Collina did a legendary power move in football! When the italian association said he could not referee for the Milan team (because he did a commercial for Opel) he simply said "OK, then I'm quitting!", while he was the most recognizable face in italian football. The association had to go back on the decision.
He wasn't a referee, he was an authority. Nobody wants to get beef with him, not even the beast players at that time. He handled matches like no one else did. He truly is an icon, undisputed legend
Overflowing with charisma on the pitch, everybody respected him....also because he was never wrong. A machine in human body before VAR tecnology existed, much safer than a security camera
He was also one of the only Serie A referees that never accepted any bribes for match fixing during the 90's and 2000's, no matter how much money was offered
One of the most underrated stories of Pierluigi Collina: The scene is the final day of the 1999/2000 season. Juventus were leading the table with 2 points ahead of Lazio. Juventus' manager was Carlo Ancelotti, while the legendary Sven Goran Erikson was managing Lazio. Juventus were playing Perugia away, and Lazio hosted Reggina at home. A win for Juventus would clinch the title, but if the points tally was level it would force a playoff between these two teams. Lazio comfortably won the match 3-0 leaving it all to Juventus, but it started raining heavily in Perugia. Pierluigi Collina temporarily suspended the game around half-time. There was immense pressure on Collina to suspend the game and resume the play the next day, but Collina held his nerves and said the game should continue the same day. After an hour delay, the game continued and Juventus lost the game 1-0 losing the title to Lazio on the final day all thanks to the massive integrity of Pierluigi Collina. And that remains the last Italian league title Lazio have won since the 1999/00 season.
Yeap, Collina was indeed so charismatic that some of my friends that were not that interested in football still knew him. On a chilly champions league night, you could see his frightening stare, lifted hand with a yellow, and steam coming from his bald head, eh early 2000s, magical that was.
Did you notice that on 06:23 He leading match between Spain vs France, and that 2 players are one of the best manager now Pep Guardiola and Zinedine Zidane
His biggest badge of honour is that when he was on the pitch, noone would even question his refereeing. Not the players, not the spectators, noone. Ask anyone who has seen him do his job if they would prefer VAR and modern means in their team's match or Collina even today in 2023 and they would take him over anything else. A legend.
Collina was brilliant. I'll never forget the way the biggest players became like ants around him. He definitely had a massive presence around him, and with that the trust of fans and players alike. Amazing referee, shame we haven't gotten more like him nowadays.
You should watch some clips of him. When players complained about something in the game. There are some legendary scenes where He doesn't get weak and strictly says the players that he decides and it has to be respected. You have to watch it
This was one of the videos that you reacted to that I haven't watched before. I've never thought of the preparation or lack of preparation they do either. As a coach of 20 plus years I can tell you the refs decisions go for you 50% of the time and go away from you 50% of the time in the long run. That referee was universally liked by most players and was talked about by the commentators.
When it is a rule, he enforces it, makes no exceptions to specific players/teams, a true titan on the field. He wasn't going to get pushed around and stands by every decision he makes. A man that brings up his Wikipedia page when googling "Bald Ref". A man to be the cover star of a football game whilst not being in the game itself. The Undisputed Greatest Referee.
Football refs have to be careful to maintain game fluidity (by allowing minor fouls now and then) while not getting the players frustrated and letting the game get out of hand. Issuing a warning instead of a yellow card when appropriate, and being strict when necessary. This guy did all of that flawlessly, being charismatic but taking no sh*t from any of the players at the same time. His personality combined with the technical knowledge of the game was what made him so special.
You should watch some of his clips. A player once got very close to him and he was slightly pushing him, you know what he did? He pushed him back and continued until he stopped. To me refs should be more comfortable doing stuff like that if a player crosses the line. Every player respected him and feared him just like the viewers. GOAT🐐 and legend.
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Nice pic in 6:20, with Guardiola and Zidane as players for their national teams. I like to congratulate you. It is not easy to start learning about a sport such as football as an adult who grew up with other sports.
A really, really great man. When i played active my team had a preparation week in Udine in the year 1990 and Signore Collina was the Ref in our 2nd preparation Match. And even back then he was exceptional.
