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Well done to Christopher Beath. Shows my dreadful lack of knowledge in world refereeing matters that I had never heard of him !

I would imagine Rosetti will be an observer?

Whistleblower, Chris Beath also refereed the Olympic Final this year and was ranked by the IFFHS as Asia's best male referee. Not a bad last 12 months for him.

Quote from: Wollongong Ref on Thu 10 Feb 2022 20:23

Whistleblower, Chris Beath also refereed the Olympic Final this year and was ranked by the IFFHS as Asia's best male referee. Not a bad last 12 months for him.

You'd think the Australian footballing public would hold him in a slightly higher esteem, but alas much like Ben Williams, Beathy is loved by the powers that be in AFC and FIFA but widely panned by the football public at home

I think that's the same for all refs - all the other refs are better than their own according to their native footballing community!

Only saw from 60 mins onwards but thought he was very good. Looked the part - calm, in control and didn’t overreact. Good fitness and was firm when people tried to influence him. A good prospect going forward as a ‘neutral’ confederation for the big Europe v South America matches at tournaments which often end up going to Mexican referees.

Having just seen the highlights - but does anyone know how the 'powers that be' would see the decisions in the game?

To confirm 2 of the goals were penalties, both for handball - neither given on the pitch but VAR alerted the ref, who went to the reveiw area, studied the video and gave both. Then red card for DOGSO in the last seconds, again not seen on the pitch but given after VAR review.

From my opinion the two handballs being missed were understandable both in crowded penalty areas with a lot going on, and VAR noticing them and bringing to attention just shows VAR working. Probably should have got the red at the end, but I can see defender was close to the ball and so maybe could have grazed it.

But to my initial question - technically the refereee has missed 3 KMIs in the match, at a lower level this would lead to a poor mark and no prominent games for a while, but is this the case here - or is the fact the 'team' got the decision in the end mean there is no black mark against the ref?