60 SENTUR Ruiz
HIGHLIGHTS
The biggest ever match in the football history of both Senegal and Turkey, and probably too in the career of Óscar Ruiz, who reached the Quarterfinal in his début World Cup. Both teams promised in the prior days to play a combative match, for which the referee from Colombia was well-prepared. In the end, the match was rather fair and a pleasant piece of football. Successful evening for the match officials, who stayed well out of focus with good officiating.
Óscar Ruiz's game-plan was targeted at preventing any escalation in a game which had the potential to explode at any moment. He attentively sought to open the cards, and after a reckless tackle at 12', duly obliged. Contrary to his other two matches, Ruiz tried to be a close-as-possible to as many duels for the ball as possible, and also used whistle language to work against any player-player conflicts. Actually, his tactic worked a bit better than probably even he expected - by the second half, if not earlier, the players were really only interested in playing football.
There were some smaller mistakes here-and-there, such as the caution given at 63', which prevent a higher mark.
Jorge Rattalino showed remarkable mental strength after his performance in the Korea - Italy game was publicly criticised by FIFA President Blatter, to have an exceptional performance here. He correctly disallowed a goal and was correct in a high number of tight situations. Well done. Miguel Giacomuzzi performed on an expected level.
The biggest ever match in the football history of both Senegal and Turkey, and probably too in the career of Óscar Ruiz, who reached the Quarterfinal in his début World Cup. Both teams promised in the prior days to play a combative match, for which the referee from Colombia was well-prepared. In the end, the match was rather fair and a pleasant piece of football. Successful evening for the match officials, who stayed well out of focus with good officiating.
Óscar Ruiz's game-plan was targeted at preventing any escalation in a game which had the potential to explode at any moment. He attentively sought to open the cards, and after a reckless tackle at 12', duly obliged. Contrary to his other two matches, Ruiz tried to be a close-as-possible to as many duels for the ball as possible, and also used whistle language to work against any player-player conflicts. Actually, his tactic worked a bit better than probably even he expected - by the second half, if not earlier, the players were really only interested in playing football.
There were some smaller mistakes here-and-there, such as the caution given at 63', which prevent a higher mark.
Jorge Rattalino showed remarkable mental strength after his performance in the Korea - Italy game was publicly criticised by FIFA President Blatter, to have an exceptional performance here. He correctly disallowed a goal and was correct in a high number of tight situations. Well done. Miguel Giacomuzzi performed on an expected level.
| Óscar Ruiz - 8,4 Jorge Rattalino - 8,7 Miguel Giacomuzzi - 8,4 Gilles Veissière (COL, ARG, PAR) |
Senegal 0-1 Turkey
(after sudden death extra time)
Quarterfinal
|
 Daf (12.) - Tackle Cissé (63.) - Persistent Infringement | Belözoğlu (21.) - Tackle Mansız (87.) - Persistent Infringement |
Why was Rattalino appointed again after his crucial mistake in Korea-Italy?
ReplyDeleteGiacomuzzi and Rattalino were the only CONMEBOL ARs retained by FIFA, with Fierro and Oliveira out.
DeleteI would add :
- Rattalino was an excellent AR, certainly amongst the best at the competition; his ONLY mistake of the whole competition was the very very crucial one in KORITA.
- Sánchez didn't get a third match despite deserving one, so perhaps it was 'compensation' for AFA.
He could be the best AR in the world, but such a crucial mistake should end his participation in this specific tournament.
DeleteI'm not saying your view isn't credible (it clearly is), but I just tried to give the best answer to your question possible, trying to work out why he was appointed again IN SPITE of what happened in KORITA, as that is quite interesting to work out.
DeleteThe coin toss was pretty awkward to watch - handshakes that are offered but not taken always are. Apart from that, I'd say a match without bigger controversies, but an interesting one, as there were quite a few scenes that showed us how refereeing was back in 2002 and how Ruiz was as a referee.
ReplyDeleteI have him picked for a referee who very well knows and feels when to use his cards. He was surely aware of the possibility of a card fest here and the opening card at 13' was a perfect gift. He balanced it really well in 21' for a tackle that back then wasn't always punished with a booking by his colleagues: there wasn't intense contact, but how he jumps in there justifies a booking. Ruiz did a good job, a signal that he wouldn't ignore such challenges while balancing the cards.
But apart from that, I would not say he was lenient, but certainly not out to punish everything stricly. TUR #3 was basically asking for a card in 52' and 56', if not for his tackles, then for his reaction. I think Ruiz considered that - back in 2002 - such challenges were not always whistled and therefore decided no to add further frustration by taking disciplinary measures. I do not agree but fully understand his reasoning.
Two penalty scenes were actually quite interesting: Turkish player is caught in 6' on the follow through. Back then nothing, at the WWC 2019 such a scene (hitpoint was way higher, but still) was given as pk + (S)YC after OFR. In 44', we have another shirt pull - if whistled I'd argue for RC for DOGSO, but we have seen that such a punishment wasn't applied even if the penalty had been whistled (SWENGA, BRACHN). It adds to a certain level of inconsistency regarding these calls we have seen so far. Still, nobody complained.
Otherwise, it was quite good. Cissé made his fourth foul (at least counting those in the highlights) in 63' and Ruiz surely booked him for PI. Problem was, it was a pretty clumsy fall by the Turkish player. Maybe Ruiz was trying to "catch" Cissé finally and he was seeing what he was expecting to see - another foul by the SEN captain. For 2002, I'd say 80' was a dive, but no pk and no YC is correct for me. I wonder how long Daf would have stayed on the pitch though: His late high boot in 90' - if whistled - would have been his third or so foul after his early booking....
A fascinating performance by Óscar Ruiz, I'd agree overall with your assessment. Nobody talked about him afterwards and FIFA were surely happy about that.