La conversación futbolera hoy en Países Bajos gira en torno a un curioso gol anulado al mexicano Santiago Giménez. El Feyenoord igualó 1-1 ante el NEC Nijmegen, pero bien pudo haberse quedado con la victoria si el árbitro Serdar Gözübüyük no hubiera invalidado la conquista de Bebote en el minuto 95 de juego.
Christian Pulisic made a great impression on new Chelsea manager Graham Potter after assisting the game-winning goal of the Blues’ 2-1 victory vs. Crystal Palace on Saturday. The game was Potter’s first Premier League game in charge for Chelsea.
Pulisic sat on the bench for 84 minutes of the match and was brought on late in the game with the score tied 1-1. He only needed six minutes to make an impact as he assisted fellow substitute Conor Gallagher for the 90th minute game-winner.
While Mexico is still licking the wounds left by the 3-2 loss against Colombia in a friendly match played in Santa Clara, California, an unusual and unnoticed mistake made by U.S. referee Nima Saghafi is starting to make the rounds online. He let Colombia kick off both halves of the game.
We all know it. One team starts the game and the other restarts it in the second half, according to what is determined in the coin toss.
"Rule 8.1: Kick-Off
Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi will become the first female official to take charge of a Serie A match when Sassuolo host Salernitana on Sunday, the Italian Referees' Association (AIA) said.
Ferrieri Caputi became the first woman to officiate a top-level Italian match last year when Cagliari played Cittadella in the Coppa Italia. She joined Serie A's officiating team in July.
"This is a historic moment," AIA president Alfredo Trentalange told a news conference on Wednesday.
Sophia Smith called out NWSL’s continuously awful officiating on Tuesday after the referees missed a clear foul on her in the Portland Thorns’ game vs. Kansas City Current game from Sunday. In the second half of Sunday’s game Smith was taken down in the box with a dangerous tackle from behind.
No foul was called, and one Twitter user posted the highlight asking how nothing was given from the referee. Smith responded, too.
It doesn't seem fair to even call it a tackle. A more apt description would be “murder attempt.” Wolves found itself behind early against Manchester City, but center back Nathan Collins almost killed Man City winger Jack Grealish with a ridiculous challenge, as City cruised to a 3-0 win.
A straight red card to Nathan Collins for this foul on Jack Grealish. Wolves are down to 10 men.
In what looked to be an unassuming clash between Italian giant Juventus and newly promoted Salernitana, VAR got all the headlines for all the wrong reasons. A 2-2 draw saw both sides take a point away from the match, but the Turin-based club will feel hard done after new images came out revealing the officiating crew made an appalling mistake, costing Juve two points.
The new "semi-automated offside technology" that's going to be used at the 2022 World Cup made its Champions League debut this week, and guess what, controversy and existential questions regarding humankind's dwindling agency in its own game — at the hands of the robots! — reigned supreme.
Carlos Salcedo regaló otra noche imborrable en la Liga MX. Y nuevamente por la razones incorrectas: un grosero error suyo le costó la derrota al FC Juárez en su visita al León y de paso se convirtió en el primer jugador de la competencia – del que tenemos registro – en tuitear en medio de un partido para quejarse del arbitraje.
Sí, así como lo leen.
The Premier League has asked referees' body PGMOL to review the decisions made by video assistant referees (VAR) in Chelsea's 2-1 win over West Ham and Newcastle United's goalless draw with Crystal Palace, British media reported on Sunday.