When he retired he was in an ad, where some kids were playing ball and one of the kids fouled another. Collina was passing by and he looked sternly at the children and they continued playing normally
If you ask an italian about the WORST referee ever, you will hear only one name: Byron Moreno. It was scandalous, it was world cup 2002. The international press said that it was we who were looking for excuses, until it was Spain's turn. South Corea never came anywhere close to those results. Four years later, Italy won the World Cup
Anthony Taylor is also now going to be remembered as one of the worst referee ever, by italian football fans ( and not only Roma fans)...and Premier League fans...also agree with that sentiment.
Collina had absolute command of the game. Usually you see players runing up to the referee and start complaining. Collina just locked his eyes into the complaining players eyes and stared them into submission.
Absolute Legend! I'm glad you stumbled upon this video and this legendary ref. It is sad, that good refs or the refereeing of great matches is often overlooked. I feel the quality of refs tends to go down over the last several years, with more and more technical gadgets to "help" the ref (goal line tech, constant radio contact with the assistants, VAR...). Colina really set the standard for what good ref'ing is. There are few refs that could even come close to him. Fewer every year it feels...
Luke you should try Football Manager, the game. Its great and will give you a realistic overview of the challenges presented to a manager (this is not an ad, lol). It's a classic and there are tons of tutorials out there that will help you understand it.
Man, the American doing the voiceover is *butchering* all the pronunciations of the names. Edit: possibly the most infamous moment was Graham Poll (mentioned in the video, talking about how Collina was so prepared) accidentally gave a player 3 yellow cards at a World Cup
i feel you,as an european who watches nba it makes my blood boil,they give out techs cause their feelings were hurt and sometimes i got the feeling they are involved in bets...its not even about the mistakes but rather about the ego,and their mistakes dont even have repercussions,and they still fail despite having replay :D
He really added to the games that he lead. When he was on the pitch, there was always at least on person that was interesting to watch and who brought quality to the game.
Collina once refereed a socceraid charity match in which Gordon Ramsey was playing. Ramsey decided to argue with Colina and Colina was caught on camera saying to Ramsey "I'm not one of your f*#@ing waiters now f*@# off"
I remember reading that when he lost all his hair it was just before a game early on his career, and the football association suspended him because they were afraid his look would cause issues. How cruel is that?
It is interesting, that the top refs are mostly well educated people, Collina, as it was mentioned, others are Markus Merk (Dentist), Peter Mikkelsen (Teacher), Oscar Ruiz (Lawyer) or Felix Brych (Lawyer) just to name a few.
The Korea and Japan World Cup is an example of bad refereeing. It was fixed so that Korea could reach semi-finals, to the point that the referee of the quarter-finals game between Korea and Spain was forbidden to work as a referee for the rest of his life after what happened there. There were also suspicion about the game of the previous round that Korea played against Italy. Unfortunately, we always remember more bad referee calls than good ones.
I have watched football of all levels for close to 50 years, and what I remember most about Collina is this: In every match in which he was the ref, there must have been five or eight or ten moments, when he made a decision and my first reaction was: "WHAT?" Then they showed the slow motion replay, and it proved that he was correct. Every time. Ok, maybe 99.9 % of the times. But he simply had an eye for the game that was unmatched.
Collina was the world best referee for a reason. players were afraid of him and quite frankly, he looked terrifying. His eyes were haunting. I could give you a 1500 word essay on some of the worst refereeing in football, hell, make that 2000 words and they would all be about the Premier League in the 90s and 2000s and even today in my own country's league, where we don't use VAR, the refereeing is some of the worst on the planet! There is a match-defining referee mistake every week. Referees that only give freekicks to one of the teams all the time, clear and obvious penalties and sometimes very cheap penalties, there is no line. VAR has improved refereeing at least 300%. it's far from perfect, but it is a lot better than the 90s and 2000s.
I remember him very well, still remember world cup, he absolutelly took no bullshit and was strict but fair, but everyone remembers his crazy look and that he looks like Bond villain
Way back then, I could overlook a serie a match being played in TV, not caring about both of the team playing, but then I realized the ref is Collina and I'll immediately stop and watch the game. He genuinely must have inspired not an insignificant number of kids to want to be a referee.
