12 CHNCRC Vassáras
HIGHLIGHTS
Very good performance by the referee from Greece - surely the least sonorous game so far certainly delivered the weakest piece of football therehence. Vassáras read this game to a tee, though we are left with a couple of problematic situations.
In the opening stages, referee operated a very lenient foul selection, even waving down a correct flag from his AR Jaap Pool, helping the pace of the game. When the game slowed down, he adeptly changed his tack, and blew for normal fouls.
In the lenient period, Vassáras chose to punish two fouls with cautions, one for SPA and another for being reckless (nowadays, a Red Card, I think). Greek referee immediately showed that he wasn't going to tolerate foul play - and he did have to hold his nerve both times, as it was possible that players would keep fouling and we could have had very high card numbers - but it payed off as the players got the message.
He ought to have issued a caution at 44', that even looked close to an SFP. His law-enforcer approach in the 2H was good and well-suited to the game (you could argue not all of them were necessary?), I would highlight an excellent card at 77' given after an advantage.
However, there were two Key Match Incidents where - arguably - the referees team were crucially mistaken:
12' Foul? If so, SFP? DOGSO?
Despite playing the ball, the defender makes a clear contact with the attacker. I would assess the foul as dark reckless; attacker is felled by that touch, though he gets back up again, but not in time to take advantage of his clear goal-scoring chance.
-> Theoretically, this is a missed freekick and a Red Card (DOGSO). Considering though that the defender did first play the ball, I would not assign a crucial mistake here.
59' Penalty?
Ball is quickly cleared forward, catching the referee out, though AR Carlos Matos has the forthcoming situation in his visual control. The defender clearly kicks the attacker who has won the position, and was tripped up.
-> I would much prefer to have seen a penalty given; however, as the attacker was unlikely to have reached the ball anyway, AR Matos and Vassáras (who might not have seen the situation at all), were not objectively wrong here to play on.
Carlos Matos was busy, especially in the 2H, however the only situation replayed by the broadcaster he made an important mistake in to raise the flag. Jaap Pool only had one offside, which was well-seen.
China 0-3 Costa Rica
Group Stage
Very good performance by the referee from Greece - surely the least sonorous game so far certainly delivered the weakest piece of football therehence. Vassáras read this game to a tee, though we are left with a couple of problematic situations.
In the opening stages, referee operated a very lenient foul selection, even waving down a correct flag from his AR Jaap Pool, helping the pace of the game. When the game slowed down, he adeptly changed his tack, and blew for normal fouls.
In the lenient period, Vassáras chose to punish two fouls with cautions, one for SPA and another for being reckless (nowadays, a Red Card, I think). Greek referee immediately showed that he wasn't going to tolerate foul play - and he did have to hold his nerve both times, as it was possible that players would keep fouling and we could have had very high card numbers - but it payed off as the players got the message.
He ought to have issued a caution at 44', that even looked close to an SFP. His law-enforcer approach in the 2H was good and well-suited to the game (you could argue not all of them were necessary?), I would highlight an excellent card at 77' given after an advantage.
However, there were two Key Match Incidents where - arguably - the referees team were crucially mistaken:
12' Foul? If so, SFP? DOGSO?
Despite playing the ball, the defender makes a clear contact with the attacker. I would assess the foul as dark reckless; attacker is felled by that touch, though he gets back up again, but not in time to take advantage of his clear goal-scoring chance.
-> Theoretically, this is a missed freekick and a Red Card (DOGSO). Considering though that the defender did first play the ball, I would not assign a crucial mistake here.
59' Penalty?
Ball is quickly cleared forward, catching the referee out, though AR Carlos Matos has the forthcoming situation in his visual control. The defender clearly kicks the attacker who has won the position, and was tripped up.
-> I would much prefer to have seen a penalty given; however, as the attacker was unlikely to have reached the ball anyway, AR Matos and Vassáras (who might not have seen the situation at all), were not objectively wrong here to play on.
Carlos Matos was busy, especially in the 2H, however the only situation replayed by the broadcaster he made an important mistake in to raise the flag. Jaap Pool only had one offside, which was well-seen.
| Kýros Vassáras - 8,5 Carlos Matos - 8,3 Jaap Pool - 8,4 Anders Frisk (GRE, POR, NED) | |
 Tie Li (60.) - Tackle Xu (72.) - SPA (Holding) Li Xiaopeng (77.) - Tackle | Marín (15.) - SPA (Tripping) Solís (17.) - Tackle Gómez (79.) - Lack of Respect (Holding) Centeno (85.) - Lack of Respect (Holding) |
Group Stage
Good performance, here what was mostly needed was a disciplinarian who was ready to step in when the game got rough or there were blatant offences that needed sanctions to keep the players "happy". Vassáras was just that judging from the highlights.
ReplyDeleteDecision-wise, I can only repeat tha mantra for 2002 seemingly was all is fair if you get the ball. 12' fits perfectly in it, for me a DOGSO with SFP character, but since the player did not "milk the foul" and there was some ball played, everybody was fine with the carry on. I would also say: Penalty missed in 59', no doubts about the clear contact by the Chinese player. Crucial mistake IMHO.
Good disciplinary control, these days there would be few of these given, but most offences were quite blatant and consequently punishing them helped the game. I found the foul in 2' borderline (quite harsh tackle + SPA factor?) and 44' looked hard, but again: no complaints, no reaction.
Overall, I liked this performance, he did what the game needed here. One crucial mistake though, even if we let the DOGSO/SFP slide.