- Title: TURKEY: REFEREES GATHER FOR UEFA COURSE.
- Date: 4th February 2001
- Summary: ANTALYA,TURKEY 04/02/2000 (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. REFEREES TRAINING FOR PERFORMANCE TEST 2. UEFA MEMBERS CHECKING THE RESULTS OF THE TESTS 3. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH), GERMAN REFEREE MARKUS MERK SAYING: "A match is like a book, you have to read sentence after sentence, every sentence you have to read is new so you have to forgot what happens in the match before. And if there is a penalty, you have to give a penalty. It doesn't matter if it's a third, fourth or fifth penalty for that team." 4. VARIOUS OF THE PRESSER 5. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH), ITALIAN REFEREE PIERLUGI COLLINA: "I think there is no one nervous football player in the football, sometimes in the match the pressure on the player could create some situation of a nervousism [player to become nervous]. But I think it is normal, they are human beings and the referees are human beings and sometimes the pressure is very, very hard" 6. VARIOUS OF REFEREES 7. SOUNDBITE, SWEDISH REFEREE ANDERS FRISK: "Regarding the goalscoring opportunity, when you are a referee you have to whistle for a penalty kick, because the goalkeeper has tripped his opponent you have to give a penalty kick, you have to show the goalkeeper the red card, and I think sometimes he sentenced three times. First of all it is a penalty, second he is out of the game and third he is also out for the next game, and I think maybe that can be changed 8. VARIOUS OF THE SEMINAR Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: ANTALYA, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
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- Story Text: The world's top soccer referees gathered in the
Turkish town of Antalya on Sunday (February 4) for a course
organised by UEFA.
FIFA sent 44 of its top referees to a UEFA course in
the Mediterranian town of Antalya in Turkey.
The referees, many of whom such as Italian Pierluigi Collina
have become recognised around the world, underwent a
performance test before holding a press conference.
Collina, whose bald head and intense demeanor have made
him something of a celebrity in Italy and throughout Europe,
spoke of the pressures involved in the modern game. "They are
human beings and the referees are
human beings and sometimes the pressure is very very hard," he
said.
Another to attend the course, Germany's Markus Merk,
explained how each match is different and that a referee can
never expect two games to be the same. "A match is like a
book, and you have to read sentence after sentence and every
sentence is new. You have to forgot what happens in the match
before. If there is a penalty, you have to award a penalty, it
doesn't matter if it's the third, fourth or fifth you have
given for that team."
Top Swedish referee Anders Frisk called for a possible
rethink on some of the game's laws, even offering his sympathy
to goalkeeper's who receive red cards for conceding a penalty.
"You have to give a penalty kick and you have to show the
goalkeeper the red card," he said. "I think sometimes he is
sentensed three times. First of all it is a penalty, second he
is out of the game and third he is also out
for the next game, and I think maybe that can be changed."
The course will see 55 new referees gain their FIFA emblem
badge on Wednesday.
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