45 CET - Belfast (Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor
Park)
NORTHERN IRELAND vs. HUNGARY
Referee: Ricardo De Burgos ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Iker De Francisco ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iván Masso Granado ESP
Fourth Official: Adrian Cordero ESP
Video Assistant Referee: César Soto Grado ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alejandro Muńiz Ruiz ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Sars FRA
UEFA Delegate: Carlos Filipe Lucas De Sá POR
League A, Group 1
20:45 CET - Brussels (King Baudouin Stadium)
BELGIUM vs. FRANCE
Referee: Rade Obrenovič SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Matej Žunič SVN
Fourth Official: Martin Matoša SVN
Video Assistant Referee: Matej Jug SVN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alen Borošak SVN
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz AUT
UEFA Delegate: Kurt Zuppinger SUI
League A, Group 1
20:45 CET - Bursa (Atatürk Spor Kompleksi Matlı Stadyumu)
TÜRKIYE vs. ITALY
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: Darren England ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Matthew Donohue ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Sippel GER
UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák SVK
#Post#: 112160--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Nations League 2026/27
DIR By: HChip
Date: September 26, 2026, 5:08 am
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Ireland haven’t turned up for their scheduled Press Conference
and Training as of yet, and are expected to be heavily
sanctioned. Some also in doubt that their game vs Israel will go
ahead.
#Post#: 112161--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Nations League 2026/27
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: September 26, 2026, 6:12 am
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Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea under the bmb radar!!
Good game for Oliver in Turkey and an important observer for
Obrenovic and his big match.
#Post#: 112162--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Nations League 2026/27
DIR By: rustyref
Date: September 26, 2026, 6:36 am
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--- Quote from: BabyRef link ---
>
> That Ireland v Israel game could be very fractious given the
political backdrop - surprised they haven't given it to one of
the big hitters
>
--- End Quote ---
Sounds like it might not be happening. The Irish players didn’t
turn up for their scheduled training session and are reported to
be at their hotel discussing whether to play or not.
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