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After the major referee debates of recent times, should we fear that the second half of the season will once again be dominated by wrong decisions and discussions about them?
The dash is back! And with it frayed nerves. This was the case in the first phase of the then NLA until 2003 with twelve teams. It’s like that again. And when your nerves are tense, the fuse is shorter. Any questionable decision by the referee quickly becomes a matter of state. Such as the yellow-red cards against Basel youngster Romeo Beney and FCB coach Fabio Celestini. It continues with the sending off of St. Gallen’s Lukas Görtler after just three minutes of the match against Lugano. And it culminates in the two yellow-red cards against Winterthur’s Lekaj and Schneider in the match against Basel. All scandalous decisions, or should you doubt the fairness of the referees? Complete nonsense. If you look closer, you’ll see that a single decision was wrong. Namely the first yellow against Beney. Ref Lukas Fähndrich also admitted this. End. Out!
False yellow occurs in almost every match. Whether it’s pulled or missed. All the other yellows complained about were justified. And the red Görtler box is due to the pointless demand of Uefa, which always wants to see the marching orders when the soles are open above the ankle area. By the way: the English also regard this automatism as pointless and therefore do not implement this UEFA requirement as rigorously and obediently as we and, for example, the Germans. Referee boss Dani Wermelinger does not fear that endless debates will follow. “Why would it? There were two or three difficult cases in quick succession. But our people have laid a good foundation for the second half of the season with excellent performances in the preliminary round.”
Are referees not sufficiently protected against verbal insults by coaches after matches in the far too lax Swiss Football League?
This way you can absolutely see it. For example, Espen coach Peter Zeidler was allowed to say the following to the cameras with impunity: “Tschudi was VAR. There are so many great jobs.” Or translated: Lionel Tschudi missed his job. Of course, Zeidler doesn’t say it directly, which is quite treacherous. That’s another reason why he doesn’t have the best reputation in the scene. Or Fabio Celestini. After his first criticism of Fähndrich, he stopped responding. Not even after the yellow card. Not even after the red one. After the referee, the TV cameras and at the very end the print journalists were to serve as addressees of the Celestine worldview. Okay, so the league probably thought, he’s going to get banned anyway because he saw red. But Zeidler? A case could certainly have been opened. Under the banner of disrespect. Also to send a signal that this is not possible.
Do we need a paradigm shift so that we can achieve similar conditions in football as in handball or ice hockey?
Yes. That endless complaining about every whistle. These pack formations gather after every semi-controversial decision. This bullying of the referee when he is in contact with the VAR or anyone else. All no-go’s! When the whistle blows in handball, it’s time to leave the ball behind and go on defense! Otherwise the goal is within two seconds. That’s not possible in football. But these bad habits have to stop. With a paradigm shift. Any complaint about a whistle will result in a yellow card. Immediately. No ifs and buts. Then there are a few matches in the beginning with twenty yellow and five yellow-red. But certainly only a few. The players will understand this sooner than they would like. By the way: the board of the International Football Association does everything it can to ensure that only the captain is allowed to speak to the referee. This rule will soon enter a test phase. “We are very open to such a trial operation,” says Wermelinger.
The referees stand and speak after controversial decisions. That is amazing. But just like football players, not every referee was born speaking. Are the referees sufficiently trained?
In any case, you will be trained! Wermelinger: “When they moved to Gran Canaria, they were trained by communications specialists from the SFV, also for the camera.” Ultimately, there are brilliant performances like that of Fähndrich, who openly admitted that he absolutely hated the red card. «My football heart cried because I had to give a red card that I hated. I didn’t want to make that decision.” Brilliantly disarming. At the other end of the scale was Alessandro Dudic. Some of his voices were simply untenable. Like when he said he played poker. Or: “I tried to balance as best I could to stay.” How are you supposed to understand that? Balance? That probably means: compensating… Help! After all, Dudic admitted that four minutes later he had forgotten that he had just warned Winti’s captain Lekaj. And he admitted it honestly. That’s good. The only embarrassing thing is that he could not remember the first yellow card. “We reflect and discuss each interview internally,” says Wermelinger.
Where is Sandro Schärer?
Our referees cause polemics. As it turns out, almost entirely wrong. And yet it would help if the best horse in the stable were in the lead. But where is Sandro Schärer? The referee, who belongs to UEFA’s elite group and has a legitimate hope of being able to referee at the European Championship. Number of missions in 2024: zero! Wermelinger makes it completely clear: “Sandro was invited to FIFA and UEFA courses in Seville and Cyprus. Courses with high physical demands, which is why it was only used as VAR at this time. Will there be a comeback soon? Yes. Possibly in the next round. And at the end good news about Urs Schnyder. Our number two has been promoted to the second highest category of UEFA, Group 1. He was already allowed to referee for Liverpool in the group stage of the Europa League. Now he (and Schärer) are looking forward to the European knockout matches in mid-February.
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
