Unofficial Referee Observers Report

rbitro Internacional & The Third Team

(GHA) GHANA

4:1

UNITED STATES (USA)

Group A, 27 June 2013, 19:00 CET Kayseri (TUR) Match Officials Referee Assistant Referee 1 Assistant Referee 2 Fourth Official Blog Referee Observer
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Name Nawaf Shukralla Yaser Tulefat Ebrahim Saleh Carlos Vera Philipp S.

ORI BHR BHR BHR ECU GER

Mark1 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.3

Mark2 ---------

Difficulty3 Challenging Challenging Normal Normal

Final mark according to evaluation scale. Mark if the final mark had not been influenced by a crucial mistake (only in case of a crucial mistake, to be held empty if no crucial mistake occurred). Difficulty has to be integrated into the final mark. Levels of difficulty are: normal, challenging and very challenging. 4 Blog-Referee Observer =Inofficial referee observer appointed by the blog administrator.

Evaluation scale
(for referee, ARs and fourth official)

Description of the Marks Excellent. Very good. Important decision(s) correctly taken. Good. Expected level. Satisfactory with small areas for improvement. Satisfactory with important areas for improvement. One clear and important mistake, otherwise 8.3 or above. One clear and important mistake, otherwise 8.0 8.2. Below expectation, poor control, significant point(s) for improvement. Disappointing. Below expectation with one and clear important mistake or a performance with two or more clear and important mistakes. Unacceptable.

9.0 10.0 8.5 8.9 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.0 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.0 7.4 6.0 6.9

Small description of the match (extra-ordinary incidents etc.): In this match two teams met, who both could not win in the first two matches against Spain and France. So, they both needed a win to have a chance to reach the next round over the third place. This led to a fast and open match with many goal scoring opportunities. Ghana had far more and better chance and so their in the end clear win was deserved. Although the match was quite intense, both teams mostly behaved well and it offered not many challenges for the referee Shukralla. So the difficulty was challenging.

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Crucial Decisions (refer to penalty kicks, sending-off situations etc.) Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the referees decision At Ghanas first goal, the refereeing team made a wrong onside decision. The ball came to the scorer from a defenders leg, but it should nevertheless have been an offside call, because he was already offside, when his teammate touched the ball. It is not clear, whether it was the assistants fault, who maybe missed the offside 38 position at all or the referees fault, who maybe did not recognize the attackers touch of the ball or was not able to evaluate the situation correctly together with his assistant. Therefore I decided to consider this crucial mistake in the mark of both officials, but only with a small deduction. Yellow card for Lartey given for a situation in the box, when the match was stopped. His opponent fell down next to him and the reason seemed to be a 85 violent conduct, but we cannot be totally sure. Shukralla must have seen this situation, as he booked Lartey, but probably was also not sure enough to issue a red card.

Basic Observations (refer to the general application of the LotG, highlight the referees tactical approach, personality, match control, management of the teams and players, teamwork etc.). Please deploy short but precise and detailed sentences! Positive Points Good communication, used verbal warnings before cards and sometimes 1. explained his decisions to the players. Good control, in spite of an intense match one did not see him struggle. The 2. players always respected his decisions. 3. Good positioning, according to the instructions. Good decision to caution Ashia (84) after first letting play on due to the 4. advantage clause. Points for Improvement Consistency: One could not detect a clear line in his foul detection, because he 1. sometimes was quite strict and whistling for soft fouls, while he allowed heavier tacklings in other situations. The same counts for his card management, the first YC to Yedlin was too harsh, 2. later on, there were situations, where a card would have been adequate. 3. The strict part of his line was too strict for this match 4. 5. The crucial decisions (see above) Williamson could play 74 minutes with a bracelet until Shukralla recognized it and then correctly send him out to remove it.

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The referees character Physical Aspects Fitness / Stamina Always close to play without inferfering with it Flexible diagonal movement Positioning at set pieces Efficient positioning, having a good angle of vision to play Close to the penalty area, if needed Tactical Approach Description very lenient lenient medium X Yes Consistency in the tactical approach / style The tactical approach suited to the requirements of the match / the match benefitted from the tactical approach of the referee Ability to adapt the tactical approach if needed X X So-so No X X X X X X strict very strict + Expected X -

Further observations (peculiarities of the referee revealing his character) He seemed to be rather stressed than relaxed, however managed to sell his decisions in a convincing manner. His performance was shaped by two question marks about the crucial decisions (see above). Apart from these, he showed a still decent performance, but has to work on his consistency and to find clear lines in his matches.

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Assistant Referee 1
Please assess the first assistant referees performance. Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the ARs behaviour 38 1-90 See crucial decisions of the referee. Only few more decisions, nothing important

Assistant Referee 2
Please assess the second assistant referees performance. Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the ARs behaviour 1-90 No close decisions to evaluate, no mistakes.

Fourth Official
Please assess the fourth officials performance. Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the fourth officials behaviour full time Normal match, everything happened as it should, no peculiarities.