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Friday, March 27, 2015

Euro 2016 Matchday 5 Reports Day 1: Montenegro madness mars qualifiers

Montenegro 0-0 Russia                    Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany) [pictured]
Fan violence caused the match to be suspended, then eventually abandoned. In my opinion, the match could have been handled better. 
1st Minute: Russian Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev gets hit in the head by an emergency flare thrown by the Montenegro supporters. Good work by Aytekin to suspend play. However, I do not understand why the match was resumed. I won't blame Aytekin since I don't know for sure if it was his decision, but I think that choice, whoever made it, was daft at best.
66th Minute: Montenegro's Murko Vucinic appears to get both Aleksandr Kokorin with a challenge, so I agree with the penalty decision by Aytekin. After Montenegro save the penalty, a russian player is pelted with missiles as he takes an ensuing throw in. Good call by Aytekin to finally stop the match, though I still think this could have been awarded if the match had been abandoned after the first minute flare incident.

Moldova 0-2 Sweden                       Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Bebek had a tough game, and I thought he was very strong.
83rd Minute: Bebek awards Sweden a penalty after Vadim Bolohan extends his arm in to push Emil Forsberg in the box. No doubt about the call from Bebek, who showed good poise in the decision.

England 4-0 Lithuania                      Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Very easy game for Královec in London. Nothing important enough to take a closer look at.

Slovenia 6-0 San Marino                  Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

Always helps when the game you are charge of is 6-0. Not much here either.

Liechtenstein 0-5 Austria                  Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Zwayer had a much easier game than his fellow German Aytekin. No controversy.

Macedonia 1-2 Belarus                     Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Good game by Taylor, who did well to not call Belarus' second goal in the goalies possession when it was kicked.

Spain 1-0 Ukraine                             Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Çakır, one of Europe's top referees, was excellent again, seeing no controversy (notice a trend?).

Slovakia 3-0 Luxembourg                Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

In what may be the last match for the retiring Studer, there was little controversy.

Switzerland 3-0 Estonia                    Referee: Danny Makkeile (Netherlands)
Makkeile put forth a strong effort throughout the match, and the only tough decision was to correctly disallow a goal for offsides. 

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