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20 October 2020


21:00 CET -  Barcelona (Camp Nou)
FC Barcelona (ESP) - Ferencvárosi Torna Club (HUN) | Group G
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Fedayi San (SUI)
Video Assistant Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák (SVK)

Happy to see this ref on the game. He was excellent in the Nations League game v Serbia.

Still can't believe Hungary have a team in the CL! The whole country will come to a standstill during the match with everyone regardless of team cheering Fradi on. Just not an absolute humiliation please dear god of football!

Lovely voice as well as handsome! Telling the players to enjoy the game & have fun at the coin toss.  Missy bmb might be a little in love here! Good job Mr bmb only reads the NBI thread!

Hajrá Fradi!

2 big calls in the first half. Disallowed goal for Fradi - correctly for offside. Great bit of magic from Tokmac though. Penalty for Barca - easy decision. Fradi player left his leg out deliberately knowing Messi was there about to go past him behind him. No complaints with him in the first half. Good communication with players, could hear him telling Dibz to stay on his line at the pen and a few other words here & there. Lovely cheerful nature.

Only 2-0 down at HT and not out of it yet. Barca not having it all their own way & Fradi are doing us proud.

Masterclass performance from him.

More big calls in the 2nd half - penalty for Fradi - great spot on the shirt pull from his angle. Red card for DOGSO spot on. Couple of excellent and very tight offsides from both AR's. Fair and consistent. Quietly did his job in the background, made the decisions he needed to when he needed to and made them confidently. Rapport with players was excellent, you could hear him many times as there was no crowd and he spoke quietly, calmly, respectfully and gave good explanations that were met with little to no dissent. Fitness excellent. Can't think of a single thing he could maybe have done better

I think Mr Rizzoli is going to find it difficult to find any 'developmental points' & is going to be a very happy man with the performance he saw tonight. Don Hutchinson & Guy Mowbray were even singing his praises on BT sport, they also mentioned how despite there having been several VAR reviews given the number of big calls they had gone completely unnoticed & asked why it can work so seamlessly in the CL but be such a mess in the PL - they had a very good point!

Fradi lost 5-1 but the score doesn't really reflect the game itself. It does however reflect the class of the opposition! So proud of them, they gave a great account of themselves, several good chances created, never gave up & the score was harsh in that respect.