Unofficial Referee Observers Report

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(FRA) FRANCE

4:1

TURKEY (TUR)

Round of 16, 2 July 2013, 20:00 CET Gaziantep (TUR) Match Officials Referee Assistant Referee 1 Assistant Referee 2 Fourth Official Blog Observer
1 2 3

Name Alberto Undiano Mallenco Ral Cabaero Martnez Roberto Daz Prez Del Palomar Victor Carrillo Chefren

ORI ESP ESP ESP PER ITA

Mark1 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.3

Mark2

Difficulty3 Challenging Normal 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.):

Round of 16 in the FIFA U-20 WC 2013, match played between France (group A runner up) and Mexico (group C runner up). The referee appointed was Alberto Undiano Mallenco from Spain, at his second match after New Zealand Uruguay in the group stage. The game was played in Gaziantep at Kamil Ocak Stadium, in front of an attendance of 14,800, almost a sold out. Of course, we must underline the presence of the home team fans. The match in its progress was challenging for the referee, not that much for crucial situations, but because it was often intensive and players were quite nervous. A crucial decision had to be taken in second half.

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Referee
Crucial Decisions (refer to penalty kicks, sending-off situations etc.) Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the referees decision Penalty appeal by Turkey for an alleged handball of Foulquier (FRA). The 35 decision to let the game flow is correct, it wasnt a handball. A penalty is whistled in favor of France, after a foul by Turan (TUR) on Bahebeck 64 (FRA). The decision is correct, the contact is clear.

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 1. 2. 3. Evaluation of crucial situations in area. Teamwork: assistants reported fouls and they also helped the referee during the riot happened at the end of first half. Knowledge of the LotG. Two YC were given in mandatory situations.

Points for Improvement He should improve the control of the game and the management of players. Sometimes he gave the idea to be in trouble, but we must also underline that the 1. players were really nervous by themselves. A harsher approach in the first minutes, having noticed the situation, maybe might have been more helpful. The foul detection was satisfying but can be improved. Some minor situations 2. were missed. Also for this reason, the player were nervous in certain moments of the match.

The referees character Physical Aspects Fitness / Stamina Always close to play without interfering 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 + Expected X X X X X X -

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Tactical Approach Description

very lenient

lenient

medium X Yes

strict

very strict

So-so

No

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 X

Further observations (peculiarities of the referee revealing his character) Alberto Undiano Mallenco should work in order to be accepted more by players. Maybe this match was a particular case, but during the game it seemed that players were out of his control. A referee should always give the idea to have everything under control. Anyway, at the end the major and crucial decisions of this game were correctly taken. A performance of expected level which can surely be improved.

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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 Kondogbia (FRA) scores starting from a regular position. Very difficult and crucial 19 call. 34 Bahebeck (FRA) is correctly evaluated onside while scoring.

Assistant Referee 2
Please assess the second assistant referees performance. Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the ARs behaviour 55 68 Sanogo (FRA) is flagged offside. Correct decision. Sanogo (FRA) is correctly evaluated onside prior to score. Crucial and correct NO FLAG.

Fourth Official
Please assess the fourth officials performance. Minute and Description of the Scene / Assessment of the fourth officials behaviour 45+1 Full mach He showed to be attentive during the riot, also trying to help the main referee. His duties about added time and substitutions were well executed. Expected level.