Some people are saying that the referees mic should be open during games this is why not! This is a video clip of an experiment from the 80′s where David Ellerary was mic’d up during a Milwall vs Arsenal match
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.
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.
Denmark vs Portugal
Referee Craig Thomson (SCO)
Assistant referees Alasdair Ross (SCO), Derek Rose (SCO)
Additional assistant referees William Collum (SCO), Euan Norris (SCO)
Fourth official Viktor Shvetsov (UKR)
Reserve official Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR)
UEFA Delegate Jozef Kliment (SVK)
UEFA Referee observer Jaap Uilenberg (NED)
Holland vs Germany
Referee Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant referees Stefan Wittberg (SWE), Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Additional assistant referees Markus Strömbergsson (SWE), Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Fourth official Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
Reserve official Damien MacGraith (IRL)
UEFA Delegate Ainar Leppänen (EST)
UEFA Referee observer Marc Batta (FRA)
Greece vs Czech Republic
Match officials
Referee Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)
Assistant referees Frédéric Cano (FRA), Michael Annonier (FRA)
Additional assistant referees Fredy Fautrel (FRA), Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Fourth official Matej Jug (SVN)
Reserve official Primož Arhar (SVN)
UEFA Delegate Nodar Akhalkatsi (GEO)
UEFA Referee observer Bo Karlsson (SWE)
Polland vs Russia
Referee Wolfgang Stark (GER)
Assistant referees Jan-Hendrik Salver (GER), Mike Pickel (GER)
Additional assistant referees Florian Meyer (GER), Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Fourth official István Vad (HUN)
Reserve official Gabor Erös (HUN)
UEFA Delegate Geir Thorsteinsson (ISL)
UEFA Referee observer Hugh Dallas (SCO)
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.”
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) |
