Skomina in Madrid

new

And there he was, new kid in this block Damir Skomina. What does he know, coming from Slovenia. Slovenia?
Sure, Slovenia, give a good referee the time to learn, to get experience and he can do Madrid - Lyon, he can deal with Ronaldos and Lisandros. Skomina got the opportunity, he's been around for a while and his career seems carefully planned. A chance more refs should get. Iceland's Jakobsson for instance.

Pepe

Skomina fared well. He was in control and his foul detection was good. Not a 100 percent right of course, no one has that. But one or two of Skomina's mistakes were important ones. One of the mistakes has a name : Pepe. Pepe should have been sent off, more than once actually. Pepe jumps with his knees in front of him. Pepe hit Lisandro with his knees while both were jumping for the ball. Twice, once in Lisandro's face. The first time Skomina booked him, the second time he didn't, but the second time proved that Pepe did it on purpose: once can still be clumsiness or whatever excuse a player comes up with, twice is never by accident.

match

Yes, more matches like this one please.