Forza Collina! (1 Viewer)

[nina]

Pierluigi Collina became the first Italian referee to take charge of a French League match and was given a 'knighthood' this week.


The Viareggio-born official was invited to take part in yesterday’s encounter between Lyon and Olympique Marseille.


Lyon won the game 1-0 with Pegguy Luyindula’s 41st-minute goal, but Collina refused to wear a microphone for the live television transmission.


"I am a referee who was designated to direct an important and delicate match," noted the World Cup Final ref, "not a show man who takes off for an overseas live television adventure."

“Collina contacted FIFA to explain that he refused the microphone,” noted Canal+ director of sports programming Karl Olive, “but not as a snub. He simply didn’t speak French.”


It has been an eventful week for Collina. He was voted the World’s best referee for the fifth consecutive year and named a Commendatore (the Italian version of a knighthood) by President of the Repubblica Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

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[dpforever]

I saw the match and Collina did well except for a harsh yellow card in one incident .. two Marseille defenders accidently bumped into each other while tackling Lyon's Govou and one of them got injured (Lebouef) .. Collina thought that it was Govou's fault so gave thim the yellow card

 

[Tom]

one word:

why?

 

[Desmond]

why what?

 

[Tom]

++ [ originally posted by Paranoia ] ++
why what?

why the hell was he refereeing in France?

 

[dpforever]

Lyon-MArseille matches have always caused controversies in the past .. so the FFA opted to go for an outsider (ref) .. who better than Mr. Collina ?

 

[Ahmed_]

++ [ originally posted by Paolo_Montero ] ++


why the hell was he refereeing in France?

because he is the best in the world

 

[Torkel]

i don't think Collina is that good of a ref, cetainly not the best in the world.

 

[Martin]

Any nominees?

 

[Torkel]

++ [ originally posted by Alex ] ++
Any nominees?

for best referee?

my vote goes to either Helmut Krug or Helmut Kohl, ones from austria and one from Germany, i know how he looks like.

 

[Tom]

++ [ originally posted by tarmpropp ] ++
i don't think Collina is that good of a ref, cetainly not the best in the world.

Collina is the best IMO

 

[Slagathor]

Torkel - please DO tell me you're not talking about Markus Merk!

 

[Tom]

I love his name

 

[dpforever]

++ [ originally posted by tarmpropp ] ++
i don't think Collina is that good of a ref, cetainly not the best in the world .

What do u explain the yearly FIFA and numerous other awards he gets

 

[mate]

He made a lot of mistakes too, here in Italy, but at least he has a strong personality and (especially) he don't loose his head in important matches or in controversial situations like most of the referees do. 4 me this is his real quality.

 

[Torkel]

++ [ originally posted by Erik ] ++
Torkel - please DO tell me you're not talking about Markus Merk!

no, not him, i know that his first name is Helmut, that his second name starts with a K and i remember how he looks like.

 

[Tom]

Krug?

 

[Slagathor]

Oh alright - because Merk has got to be the most incompetent referee I have ever seen!

 

[Martin]

I nominate Hugh Dallas for that one