As a argentinian, my favorite and strange moment with a ref was after 2006 world cup final (Italy vs France), the ref was Elizondo a argentinian and make a great job on that world cup, after that, on the his nexts match for the argentinian tournament, the hole stadium clap him, scream his name like a star player.
I think the only player who received three yellow cards in one game is Joe Šimunic, the Croatian representative at the World Cup in Germany 2006 against Australia. allegedly, the referee confused him with an Australian player because he grew up in Australia and speaks English with their accent! 😅
There was Collina who was great and then there are others like Rafa Guerrero here in Spain la Liga who said on TV that he decided if it was offside by mentally counting yes, no, yes, no, yes, no and if he ended in yes it was offside.
Ah Pierluigi Collina, The Man The Myth The Legend The Ref.......made almost 0mistakes on the field, everyone respected his decisions, he took crap from no one!
We all accuse refs are corrupt, but when Collina reffed you knew it was all good. Bigger than the players on the field. Thing is he could deescalate situations and have a laugh. You need to check out the famous Frank Worthington goal, where the ref was applauding him. If you are interested I'll reply with a CZcams link
I´m grateful that you make - at least - to my attention to the best ref in football ever! I never seen him make a wrong judgement . And if you ever complained you got the blalckest eyes I´ve ever seeen! You had never a chance to jabbin at Collina! The best, ever!
Collina respected the players and in return, the player respected him. A lot of refs being arrogant and not respectful towards player and that always become difficult in a match.
You only have to be 14 to become a referee. I recommend it to any kid who plays soccer as a first job. One can easily make a hundred bucks on a Saturday, and there are weekday games, too. 200 a week is quite doable. Also, the more games you work, the quicker you move up in rank. Higher rank is required for higher level (and higher paying) matches
As a referee he was outstanding. Nothing can describe the greatness that he was. I would advise people to look up "a priceless football surprise with Collina". Sadly. Recently I was told his methods and behavior as uefa head of referees. And it is not that great. Doesn't take away from his brilliance as referee and nothing will do.
If u want to see some interesting refs, look at the 2002 wc, the Match between Italy and s Korea, that was a robery to the italians, also, i Will love to see u react to south american futbol from the 90 early 2000, those matches were a masacre, it is hilarious to watch, the problem is the Chanel i would recommend u it's argentinian so, no english
Just some info to show how important he was and still is: "He was named "The World's Best Referee" by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics six consecutive times from 1998-2003. Collina is still involved in football as an unpaid consultant to the Italian Football Referees Association (AIA), the Head of Referees for the Football Federation of Ukraine since 2010, a member of the UEFA Referees Committee and Chairman of the FIFA referees committee." He's also the main reason why the extra time was longer during the last world cup and in 2018.
Wouldn't have clicked on the video myself but I'm glad you did. I'm Dutch and we tend to respect authority (while claiming we don't) but when I think about football refs I think about Fergie Time.
Nigeria beat argentina at the atlanta 96 olympic final, collina was the ref that day,hes very loved by nigerians, he set the standard on how to officiate a game with an african team,like stop punishing teams for being physically stronger
As a referee for many years now, myself, I can tell you that yes, it is a hard job and it is even harder to stay calm and block your emotions out. I have witnessed a player death in one of my matches and another player falling into a coma after a collision. It is hard to stay calm but you have to. You don't always succeed, not even Collina could, but I guarantee you that it is one magical world, 100% this is a choice I have never regretted, even when I had been blatantly abused by either the players or the refereeing administration themselves. There are plenty of refereeing videos for you to watch, if you decide to do so, from learning videos, to gaffes, ridiculous mistakes, even violent ones. I can forward you some, if you like that. But yeah, being a referee is one of the hardest, yet most beautiful things I have ever done in my life! I wouldn't take it back.
Refs hear it, but being a great ref is... hard. Everyone respected him. Refs are often sus. This guy? Legend
Collina did a legendary power move in football! When the italian association said he could not referee for the Milan team (because he did a commercial for Opel) he simply said "OK, then I'm quitting!", while he was the most recognizable face in italian football. The association had to go back on the decision.
He wasn't a referee, he was an authority. Nobody wants to get beef with him, not even the beast players at that time. He handled matches like no one else did. He truly is an icon, undisputed legend
Overflowing with charisma on the pitch, everybody respected him....also because he was never wrong. A machine in human body before VAR tecnology existed, much safer than a security camera
I'd put money on that statement.
