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Lars Sivertsen

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487 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

We still may not know the full extent of everything that's under investigation.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

Should be said that as of today, they've been pretty clear that no clubs are under investigation.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

This is a case relating specifically to refereeing and how certain refereeing decisions were made about which referees get designated to certain matches and also about how VAR is used.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

There was this particular game that was picked up where you had two officials discussing a VAR decision in the game between referees.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

Udinese and Parma last season where Florian Thauvin's shot hit the arm of Botan Balogh inside the penalty box.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

The VAR official Daniela Paterna, they have a situation similar to in England where the VAR headquarters are done for the International Broadcast Centre.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

was seen basically saying not a penalty uh with his assistant and then turns off camera on the camera you can see and clearly gets a gesture from someone that perhaps this uh is worth reconsidering because he's can you can see him mouthing it's penalty and then he tells the referee to um to have a look at it again and then ends up giving the decision for a penalty so discussion about

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

Who exactly that was who said that to him and whether that was the appropriate protocol.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

It's a lot of stuff about protocol and stuff about designating referees.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

But of course, we're 20 years on from Calciopoli, which was a big scandal about how referees were designated.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

So it is very tense and sensitive ground.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

But again, just to say at the moment, at least, the investigators have said no clubs under investigation.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

This is an investigation about the refereeing processes.

Football Weekly
All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

Also saying that these people we're talking about, Gervasoni, Rocchi,

Football Weekly
Liverpool and Barcelona knocked out of Champions League – Football Weekly

Yeah, I know it lets everyone jump up and down and on a slot head season, but I do think Liverpool kind of played this well in terms of finding a balance between trying to create chances and not leaving themselves completely exposed for the pace that PSG bring on the counter.

Football Weekly
Liverpool and Barcelona knocked out of Champions League – Football Weekly

The outcome was what it was, but I thought they actually did reasonably well and with a little bit of luck slash sharper finishing, this could have gone in a different direction.

Football Weekly
Liverpool and Barcelona knocked out of Champions League – Football Weekly

I still think the final ball in the first half, they got into quite a lot of promising positions where there was a slightly loose pass or the timing wasn't quite right.

Football Weekly
Liverpool and Barcelona knocked out of Champions League – Football Weekly

I mean, it's clear that things aren't flowing for the team at the moment, but I thought this was a reasonable effort overall.

Football Weekly
Liverpool and Barcelona knocked out of Champions League – Football Weekly

That sounds like a sort of... A terrible film in the Bourne franchise.

Football Weekly
Liverpool and Barcelona knocked out of Champions League – Football Weekly

I also know it sounds like an underwhelming jazz band, but, you know, this could also be... Yeah, yeah, it works both ways.