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Match Officials for Final Group A & B Games #Euro2012

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Saturday 16th  Czech Republic vs Poland

Referee Craig Thomson (SCO)
Assistant referees Alasdair Ross (SCO), Derek Rose (SCO)
Additional assistant referees William Collum (SCO), Euan Norris (SCO)
Fourth official Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Reserve official Frédéric Cano (FRA)

Thomson has worked at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, although his career highlights remain his ‘Old Firm’ games between Celtic FC and Rangers FC, the 2007, 2010 and 2011 Scottish League Cup finals and the 2009 Scottish Cup final.  He officiated the Denmark vs Portugal thriller during matchday 2.

Greece vs Russia

Referee Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant referees Stefan Wittberg (SWE), Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Additional assistant referees Markus Strömbergsson (SWE), Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Fourth official Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Reserve official Bahattin Duran (TUR)

Sunday 17th Denmark vs Germany

Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant referees Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP), Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Additional assistant referees David Fernández Borbalán (ESP), Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)
Fourth official Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Reserve official Peter Kirkup (ENG)

This will be Carlos Velasco Carabllo first game at the tournament since the opening game.

Portugal vs Netherlands

Referee Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)

Assistant referees Renato Faverani (ITA), Andrea Stefani (ITA)

Additional assistant referees Gianluca Rocchi (ITA), Paolo Tagliavento (ITA)

Fourth official Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Reserve official Michael Mullarkey (ENG)

Match Officials Sweden vs England #Euro2012

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The lucky people who get to be blamed for Englands performance tonight against Sweden are

Referee Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant referees Primož Arhar (SVN), Matej Žunič (SVN)
Additional assistant referees Matej Jug (SVN), Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Fourth official Florian Meyer (GER)
Reserve official Jan-Hendrik Salver (GER)

Damir is 36 years old and Referee’d the Denmark vs Holland game earlier in the tournament.

Match Officials – Ukraine vs France #Euro2012

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The match officials for todays Ukraine vs France match at Euro 2012 are

Referee Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant referees Sander van Roekel (NED), Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional assistant referees Pol van Boekel (NED), Richard Liesveld (NED)
Fourth official Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
Reserve official Damien MacGraith (IRL)

Björn Kuipers has been a FIFA referee since 2006 and refereed the Croatia vs Ireland match earlier in the tournament.

Referee’s can stop games for Racism says Platini

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The President of UEFA, former internationally ...

Michel Platini has stated that if the Referee‘s feel appropriate they have the powers to stop games if there is racism during the Euro’s.  The BBC is reporting this as following the panorama programme last week they have been on a bit of a mission (rightly so) to highlight the issues with fans in Poland and Ukraine and the racist chants from them.

Platini insists officials will book any player who walks off the pitch without permission – even if they are a victim of racial abuse.

“It’s a yellow card. It’s not a player – Mr Balotelli – who’s in charge of refereeing. It’s the referee who takes these decisions.

“So the referee has been given advice and he can stop the game if there are problems.”

I had a conversation at work with someone following the programme and the fact that you could really create this type of programme using a set of fans from any country. You just have to find the “right” fans.  Lets be honest there have been problems in France where PSG Fans fight amongst themselves, and also in Italy.

Platini said “You can go in France, United States, in England and you will find the problem of racism. You have more nationalists in many, many countries in east of Europe – that is true.”

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#Referee Appointments for Opening #Euro2012 Games

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Uefa have confirmed the appointments for the opening set of games for the Euro’s. Spains Carlos Caballo will take charge of the opening game between the Hosts Poland and 2004 winners Greece.   The 2010 world cup final referee Howard Webb will take charge of the evening match on the opening day between Russia & the Czech Republic.


 Match Referee Assistant Referee 1 Assistant Referee 2 Additional Assistant Referee 1 Additional Assistant Referee 2 4th Official
8 June POL – GRE  Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP) Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (ESP) David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP) Carlos Clos Gomez (ESP) Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
8 June RUS – CZE  Howard Webb (ENG) Michael Mullarkey (ENG) Peter Kirkup (ENG) Martin Atkinson (ENG) Mark Clattenburg (ENG) Manuel De Sousa (POR)
9 June NED – DEN  Damir Skomina (SLO) Primoz Arhar (SLO) Matej Žunič (SLO) Matej Jug (SLO)  Slavko Vinčič (SLO) Pavel Kralovec (SLO)
9 June GER – POR  Stéphane Lannoy (FRA) Frédéric Cano (FRA) Michael Annonier (FRA) Fredy Fautrel (FRA) Ruddy Buquet (FRA) Marcin Borski (POL)
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Graham Poll’s guide to the Euro 2012 Officials

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With the Euro’s kicking off on Friday, Graham Poll has put together a rundown of the Referee‘s who will take charge of the fixtures doing the tournament.  With some new names its worth a look, and with the first set of fixtures due out tomorrow.  It’s a chance to learn a bit more about the man who the English press will slaughter when a decision goes against England.

Link to the run down.

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