Denmark u21 2 - 1 Belarus u21
Euro 2011 u21 group stage · 2011-06-14 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Just one error

Penalty situations

When I first saw the penalty given by him in the 22nd minute, I thought that he was absolutely right. However, when the replays came up, I had to correct me a bit. I think he can give it, but there are certainly many referees who would just have smiled at Jörgensen who surely wanted to get the penalty. The Belarusian player did him a favor and pulled out his arms. No obvious penalty, but it was no mistake. In the second half the same scenario the other way round: I first thought he only would have played the ball but this was a mistake. Tagliavento should have seen that he first contacted the opponent and then the ball. This penalty was a thousand times more obvious than the first one (from Tagliavento's position).

Assistant Referees

Akrivos and Koskela had to make two close decisions, Akrivos before the first goal was scored, brilliantly seen by the Greece. On the other side, just a few minutes later, Koskela decided no offside as well, that was very close and also well seen. Akrivos had one or two wrong decisions, but just minors like corner kick decisions.

As always...predictions

After we have seen all the referees, I think the decision is hard for UEFA who will referee the three matches after group stage. My favourites are Strahonja, Schorgenhofer and Tagliavento. But the other ones have chances as well.

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