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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Euro 2016 Matchday 5 Reports Day 3: Another strong performance by Euro referees

Scotland 6-1 Gibraltar                    Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
In a game where Gibraltar scored for the first time ever, they will not feel helped in the game by Gestranius, who called two tight penalties against them.
17th Minute: Gibraltar keeper Jamie Robba comes out of his box and trips up Shaun Maloney, a move he didn't need to make since the ball was well on it's way put of play for a goal kick. It's a dumb penalty to give up, but Gestranius absolutely made the right call.
33rd Minute: Gibraltar's Lee Casciaro and Scotland's Steven Naismith come together in the box and Naismith goes down a little theatrically for the little contact there was. Unfortunately for Gibraltar, Gestranius is fooled and points to the spot. Maloney would bury both the penalty and Gibraltar's hope for a win.

Ireland 1-1 Poland                          Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Eriksson didn't face much controversy, though he may have missed an Irish foul leading up to the corner kick that set up their stoppage time equalizer.

Romania 1-0 Faroe Islands             Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Dias was strong in the match, as was his Portuguese team (especially the Right AAR).
64th Minute: Credit has to be given to the AAR on the right goal (I think it was Hugo Miguel, though Manuel de Sousa is another possibility.) for seeing that the ball was out of the goal on Faroe keeper Gunnar Nielsen's fantastic double save.

Albania 2-1 Armenia                      Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Borbalán was good in the match and continues to prove himself as an elite referee.

Northern Ireland 2-1 Finland          Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Marciniak was very good in Northern Ireland's victory, as he continues to shoot up UEFA's ranks.

Georgia 0-2 Germany                     Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
The French referee looked confident in the match and his performance reflected that confidence.

Hungary 0-0 Greece                        Referee: Sergey Karasev (Russia)
Karasev had a fine game in Hungary, making one strong call when he disallowed a goal because the ball had been knocked out of the keeper's hands.

Portugal 2-1 Serbia                          Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Rocchi and his assistants were very solid in the match. Nice onside decision by the AR on Serbia's goal.

NOTE: Northern Ireland-Finland report by Will Cole. Rest by Harrison Johnson.

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