Date
2009-11-14
Match
| New Zealand | - | Bahrain |
 | - |  |
Result
1 - 0
Referee decisions
Yellow
1 - 2
Red
0 - 0
Penalty
0 - 1
Referee assessment
this match
overall
Our marks
9.8
7.6
Your marks
6
7
9.9
Control: In what was always going to be a difficult match, Larrionda handled in with a calm head and limited9.0
Calls: Not a single thing wrong really. Could have cautioned more Bahrain players for diving. But otherwise9.9
Neutrality: Perfectly neuteral.9.9
Style: Perfect. Just what the game needed.9.8
General assessmentAs mr Larrionda's home country is not going to progress very far in the world cup, if he keeps refereeing like this, he will get the world cup final in 2010.
Jorge Larrionda matches
'11-11-24 LDU Quito - Vélez Sarsfield (2 - 0)'11-11-15 Ecuador - Peru (2 - 0)'11-10-19 Sao Paulo - Libertad (1 - 0)'11-09-28 Brazil - Argentina (2 - 0)'11-08-24 Internacional - Independiente (3 - 1)'11-06-20 Argentina - Albania (4 - 0)'11-06-11 Paraguay - Romania (2 - 0)'11-05-25 Santos FC - Cerro Porteno (1 - 0)'11-04-27 Santos FC - América (1 - 0)'11-04-20 Colo-Colo - Cerro Porteno (2 - 3)'11-04-07 Universidad Católica - Vélez Sarsfield (0 - 0)'11-03-02 Deportes Tolima - Cruzeiro (0 - 0)'11-02-02 Deportivo Quito - Independiente (1 - 0)'11-01-14 Libertad - Vélez Sarsfield (1 - 0)'10-09-21 Cerro Porteno - Univ. de Sucre (2 - 2)'10-06-27 Germany - England (4 - 1)'10-06-23 Australia - Serbia (2 - 1)'10-06-19 Cameroon - Denmark (1 - 2)'10-06-15 Cote d'Ivoire - Portugal (0 - 0)'10-05-19 Sao Paulo - Cruzeiro (2 - 0)'10-04-28 Banfield - Internacional (3 - 1)'10-04-21 Flamengo - Caracas FC (3 - 2)'10-04-15 Blooming - Libertad (1 - 2)'10-03-17 Universidad de Chile - Flamengo (2 - 1)'10-01-26 Colón - Universidad Católica (3 - 2)'10-01-15 Nacional (UR) - Peñarol (0 - 0)• '09-11-14 New Zealand - Bahrain (1 - 0)'09-10-13 Ghana u20 - Hungary u20 (3 - 2)'09-10-07 Germany u20 - Nigeria u20 (3 - 2)'09-10-03 South Africa u20 - Honduras u20 (2 - 0)'09-09-29 USA u20 - Cameroon u20 (4 - 1)'09-09-09 Brazil - Chile (4 - 2)'09-07-08 Estudiantes - Cruzeiro (0 - 0)'09-06-24 Spain - USA (0 - 2)'09-06-14 South Africa - Iraq (0 - 0)'09-05-07 Universidad de Chile - Cruzeiro (1 - 2)'09-04-28 Gremio - Boyacá Chicó F.C. (3 - 0)'09-04-21 Palmeiras - LDU Quito (2 - 0)'09-04-08 San Luis FC - San Lorenzo (2 - 0)'09-03-11 Everton (Chile) - Lanús (1 - 1)'09-03-04 Sport Recife - LDU Quito (2 - 0)'09-01-17 Atlético Mineiro - Cruzeiro (2 - 4)'08-12-14 Peñarol - Nacional (UR) (0 - 1)'08-12-03 Internacional - Estudiantes (1 - 1)'08-11-19 Brazil - Portugal (6 - 2)'08-10-22 Internacional - Boca Juniors (2 - 0)'08-09-10 Chile - Colombia (4 - 0)'08-06-15 Paraguay - Brazil (2 - 0)'08-05-22 Santos FC - América (1 - 0)'08-04-30 Boca Juniors - Cruzeiro (2 - 1)'08-04-22 Colo-Colo - Atlas (1 - 1)'08-04-16 Santos FC - Cucuta Deportivo (2 - 1)'08-04-08 Libertad - LDU Quito (3 - 1)'08-03-11 Real Potosí - San Lorenzo (2 - 3)'08-03-06 Atlético Nacional - Sportivo Luqueño (3 - 0)'08-01-30 Cruzeiro - Cerro Porteno (3 - 1)'07-12-13 Urawa Red Diamonds - AC Milan (0 - 1)'07-11-20 Colombia - Argentina (2 - 1)'07-10-17 Brazil - Ecuador (5 - 0)'07-09-26 Vasco da Gama - Lanús (3 - 0)'07-09-19 Boca Juniors - Sao Paulo (2 - 1)'07-07-07 Chile - Brazil (1 - 6)'07-07-05 Argentina - Paraguay (1 - 0)'07-06-28 Paraguay - Colombia (5 - 0)'07-06-13 Boca Juniors - Gremio (3 - 0)'07-05-08 Colo-Colo - América (2 - 1)'07-04-11 Libertad - América (1 - 2)'07-04-05 Caracas FC - River Plate (3 - 1)'07-03-28 Internacional - Vélez Sarsfield (0 - 0)'07-03-14 Toluca - Boca Juniors (2 - 0)'06-11-01 Toluca - San Lorenzo (2 - 0)'06-10-11 Santos FC - San Lorenzo (1 - 0)'06-08-09 Sao Paulo - Internacional (1 - 2)'06-07-26 Guadalajara - Sao Paulo (0 - 1)'06-07-19 Internacional - LDU Quito (2 - 0)'06-07-05 Portugal - France (0 - 1)'06-06-23 Togo - France (0 - 2)'06-06-17 Italy - USA (1 - 1)'06-06-11 Angola - Portugal (0 - 1)'06-04-27 Tigres - Libertad (0 - 0)'06-04-20 Sao Paulo - Caracas FC (2 - 0)'06-04-13 Rosario Central - Atlético Nacional (1 - 2)'06-04-04 Sporting Cristal - Estudiantes (2 - 2)'06-03-02 Palmeiras - Atlético Nacional (3 - 2)'06-02-16 Libertad - River Plate (2 - 0)'05-12-06 Pumas UNAM - Boca Juniors (1 - 1)'05-11-30 Pumas UNAM - Vélez Sarsfield (4 - 0)'05-10-09 Bolivia - Brazil (1 - 1)'05-10-02 Netherlands u17 - Turkey u17 (2 - 1)'05-09-23 Gambia u17 - Netherlands u17 (0 - 2)'05-09-19 Ghana u17 - Costa Rica u17 (1 - 1)'05-07-31 Once Caldas - Boca Juniors (2 - 1)'05-07-06 Atletico Paranaense - Sao Paulo (1 - 1)'05-06-28 Morocco u20 - Nigeria u20 (0 - 3)'05-06-18 Italy u20 - Canada u20 (4 - 1)'05-06-14 Panama u20 - Turkey u20 (0 - 1)'05-06-11 Spain u20 - Morocco u20 (3 - 1)'05-05-11 Santos FC - Bolívar (6 - 0)'05-04-27 Sporting Cristal - Boca Juniors (0 - 3)'05-04-14 Atletico Paranaense - América de Cali (2 - 1)'05-03-26 Bolivia - Argentina (1 - 2)'05-03-09 Sao Paulo - Universidad de Chile (4 - 2)'05-02-24 Once Caldas - San Lorenzo (0 - 0)'05-02-02 Guadalajara - Cienciano (3 - 1)'04-12-12 Once Caldas - Porto (0 - 0)'04-11-10 Cerro Porteno - Boca Juniors (0 - 0)'04-11-03 Internacional - Junior Barranquilla (1 - 0)'04-10-13 Brazil - Colombia (0 - 0)'04-08-27 Italy OT - Iraq OT (1 - 0)'04-08-15 Japan OT - Italy OT (2 - 3)'04-08-11 Greece OT - Korea Republic OT (2 - 2)'04-06-16 Once Caldas - Sao Paulo (2 - 1)'04-06-06 Peru - Venezuela (0 - 0)'04-05-12 Sao Paulo - Rosario Central (2 - 1)'04-05-05 Santo André - América (2 - 1)'04-04-14 Santos FC - Jorge Wilstermann (5 - 0)'04-03-16 Olimpia Asuncion - Sporting Cristal (2 - 1)'04-03-10 Deportivo Cali - Boca Juniors (0 - 1)'04-02-03 Colo-Colo - Deportivo Cali (2 - 3)'03-12-03 Sao Paulo - River Plate (2 - 0)
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New Zealand - Bahrain, 1 - 0. Newton Park, Wellington, New Zealand, 2009-11-14
For years, New Zealand football has taken a back seat to the likes of rugby, league and cricket. Not anymore. In a game that was so important for New Zealand football, 35,000 fans turned up and supported the All Whites in what was an amazing game.
The game
On a windy night in the capital, 2 teams met playing very different styles of football. The Bahrain team played fancy football, making the most of every tackle. While the all whites played a simple game, yet still were the best team. Larrionda handled the preasure of the game very well, as well as managing the play acting from Bahrain superbly.
Refereeing flash points
There was a penalty given in the favour of Bahrain in the 50th minute, correct call. The penalty was missed though, a great save from the all whites keeper, Mark Paston. 3 cards were shown on the night, 1 very early on to Ben Sigmund for a late tackle. Set the tone for the game, refereed strongly, but letting the players play.
The referee
This season, I've probably watched upper of 100 games and I can honestly say, in all of those games, Jorge Larrionda was the best referee. Superb.
Assistant referees
1 thing I noticed was how the 2 ARs exagerated their signals for corners and offsides. Maybe it is just the way things are done over in Uraguay but it looked mighty strange!