He was also one of the only Serie A referees that never accepted any bribes for match fixing during the 90's and 2000's, no matter how much money was offered
One of the only, what a ignorant statement.
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@@madaxwayne Hell no.
@@trakkadda Italy is like corruption in country form, don't kid yourself.
@@Kjernekar just blah.
One of the most underrated stories of Pierluigi Collina:
The scene is the final day of the 1999/2000 season. Juventus were leading the table with 2 points ahead of Lazio. Juventus' manager was Carlo Ancelotti, while the legendary Sven Goran Erikson was managing Lazio. Juventus were playing Perugia away, and Lazio hosted Reggina at home. A win for Juventus would clinch the title, but if the points tally was level it would force a playoff between these two teams. Lazio comfortably won the match 3-0 leaving it all to Juventus, but it started raining heavily in Perugia. Pierluigi Collina temporarily suspended the game around half-time. There was immense pressure on Collina to suspend the game and resume the play the next day, but Collina held his nerves and said the game should continue the same day. After an hour delay, the game continued and Juventus lost the game 1-0 losing the title to Lazio on the final day all thanks to the massive integrity of Pierluigi Collina. And that remains the last Italian league title Lazio have won since the 1999/00 season.
Yeap, Collina was indeed so charismatic that some of my friends that were not that interested in football still knew him.
On a chilly champions league night, you could see his frightening stare, lifted hand with a yellow, and steam coming from his bald head, eh early 2000s, magical that was.
Did you notice that on 06:23 He leading match between Spain vs France, and that 2 players are one of the best manager now Pep Guardiola and Zinedine Zidane
His biggest badge of honour is that when he was on the pitch, noone would even question his refereeing. Not the players, not the spectators, noone. Ask anyone who has seen him do his job if they would prefer VAR and modern means in their team's match or Collina even today in 2023 and they would take him over anything else. A legend.
Collina was brilliant. I'll never forget the way the biggest players became like ants around him. He definitely had a massive presence around him, and with that the trust of fans and players alike. Amazing referee, shame we haven't gotten more like him nowadays.
FYI, the soccer referees cover the most mileage compared to anyone else in the field.
You should watch some clips of him. When players complained about something in the game. There are some legendary scenes where He doesn't get weak and strictly says the players that he decides and it has to be respected. You have to watch it
This was one of the videos that you reacted to that I haven't watched before. I've never thought of the preparation or lack of preparation they do either. As a coach of 20 plus years I can tell you the refs decisions go for you 50% of the time and go away from you 50% of the time in the long run. That referee was universally liked by most players and was talked about by the commentators.
When it is a rule, he enforces it, makes no exceptions to specific players/teams, a true titan on the field. He wasn't going to get pushed around and stands by every decision he makes.
A man that brings up his Wikipedia page when googling "Bald Ref". A man to be the cover star of a football game whilst not being in the game itself. The Undisputed Greatest Referee.
Never saw him making a wrong call. Not one! Not a single one! Incredible.
Football refs have to be careful to maintain game fluidity (by allowing minor fouls now and then) while not getting the players frustrated and letting the game get out of hand. Issuing a warning instead of a yellow card when appropriate, and being strict when necessary. This guy did all of that flawlessly, being charismatic but taking no sh*t from any of the players at the same time. His personality combined with the technical knowledge of the game was what made him so special.
Haven't watched a frame of the video yet, but yes, this guy was hands-down the best referee in the game by a mile. Wish he was still officiating.
You should watch some of his clips. A player once got very close to him and he was slightly pushing him, you know what he did? He pushed him back and continued until he stopped. To me refs should be more comfortable doing stuff like that if a player crosses the line. Every player respected him and feared him just like the viewers. GOAT🐐 and legend.
Nice pic in 6:20, with Guardiola and Zidane as players for their national teams.
I like to congratulate you. It is not easy to start learning about a sport such as football as an adult who grew up with other sports.
A really, really great man. When i played active my team had a preparation week in Udine in the year 1990 and Signore Collina was the Ref in our 2nd preparation Match. And even back then he was exceptional.
