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Alan Kelly in action

Date

2012-02-23

Match

Schalke 04

Plzen

Result

3 - 1

Yellow

3 - 5

Red

0 - 1

Penalty

0 - 0

this match

overall

Our marks

7.5

7.6

Your marks

7.9

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Reporter's marks

Control: Eight yellows, a red and not really everything under control.

Calls: Great calls (offside, red and yellows), let go quite a lot.

Neutrality: Was unaffected by both teams and the public.

Style: Calm style, failed to impress the players in terms of personality.

A good ref with fair decisions, but not firm enough in his outer manner for a real clash in my opinion. Struggled in the second half in terms of controlling the discipline, but remained on top of things at the end.

Alan Kelly matches

'13-02-14 BATE - Fenerbahce SK (0 - 0)'12-11-22 Helsingborg - Levante (1 - 3)'12-10-16 Iceland - Switzerland (0 - 2)'12-09-20 Maribor - Panathinaikos (3 - 0)'12-08-30 HJK - Athletic Bilbao (3 - 3)'12-08-15 Norway - Greece (2 - 3)'12-08-01 Kiryat Shmona - Neftchi Baku (4 - 0)'12-05-26 Portugal - Macedonia (0 - 0)• '12-02-23 Schalke 04 - Plzen (3 - 1)'11-11-22 Real Madrid - Dinamo Zagreb (6 - 2)'11-10-20 Sturm Graz - Anderlecht (0 - 2)'11-10-07 Romania - Belarus (2 - 2)'11-09-28 Leverkusen - Genk (2 - 0)'11-08-25 AZ - Aalesund (6 - 0)'11-06-04 Latvia - Israel (1 - 2)'11-05-27 Wales - Northern Ireland (2 - 0)'11-05-27 Wales - Northern Ireland (2 - 0)'11-03-29 France - Croatia (0 - 0)'10-12-01 Rosenborg - Leverkusen (0 - 1)'10-10-21 Sporting - AA Gent (5 - 1)'10-10-12 Finland - Hungary (1 - 2)'10-09-15 CFR Cluj - Basel (2 - 1)'10-08-26 APOEL - Getafe (1 - 1)'10-08-11 Denmark - Germany (2 - 2)'10-02-25 Salzburg - Standard (0 - 0)'09-12-17 Genoa - Valencia (1 - 2)'09-11-14 Spain - Argentina (2 - 1)'09-10-22 PSV - Kobenhavn (1 - 0)'09-10-14 Portugal - Malta (4 - 0)'09-09-17 Hertha BSC - Ventspils (1 - 1)'09-08-27 Club Brugge - Lech Poznan (1 - 0)'09-08-12 Azerbaijan - Germany (0 - 2)'09-08-01 Glasgow Rangers - PSG (1 - 0)'09-07-29 Sheriff - Slavia (0 - 0)'09-02-26 Deportivo La Coruna - AaB (1 - 3)'08-10-23 Twente - Racing Santander (1 - 0)'08-10-14 Finland u21 - Austria u21 (2 - 1)'08-10-02 Rosenborg - Brøndby (3 - 2)'08-09-06 Romania - Lithuania (0 - 3)'08-08-06 BATE - Anderlecht (2 - 2)'08-08-02 Real Madrid - Hamburger SV (2 - 1)'08-07-26 Honvéd - Sturm Graz (1 - 2)'08-05-24 Switzerland - Slovakia (2 - 0)'08-02-14 Zurich - Hamburger SV (1 - 3)'07-11-29 Elfsborg - Mlada Boleslav (1 - 3)'07-10-04 Panionios - Sochaux (0 - 1)'07-08-16 Hammarby - Frederikstad (2 - 1)'07-07-28 Internazionale - Valencia (0 - 2)'07-07-14 Vllaznia - Trabzonspor (0 - 4)'06-11-02 Mlada Boleslav - Panathinaikos (0 - 1)'06-10-07 Latvia - Iceland (4 - 0)'06-09-28 Litex - Maccabi Haifa (1 - 3)'06-07-26 Zurich - Salzburg (2 - 1)'06-05-31 France - Denmark (2 - 0)'05-11-16 Denmark u21 - Russia u21 (3 - 1)'05-10-20 Shakhtar - PAOK (1 - 0)'05-09-15 Lens - Groclin Grodzisk (1 - 1)'05-07-26 Vålerenga - Haka (1 - 0)'04-11-16 Turkey u21 - Ukraine u21 (1 - 0)'04-09-04 Estonia - Luxembourg (4 - 0)'04-08-04 Dinamo Bucuresti - Zilina (1 - 0)'04-05-20 Spain u19 - Lithuania u19 (0 - 0)'03-09-24 Grasshopper - Hajduk (1 - 1)'03-08-14 Viktoria Å½iÅ¾kov - Zhenis Astana (3 - 0)'03-07-23 Tirana - Dinamo Tbilisi (3 - 0)'03-06-06 Ukraine u21 - Armenia u21 (4 - 0)'02-05-07 Spain u17 - France u17 (1 - 1)'02-05-02 Georgia u17 - Hungary u17 (2 - 1)'02-04-30 Switzerland u17 - Portugal u17 (1 - 0)'02-04-27 Moldova u17 - Serbia and Montenegro u17 (3 - 6)

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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011 - 2012 round of 32:
Schalke 04 - Plzen, 3 - 1. Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 2012-02-23

With a 1-0-lead in the back after seven minutes, this was supposed to be a piece of cake for Schalke. Of course, it wasn't. Their domination waned towards the middle of the first half where Pilsen was all over them but failed to score. Alan Kelly gave a very British display, got out a straight red and still looked a bit challenged in part two of the match.

There were the good bits...
Alan Kelly and his team had their great moments (disallowed Pilsen goal 24'', red card Pilsen 60'') where they got everything right. Almost all of the cards (Höger 23'' as opener, Pilar 46'', Limberski 58'', Sevinski 65'', Farfan 72'', Matip 78'', Rajtoral 100'', Berger 114'') were completely justified, the big calls were alright and the referee looked that he knew what he was doing. His movements were good, his gestures clear and he made no visible mistakes. But still, his policy worked only to a certain extent.

Where I have questions...
How come that a referee who gets almost everything right and shows enough cards still seems to struggle with the control of the match? I think this had to do with the fact that Kelly let go quite a lot in midfield of which some of the stuff was borderline and sometimes more. You give the players some space and they take more and more - I think that he was too generous in some phases of the second half. He looked weak when Limberski fouled for a clear yellow and still had a lot to say - there Kelly failed to make clear to him that the Plzen captain was on the verge to go off.

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