WorldReferee.com - Nicola Rizzoli matches

Date

2009-04-16

Match

Manchester City

Hamburger SV

Result

2 - 1

Yellow

3 - 0

Red

1 - 0

Penalty

1 - 0

this match

overall

Our marks

5.9

7.5

Your marks

5.8

7.9

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Reporter's marks

Control: i'm not sure

Calls: yes and no

Neutrality:

Style:

Other reports for this match (3)

1) report by Knut Olsen

Control: both teams controlled themselves better

Calls: It was not a penalty, the player tried to turn away and put is arms low

Neutrality: He tried to help Abu Dhabi United a bit

Style: I like his turning away from angry players, though a correction for bad behaviour would do good as w

Dunne received his second yellow after he was cautioned a couple of time in the first half. The coach should have changed him at halfway time. The coach, or somebody around him, should have noticed that Butt would receive a second yellow after his next sm

Nicola Rizzoli matches

'13-03-13 Malaga - Porto (2 - 0)'12-12-05 Braga - Galatasaray (1 - 2)'12-11-14 Russia - USA (2 - 2)'12-11-06 Schalke 04 - Arsenal (2 - 2)'12-10-12 Ireland - Germany (1 - 6)'12-09-19 Celtic - Benfica (0 - 0)'12-08-30 Twente - Bursaspor (4 - 1)'12-06-23 Spain - France (2 - 0)'12-06-17 Portugal - Netherlands (2 - 1)'12-06-11 France - England (1 - 1)'12-04-05 Athletic Bilbao - Schalke 04 (2 - 2)'12-02-22 Basel - Bayern Munich (1 - 0)'11-12-14 Kashiwa Reysol - Santos FC (1 - 3)'11-12-08 Kashiwa Reysol - Auckland City FC (2 - 0)'11-11-23 Marseille - Olympiakos (0 - 1)'11-11-15 Montenegro - Czech Republic (0 - 1)'11-11-02 Lyon - Real Madrid (0 - 2)'11-10-11 Denmark - Portugal (2 - 1)'11-09-28 Valencia - Chelsea F.C. (1 - 1)'11-08-23 Malmö - Dinamo Zagreb (2 - 0)'11-06-03 Belgium - Turkey (1 - 1)'11-04-13 Tottenham Hotspur - Real Madrid (0 - 1)'11-02-16 Arsenal - Barcelona (2 - 1)'10-11-24 Schalke 04 - Lyon (3 - 0)'10-10-20 Glasgow Rangers - Valencia (1 - 1)'10-09-14 Barcelona - Panathinaikos (5 - 1)'10-09-07 Switzerland - England (1 - 3)'10-08-24 Sevilla FC - Braga (3 - 4)'10-06-03 Germany - Bosnia-Herzegovina (3 - 1)'10-05-12 Atlético de Madrid - Fulham (2 - 1)'10-04-07 Manchester United - Bayern Munich (3 - 2)'10-03-18 Liverpool - Lille OSC (3 - 0)'10-03-10 Real Madrid - Lyon (1 - 1)'10-03-03 Switzerland - Uruguay (1 - 3)'09-12-06 AS Roma - Lazio (1 - 0)'09-11-25 CSKA Moskva - Wolfsburg (2 - 1)'09-11-04 Standard - Olympiakos (2 - 0)'09-10-10 Estonia - Bosnia-Herzegovina (0 - 2)'09-09-30 Porto - Atlético de Madrid (2 - 0)'09-09-15 Besiktas - Manchester United (0 - 1)'09-09-05 Hungary - Sweden (1 - 2)'09-08-25 Anderlecht - Lyon (1 - 3)'09-08-12 Netherlands - England (2 - 2)'09-07-29 Celtic - Dinamo Moskva (1 - 0)• '09-04-16 Manchester City - Hamburger SV (2 - 1)'09-03-12 CSKA Moskva - Shakhtar (1 - 0)'08-12-03 Hertha BSC - Galatasaray (0 - 1)'08-11-04 Marseille - PSV (3 - 0)'08-10-10 Norway u19 - Slovenia u19 (4 - 2)'08-10-01 Sporting - Basel (2 - 0)'08-09-06 Ukraine - Belarus (1 - 0)'08-07-19 Rennes - Tavriya (1 - 0)'08-02-13 Glasgow Rangers - Panathinaikos (0 - 0)'07-12-06 AaB - Getafe (1 - 2)'07-10-25 Basel - Rennes (1 - 0)'07-10-17 Netherlands - Slovenia (2 - 0)'07-10-04 Rapid Wien - Anderlecht (0 - 1)'07-09-12 Germany - Romania (3 - 1)'07-08-30 Galatasaray - Slaven (2 - 1)'07-08-07 Beitar Jerusalem - Kobenhavn (1 - 1)'07-07-21 Gloria 1922 Bistrita - Atlético de Madrid (2 - 1)'07-06-02 Switzerland u19 - Serbia u19 (0 - 1)'07-05-31 Romania u19 - Switzerland u19 (4 - 2)

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UEFA UEFA CUP 2008 - 2009 1/4 finals:
Manchester City - Hamburger SV, 2 - 1. City of Manchester, Manchester, England, 2009-04-16

I don't know how he does it, but Nicola Rizzoli was only in close up once. Maybe it's because he is cool and doesn't show much emotion, thus uninteresting for the viewers. Or maybe he knows where the cameras are and turns away from them, I saw his back a lot.

and
and the players saw his back a lot too. Whenever they wanted to argue with him, or made angry gestures at him, Rizzoli ignored them and walked away. Kicking away the ball was allowed too, as well as faulty throw-ins. Kompany changing his shirt for a fresh one with a different number on the back, Mathijsen pulling a City shirt in his penalty box and even a dive or two. All these things were allowed. So what doesn't he allow?

not
Jumping up in the area and (probably) accidentally having the ball touch your arm is not allowed: penalty. Sure, it was a hands ball, but many refs would've waved it off. namely refs who wave off a lot of things. Refs like Rizzoli, but not Rizzoli. Which makes him a bit, well, untrustworthy? inconsistent? unrizzolian?

match
There should be some sort of a penalty for players who stand off side more than ten times (Caicedo)
The match wasn't bad. City really tried for a while, free kicks hitting the post and the bar but there were a lot of mediocre players in both teams and a lot went wrong.

From our reporter: Wolfgang Sittmayer