About card management...

Yellows...

When Barnetta got cautioned for nothing in the first half, I was immediately remembered a the opening game of EURO 2012. In that game Carlos Velasco showed a very questionable yellow-red card which was heavy criticized. It's always the same. If you show a yellow for a not really bad foul, then often will follow a questionable yellow-red. In this game, the same happened. The first yellow to Barnetta was very harsh - and the second as well for only a very small contact. In both cases, Tagliavento's decision was clearly influenced by the theatrical reaction of the player. On the other side, Slovenian players fouled Swiss Player Shakiri again and again. No yellow cards for this fouls, so I found the card management very unbalanced. If you read the other reports on him, it's obvious that the card management and his capable of being influenced are Tagliaventos weak points. But apart from this, I found his performance convincing.