None of Rizzoli's calls drew my attention, but one insides decision had me scratching my head.
39th Minute: Jonathan Walters puts the Irish up after tapping in a deflection off the Scottish goalkeeper. Though the Scots protest that Walters was offside on the tap-in, AR Gianluca Cariolato keeps his flag down. For me, it's pretty clear that Walters was offside. Critical mistake by the AR, though the effect was softened a bit by the fact that Scotland salvaged a point.
Gibraltar 0-7 Germany Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
Pisani and his crew were the first six person Maltese crew to referee a UEFA game ever, and though it was not a high level match, the crew had a very nice game.
9th Minute: Gibraltar's Jake Gosling slides in on Jonas Hector in the box and only manages to get the man. This was an easy call for Pisani, who correctly points to the spot.
Armenia 2-3 Portugal Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
Gumienny had two important calls to make in this crucial match for both teams, and he got both right.
28th Minute: Gumienny calls a penaltyPortugal's Joao Moutinho gets tripped up by Henrik Mkhitaryan at the top of the box. This is a very interesting call for me, since Moutinho oversells Mkhitaryan's contact, which clearly was there. For me, there still was enough contact to warrant a penalty call, so I agree with Gumienny's call.
61st Minute: Portugal Midfielder Tiago, playing with a yellow, misses on a high challenge against Artur Sarkisov. Tiago only clips Sarkisov, but the placement of his boot was certainly enough to warrant a yellow.
Denmark 2-0 Serbia Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Kuipers had one tough decision to make in first UEFA fixture since his tough night at Stamford Bridge.
Kuipers had one tough decision to make in first UEFA fixture since his tough night at Stamford Bridge.
33rd Minute: Serbia's Matija Nastasic appears to get the ball with one leg and the ankle of Pierre Hoiberg the other when he goes in on a challenge in the box. Kuipers calls a penalty, and I agree, since even though Nastasic got the ball, he still went through Hoiberg in the process.
Faroe Islands 2-1 Greece Referee: Tom Harold Hagen (Norway)
Hagen and his crew had a decent match. Nothing to go in depth on here.
Northern Ireland 0-0 Romania Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Carballo had a very good match with no controversy. Good work by him and his crew.
Finland 0-1 Hungary Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Decent match from Jug with little controversy. Nothing to go in depth on.
Poland 4-0 Georgia Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Kulbakov and his team had a good game with no controversy. Nice work by the Belarus sextet.
NOTE: Ireland-Scotland report by Neil Tyler. Northern Ireland-Romania report by Will Cole. Rest of reports by Harrison Johnson.
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