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Are you privy to the rationale behind appointments?
Or is this just a speculative post aimed at discrediting one of our top officials?

I would never dare to discredit Anthony Taylor. I consider him one of the best UEFA referees and I am very happy every time that I see his name on a UEFA appointment.

However I was trying to interprete UEFA's decision to keep him away from CL and appoint him to EL instead. It's a fact that after the 2 mentioned incidents this appointment fells weird since AT used to get 3-4 CL appointments. If he won't get consecutive appointments to MD5-6, then he will only have 2 CL appointments this season.

24 November 2021

16:30 CET - Moscow (Stadion Spartak)
FC Spartak Moskva (RUS) - SSC Napoli (ITA) | Group C
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Video Assistant Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Emil Ubias (CZE)

25 November 2021

18:45 CET - Moscow (Stadion Lokomotiv)
FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) - S.S. Lazio (ITA) | Group E
Referee: Artur Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Soares (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Miguel (POR)
Video Assistant Referee: Joăo Pinheiro (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Martins (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: István Huszár (HUN)

18:45 CET - Istanbul (Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi)
Galatasaray A.Ş. (TUR) - Olympique de Marseille (FRA) | Group E
Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Kempter (GER)
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Katrin Rafalski (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Yuri Baskakov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Jaroslav Dudl (CZE)

18:45 CET - Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)
FK Crvena zvezda (SRB) - PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) | Group F
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabańero Martinez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Ińigo Prieto López de Ceraín (ESP)
Fourth Official: Pablo González Fuertes (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Eugčne Westerink (NED)

18:45 CET - Herning (Arena Herning)
FC Midtjylland (DEN) - SC Braga (POR) | Group F
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Zunic (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Fourth Official: David Smajc (SVN)
Video Assistant Referee: Rade Obrenovic (SVN)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michalis Koukoulakis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Garry O'Hagan (SCO)

18:45 CET - Seville (Estadio Benito Villamarín)
Real Betis Balompié (ESP) - Ferencvárosi Torna Club (HUN) | Group G
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Fourth Official: Mikael Lesage (FRA)
Video Assistant Referee: Willy Delajod (FRA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Orhan Erdemir (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Jim Stjerne Hansen (DEN)

18:45 CET - Leverkusen (BayArena)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) - Celtic FC (SCO) | Group G
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychronis Kostaras (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Chrysoula Kourompylia (GRE)
Fourth Official: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (GRE)
Video Assistant Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Styrbjörn Oskarsson (FIN)

18:45 CET - Vienna (Weststadion)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT) - West Ham United FC (ENG) | Group H
Referee: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Usachev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Valeriy Danchenko (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
Video Assistant Referee: Vitaliy Meshkov (RUS)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen (SUI)

18:45 CET - Zagreb (Stadion Maksimir)
GNK Dinamo (CRO) - KRC Genk (BEL) | Group H
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist (SWE)
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck (SWE)
Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Allard Lindhout (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Tammo Beishuizen (NED)

21:00 CET - Brřndby (Brřndby Stadion)
Brřndby IF (DEN) - Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) | Group A
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Ivaylo Stoyanov (BUL)
Video Assistant Referee: Luis Godinho (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fabio Verissimo (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Antonio Damato (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Kris Bellon (BEL)

21:00 CET - Glasgow (Ibrox Stadium)
Rangers FC (SCO) - AC Sparta Praha (CZE) | Group A
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Joey Kooij (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Drago Kos (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Matthew Paris (MLT)

21:00 CET - Eindhoven (PSV Stadion)
PSV Eindhoven (NED) - SK Sturm Graz (AUT) | Group B
Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Radoslaw Siejka (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik (POL)
Fourth Official: Piotr Lasyk (POL)
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Desislava Ralkova (BUL)

21:00 CET - Monaco (Stade Louis II)
AS Monaco (FRA) - Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP) | Group B
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Pozor (SVK)
Fourth Official: Filip Glova (SVK)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Harry Lennard (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Michael Kirchner (GER)

21:00 CET - Leicester (Leicester City Stadium)
Leicester City FC (ENG) - Legia Warszawa (POL) | Group C
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Dietz (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Sinn (GER)
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Harm Osmers (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Luis Cuervas Del Real (ESP)

21:00 CET - Piraeus (Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis)
Olympiacos FC (GRE) - Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) | Group D
Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: Santiago Jaime Latre (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Danilo Filacchione (ITA)

21:00 CET - Frankfurt Am Main (Frankfurt Stadion)
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) - Royal Antwerp FC (BEL) | Group D
Referee: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Constantine Hatzidakis (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Neil Davies (ENG)
Fourth Official: Robert Jones (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Peter Bankes (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ricardo de Burgos (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)
UEFA Delegate: Irakli Nakaidze (GEO)

Leicester City FC (ENG) - Legia Warszawa (POL) | Group C
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)

Oh no!

Hopefully Buquet has a quieter game than in Lyon last week

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Happy with Kirill Levnikov for the Fradi game.

Plenty of Italian referees out this week in Europe…. Mr Rosetti will be pleased! 🙄

Orsato, Massa in UCL and Guida, Di Bello, Mariani in UEL. Considered Irrati and Valeri both having a room at VAR center, I’m surprised that Mr Rosetti didn’t put Maresca, Doveri and Fabbri in UECL.😅

Besides Attwell don’t have a job this midweek while Taylor, Pawson and Collum all being appointed as the referee, which is weird. Although we all know he and Oliver did not do well in BMB - Ajax, they especially Attwell who has contributed many great performance from the VAR booth in UEFA matches shouldn’t be treated this way. I hope this is just me thinking too much.

Kirill Nikolayevich Levnikov, from St Petersburg, 37 years old . Promoted in 2016 to FIFA referee, son of Nikolai , also FIFA some time ago. Am I missing something? Does anyone remember any of his big mistakes or missed opportunities? He seems a very strong referee

Quote from: Alitalia on Fri 10 Dec 2021 10:11

Kirill Nikolayevich Levnikov, from St Petersburg, 37 years old . Promoted in 2016 to FIFA referee, son of Nikolai , also FIFA some time ago. Am I missing something? Does anyone remember any of his big mistakes or missed opportunities? He seems a very strong referee

I’ve seen him 4/5 times and he’s been excellent every time

I saw Levnikov for the first time and was impressed. I hope he gets out of the second category soon