Date
2008-06-17
Match
| Netherlands | - | Romania |
 | - |  |
Result
2 - 0
Referee decisions
Yellow
0 - 1
Red
0 - 0
Penalty
0 - 0
Referee assessment
this match
overall
Our marks
7.5
7.3
Your marks
7.5
7.7
7
Control: no problemo7
Calls: no problemo8
Neutrality: no problemo8
Style: great7.5
General assessmentperfect match for Busacca, but not very trying
Other reports for this match (7)
1) report by Ryszard Sczsetzin III
7
Control: 7
Calls: 7
Neutrality: 8
Style: 7.3
General assessment
Massimo Busacca matches
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Netherlands - Romania, 2 - 0. Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland, 2008-06-17
Busacca didn't have much to do in this rather quiet match, but did so most professionally. I'm not sure what happened to the Romanians. They didn't put up much of a fight and let themselves be outplayed by the Dutch in a lethargic kind of way.
No mistakes
No wrong calls I could see. Something maybe near the end of the first half when what looked like a decent two-step corner kick was taken by the Dutch and Massimo saw a foul that even his linesman - about a meter from the action - hadn't noticed.
Match
A bit of to and fro-ing in the first half, but a rather onesided Dutch affair in the second. The Dutch didn't show their best form, playing with what was called a B-team, but it was clearly enough to outplay the Romanians, who looked rather forlorn, a shadow of their former selves. It wasn't the best of matches to watch. Plenty more action in the France - Italy game. Go check it out.