Everyone loves clips of Mike Dean playing advantage then almost celebrating the resulting goal.
When he retired he was in an ad, where some kids were playing ball and one of the kids fouled another. Collina was passing by and he looked sternly at the children and they continued playing normally
If you ask an italian about the WORST referee ever, you will hear only one name: Byron Moreno. It was scandalous, it was world cup 2002. The international press said that it was we who were looking for excuses, until it was Spain's turn. South Corea never came anywhere close to those results. Four years later, Italy won the World Cup
Anthony Taylor is also now going to be remembered as one of the worst referee ever, by italian football fans ( and not only Roma fans)...and Premier League fans...also agree with that sentiment.
Total legend. The perfect example of performance garnering respect.
this man is realy a legend and everybody on continent who was ever interested in football 90 and 00 knows who he is
Collina had absolute command of the game.
Usually you see players runing up to the referee and start complaining.
Collina just locked his eyes into the complaining players eyes and stared them into submission.
Absolute Legend! I'm glad you stumbled upon this video and this legendary ref. It is sad, that good refs or the refereeing of great matches is often overlooked. I feel the quality of refs tends to go down over the last several years, with more and more technical gadgets to "help" the ref (goal line tech, constant radio contact with the assistants, VAR...).
Colina really set the standard for what good ref'ing is. There are few refs that could even come close to him. Fewer every year it feels...
Luke you should try Football Manager, the game. Its great and will give you a realistic overview of the challenges presented to a manager (this is not an ad, lol). It's a classic and there are tons of tutorials out there that will help you understand it.
He has to take a little caution with that game... it can be quite addictive for creative minds...
Man, the American doing the voiceover is *butchering* all the pronunciations of the names. Edit: possibly the most infamous moment was Graham Poll (mentioned in the video, talking about how Collina was so prepared) accidentally gave a player 3 yellow cards at a World Cup
Two most feared bald people that have ever touched the field would be Collina and the other Stam. When you see either one, just RUN!
i feel you,as an european who watches nba it makes my blood boil,they give out techs cause their feelings were hurt and sometimes i got the feeling they are involved in bets...its not even about the mistakes but rather about the ego,and their mistakes dont even have repercussions,and they still fail despite having replay :D
He really added to the games that he lead. When he was on the pitch, there was always at least on person that was interesting to watch and who brought quality to the game.
Collina once refereed a socceraid charity match in which Gordon Ramsey was playing. Ramsey decided to argue with Colina and Colina was caught on camera saying to Ramsey "I'm not one of your f*#@ing waiters now f*@# off"
Fun Fact: Collina is also an Italian word, meaning "hill" in English. I think it fits his hairstyle.
He was so famous in his time that a toon version character of him was in the videoclip of George Michael's song "Shoot the Dog"...😅
I remember reading that when he lost all his hair it was just before a game early on his career, and the football association suspended him because they were afraid his look would cause issues. How cruel is that?
It is interesting, that the top refs are mostly well educated people, Collina, as it was mentioned, others are Markus Merk (Dentist), Peter Mikkelsen (Teacher), Oscar Ruiz (Lawyer) or Felix Brych (Lawyer) just to name a few.
Paulo di Canio pushing the referee after geting sent off is iconic
The Korea and Japan World Cup is an example of bad refereeing. It was fixed so that Korea could reach semi-finals, to the point that the referee of the quarter-finals game between Korea and Spain was forbidden to work as a referee for the rest of his life after what happened there. There were also suspicion about the game of the previous round that Korea played against Italy.
Unfortunately, we always remember more bad referee calls than good ones.
i think one of the worst moments for referring (i think) is the 2002 World Cup being rigged for South Korea
The only ref where you lnow there was no bias towards teams ,Thats why he was respected by players and fans
Paulo Di Canio's referee moment is a peach!
This guy is a legend, but for Everton fans.... they would say it's the opposite lol
The amount of respects he got from players, managers, officials, and so on were legendary
In FIFA 06, there was a cheat code that allowed Collina to be the ref in the games. (The graphics just made the ref appear bald. :D )
I have watched football of all levels for close to 50 years, and what I remember most about Collina is this: In every match in which he was the ref, there must have been five or eight or ten moments, when he made a decision and my first reaction was: "WHAT?" Then they showed the slow motion replay, and it proved that he was correct. Every time. Ok, maybe 99.9 % of the times. But he simply had an eye for the game that was unmatched.
