Date
2007-06-14
Match
| England u21 | - | Italy u21 |
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Result
2 - 2
Referee decisions
Yellow
5 - 2
Red
0 - 0
Penalty
0 - 0
Referee assessment
this match
overall
Our marks
7.5
7.4
Your marks
6.8
7.6
8.0
Control: 7.0
Calls: 8.0
Neutrality: 7.0
Style: 7.5
General assessmentthe youngest referee, I hope we will see him in the Champions League one day.
Other reports for this match (4)
1) report by robbert m
9.0
Control: 7.0
Calls: 8.0
Neutrality: 8.0
Style: 8.0
General assessmentAlmost perfect, to quick on the time wasting yellows. Part from that excellent performance.
Damir Skomina matches
'13-06-07 Portugal - Russia (1 - 0)'13-05-01 Barcelona - Bayern Munich (0 - 3)'13-03-05 Dortmund - Shakhtar (3 - 0)'12-11-21 Anderlecht - AC Milan (1 - 3)'12-10-23 Shakhtar - Chelsea F.C. (2 - 1)'12-10-16 Italy - Denmark (3 - 1)'12-09-18 Real Madrid - Manchester City (3 - 2)'12-08-31 Chelsea F.C. - Atlético de Madrid (1 - 4)'12-06-22 Germany - Greece (4 - 2)'12-06-15 Sweden - England (2 - 3)'12-06-09 Netherlands - Denmark (0 - 1)'12-04-26 Valencia - Atlético de Madrid (0 - 1)'12-04-04 Chelsea F.C. - Benfica (1 - 0)'12-03-06 Arsenal - AC Milan (3 - 0)'12-02-23 Manchester United - Ajax (1 - 2)'11-11-22 Napoli - Manchester City (2 - 1)'11-10-19 Marseille - Arsenal (0 - 1)'11-09-14 Benfica - Manchester United (1 - 1)'11-09-02 Hungary - Sweden (2 - 1)'11-08-17 OB - Villarreal (1 - 0)'11-06-04 England - Switzerland (2 - 2)'11-04-13 Schalke 04 - Internazionale (2 - 1)'11-03-16 Real Madrid - Lyon (3 - 0)'10-11-23 Auxerre - AC Milan (0 - 2)'10-10-20 Internazionale - Tottenham Hotspur (4 - 3)'10-10-12 Croatia - Norway (2 - 1)'10-09-15 Real Madrid - Ajax (2 - 0)'10-09-07 Turkey - Belgium (3 - 2)'10-08-25 Auxerre - Zenit (2 - 0)'10-08-11 Ukraine - Netherlands (1 - 1)'10-04-01 Fulham - Wolfsburg (2 - 1)'10-03-18 Marseille - Benfica (1 - 2)'10-03-03 Greece - Senegal (0 - 2)'10-02-18 Panathinaikos - AS Roma (3 - 2)'09-12-09 Liverpool - Fiorentina (1 - 2)'09-11-03 APOEL - Porto (0 - 1)'09-10-21 Zurich - Marseille (0 - 1)'09-10-10 Ukraine - England (1 - 0)'09-09-15 Maccabi Haifa - Bayern Munich (0 - 3)'09-09-05 Netherlands - Japan (3 - 0)'09-08-27 AEK - Vaslui (3 - 0)'09-08-05 Debrecen - Levadia (1 - 0)'09-04-01 Denmark - Albania (3 - 0)'09-02-26 Valencia - Dynamo Kyiv (2 - 1)'08-11-27 Sampdoria - VfB Stuttgart (1 - 1)'08-10-22 PSV - Marseille (2 - 0)'08-10-02 Zurich - AC Milan (0 - 1)'08-09-10 Russia - Wales (2 - 1)'08-08-16 Brazil OT - Cameroon OT (2 - 0)'08-08-07 Honduras OT - Italy OT (0 - 3)'08-02-21 Leverkusen - Galatasaray (5 - 1)'07-12-06 Anderlecht - Tottenham Hotspur (1 - 1)'07-11-08 Mlada Boleslav - Villarreal (1 - 2)'07-10-26 Ukraine u19 - Azerbaijan u19 (3 - 0)'07-09-19 Lens - Kobenhavn (1 - 1)'07-08-22 Scotland - Lithuania (3 - 1)'07-08-15 Salzburg - Shakhtar (1 - 0)'07-06-23 Netherlands u21 - Serbia u21 (4 - 1)• '07-06-14 England u21 - Italy u21 (2 - 2)'07-06-10 Netherlands u21 - Israel u21 (1 - 0)'07-03-24 Faroe Islands - Ukraine (0 - 2)'07-02-15 Braga - Parma (1 - 0)'07-02-07 France - Argentina (0 - 1)'06-10-19 Osasuna - Heerenveen (0 - 0)'06-10-07 Armenia - Finland (0 - 0)'06-09-14 Legia Warszawa - Austria Wien (1 - 1)'06-09-06 Turkey u21 - Israel u21 (0 - 0)'06-08-02 Rabotnicki - Debrecen (4 - 1)'05-10-22 Latvia u19 - Armenia u19 (0 - 0)'05-09-07 Liechtenstein - Luxembourg (3 - 0)'05-07-20 Greece u19 - Germany u19 (0 - 3)'05-07-18 Norway u19 - Armenia u19 (2 - 0)'05-07-12 Dinamo Minsk - Anorthosis (1 - 1)'05-06-08 Iceland - Malta (4 - 1)'05-02-08 Wales u21 - Germany u21 (0 - 4)'04-09-03 Albania u21 - Greece u21 (1 - 1)'04-07-13 Pobeda - Pyunik (1 - 3)'04-04-28 Austria - Luxembourg (4 - 1)'03-10-15 Mallorca - APOEL (4 - 2)'03-05-14 Portugal u17 - England u17 (2 - 2)'03-05-11 Italy u17 - Israel u17 (4 - 0)'03-05-07 Portugal u17 - Denmark u17 (3 - 2)
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England u21 - Italy u21, 2 - 2. Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands, 2007-06-14
Now this was a real match. Two teams that wanted to win and wanted to do it by playing football and not by psychological warfare. Luckily they got a good referee who kept the pace in the match and (almost) didn't bother himself with small things.
behaviour
Apart from a referee who is fair and has a good eye, Damir Skomina is also a little bit too strict with the rules for unsportive behaviour. He booked Baines for kicking away (very softly) the ball and Carson, the goalie, for taking his time. Sure, Skomina has to do that, but he could have warned them first, which he didn't. I think a referee should judge for himself whether to book for "bad" behaviour, instead of following the rules.
match
The English scored twice, then gave the match away and even seemed to give it up. The Italians turned out to have a good team after all.