23 ENGALG Ėrmatov

 

A match chiefly memorable here in England for Wayne Rooney ranting after the final whistle - "it's nice to have your home fans booing you" - was nothing to write home about either for Ravšan Ėrmatov's trio, who delivered a solid performance.

Ėrmatov offered a totally different method of card selection than Alberto Undiano Mallenco earlier in the day. In addition to the two cards given for tactical fouls, he might have also booked at: 20' (SPA), 25' (SPA), 28' (Tackle) 47' (SPA), 53' (Tackle), 66' (SPA) and +92' (SPA). 

No real stepped approach from the Uzbek referee, he just gave the cards he needed to and offered an assured presence the rest of the game - no extra fuss. So, a relatively exhausting approach for the quite fit Ėrmatov, in addition to the fairly intense concentration needed to keep an eye on the overview all the while. 

To consider: could England have been reduced to ten players (70') and conceded a penalty (79') in the latter part of the second half? At least, the conversation between the Uzbek referee and his assistant Rafael Iljasov does look somewhat interesting in the second case.

On a day where a lot of fuss was made about the refereeing of the matches, no issues for the officials here, who delivered this one with minimal fuss. Their second match was really a mere stepping stone to bigger things for the Central Asian trio.  

Both Iljasov (47') and Kyrgyz assistant Bachadyr Kočkarov (31') indicated fouls which were in an extended notion of their visual control; Kočkarov missed a late foul by John Terry (28') which was rather closer to him. 

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