Marciniak had a decent match with not much controversy overall but could improve his positioning in the future since he missed a couple crucial fouls including a potential handball in the box that he could have seen if he had been in better position.
Malmo FF 2-0 Celtic (4-3 Malmo) Referee: Milorad Mazic (Serbia)
Mazic found himself in the middle of controversy after a highly questionable disallowal of a Celtic goal.
41st Minute: Nir Bitton thinks he has leveled the score at 1 for Celtic, only to see Mazic signal for a handball against him before he knocked the ball in. The problem with the call is that the handball was by a Malmo defender, not Bitton. This decision was not so much Mazic's fault as it was additional assistant Dejan Flipovic's, since Flipovic likely instructed Mazic to make the call. Regardless, it was a big mistake by the Serb crew.
Dinamo Zagreb 4-1 Skenderbeu Korce (6-2 Zagreb) Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Rocchi, one of two Italian referees on duty in the second legs, had a mediocre night overall but did correctly make his one big decision in this high-scoring match.
48th Minute: Dinamo's Goncalo Santos is already booked when he comes in late steps on a Skenderbeu player with his studs. Rocchi shows a second yellow and I agree since even though the foot spike was not at all intentional, Santos' challenge was reckless and as a consequence he deserves a yellow.
Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1-1 FC Basel (3-3 Tel-Aviv*) Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Skomina had the best performance of any referee from the Tuesday legs as he kept excellent control of a crucial match in Israel. Nothing to go in depth on from this match.
AS Monaco 2-1 Valencia (4-3 Valencia) Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Rizzoli wasn't up to his usual high standard in this match, struggling with showing harsh discipline but his linesman was the one who found himself in the center of controversy.
75th Minute: Monaco move to one goal down in the tie after Uwa Echieljile taps home a rebound right in front of the Valencia goal. The only problem is that Echieljile appears to be offsides when he taps the ball home. Big mistake to not flag Echieljile for offsides by AR Elenito De Liberatore.
APOEL Nicosia 1-1 Astana 1964 (2-1 Astana) Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Atkinson had yet another excellent European display as he once again showed his skills in controlling a match. His team was strong as well, with an excellent onside decision from assistant Stuart Burt on Astana's equalizer. Great work by Atkinson and his crew, who could see a trip to Euro 2016 if they keep the good work up.
Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 Lazio (3-1 Leverkusen) Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Carballo had a strong match, getting his one key decision correct. I do think he could work on dissent management however, as this is a constant problem for him.
68th Minute: Stefan Kiessling is dribbling forward with the ball for Leverkusen when he is tripped up with a high boot by Lazio defender Mauricio, who is already on a yellow. Carballo shows a second yellow and I agree since the challenge was both Reckless and Stopping a Promising Attack, both yellow card offenses.
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Lahoz had an average match overall, though I do think a late penalty awarded to United was very harsh. Overall though, this wasn't a difficult assignment for Lahoz since the game wasn't ever in doubt.
81st Minute: Brugge's Oscar Duarte tries to head away a United cross into the area but he unintentionally heads it onto his hand. Lahoz calls penalty but I think it is more of a ball to hand situation since Duarte couldn't possibly have avoided the ball hitting his hand. Play on is the right decision in my book.
Partizan Belgrade 2-1 BATE Borisov (2-2 BATE*) Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Moen and his crew had a very quiet match with not much controversy. Great job by Moen to have a strong showing in an intense game and environment.
CSKA Moscow 3-1 Sporting Lisbon (4-3 Moscow) Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
Kralovec did an excellent job keeping control of a very important match and his late red card decision was spot on.
92nd Minute: Lisbon's Joao Mario, likely in an act of anger about losing a two goal aggregate lead, knees Moscow's Ahmed Musa in the chest and could have done more damage had his exposed studs made contact with Musa. Kralovec shows red and I think he was absolutely right. Mario's actions qualify as Serious Foul Play any day of the week for me.
*away goals rule
I think you aren't "informed" about the reason why the goal Celtic aren't recognized. AAR2 signaled foul Celtic's atacker over Malmo FF keeper.
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Sorry, but I've looked at comments on the 3rd team and the general consensus is that the AAR signaled a handball foul. Even if calling a foul was the AAR's intention, I still think that it would have been a wrong decision. Thanks for bringing it up though!
DeleteAlso, sorry about deleting your Marcinak comments. I acted in frustration before thinking it through. I spoke to Harrison about the game and he agreed to mention the handball miss in the report
DeleteGentlemen, please, forget about body language and everything else when Mazic played with his hand (it's irrelevant in this regard) and different speculations. Celtic scored preceded foul yellow header # 9 of Malmo's keeper. We have three potentially fouls in a row and was fined in the first: movement Celtic striker # 9 has elements of punishable acts in the goal area: obstruction/prevention to intervention/suppression arm and elbow. Under Law 12 LoTG is the offense.
DeleteBut, mentality, the philosophy of football and refereeing in the UK with this claim would never agree, that is clear. This is in England or Scotland an ordinary duel, like any other.
Continental refereeing's school dogmatic stand out - the goalkeeper must be protected in a space of 5.5 m. Indeed AAR2 verified foul on keeper who has made the yellow Celtic's atacker # 9.