Collina was the world best referee for a reason. players were afraid of him and quite frankly, he looked terrifying. His eyes were haunting.
I could give you a 1500 word essay on some of the worst refereeing in football, hell, make that 2000 words and they would all be about the Premier League in the 90s and 2000s and even today in my own country's league, where we don't use VAR, the refereeing is some of the worst on the planet! There is a match-defining referee mistake every week. Referees that only give freekicks to one of the teams all the time, clear and obvious penalties and sometimes very cheap penalties, there is no line. VAR has improved refereeing at least 300%. it's far from perfect, but it is a lot better than the 90s and 2000s.
You'd have to mention serie A in that essay. The match fixing and corruption was unmatched in the top european leagues
He is a Cyborg, he has eyes everywhere, Sometimes 20 m ahead, before or aside from him..... He was the best reveree EVER.
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I saw this Live and thought that's unusual, but it looks pretty funny.
Colina was a grat guy in every way.
Never forget when the german football assossiation gave him a hair dryer as a present
You must see it to watch the greatness of collina, nobody dare to argue with him
Most refs get their calls contested by players all the time. When Collina blows the whistle, it's "Yes Sir, sorry Sir, won't happen again Sir."
Heeey bro, cmon 2002! WHY YOURE DOING THIS TO ME BRO?! Hahahahahahaha 3:11
I remember him very well, still remember world cup, he absolutelly took no bullshit and was strict but fair, but everyone remembers his crazy look and that he looks like Bond villain
Way back then, I could overlook a serie a match being played in TV, not caring about both of the team playing, but then I realized the ref is Collina and I'll immediately stop and watch the game.
He genuinely must have inspired not an insignificant number of kids to want to be a referee.
on top of those above, he also spoke 5 languages (or more), thus was able to communicate with players from all major european leagues.
Watch the 2002 World Cup refereeing scandal that happened with Korea if you want to see some of the worst refereeing decisions of all time
Dude is a legend.
With that Man, everyone took their cards etc and didnt bitch about it, not even us at home ^^
GOAT
The only ref appeared on PES cover
As a argentinian, my favorite and strange moment with a ref was after 2006 world cup final (Italy vs France), the ref was Elizondo a argentinian and make a great job on that world cup, after that, on the his nexts match for the argentinian tournament, the hole stadium clap him, scream his name like a star player.
I think this Guy is one of the reason a lot of refs are Bald 😂😂😂
I think the only player who received three yellow cards in one game is Joe Šimunic, the Croatian representative at the World Cup in Germany 2006 against Australia. allegedly, the referee confused him with an Australian player because he grew up in Australia and speaks English with their accent! 😅
I WAS GONNA SUGGEST TIHHS TO YOU SO GLAAD U REACTED
When I was a kid, I'm ashame to admit that this guy would scared me lol but even then, I knew that if he was reffing it was going to be a good match
There was Collina who was great and then there are others like Rafa Guerrero here in Spain la Liga who said on TV that he decided if it was offside by mentally counting yes, no, yes, no, yes, no and if he ended in yes it was offside.
man this guy was something else
This guy was a walking VAR.
Nigel Owwens in rugby might be worth a look, I can't think of any rref morre respected than him
Ah Pierluigi Collina, The Man The Myth The Legend The Ref.......made almost 0mistakes on the field, everyone respected his decisions, he took crap from no one!
Shout out for Mike Dean. Absolute legend!
As far as I know he was also the fastest referee in FIFA. He ran side by side with the players and often faster.
We all accuse refs are corrupt, but when Collina reffed you knew it was all good. Bigger than the players on the field. Thing is he could deescalate situations and have a laugh. You need to check out the famous Frank Worthington goal, where the ref was applauding him. If you are interested I'll reply with a CZcams link
Honestly, i remember Collina, best referee ever
I´m grateful that you make - at least - to my attention to the best ref in football ever! I never seen him make a wrong judgement . And if you ever complained you got the blalckest eyes I´ve ever seeen! You had never a chance to jabbin at Collina! The best, ever!
Here in Brazil we had an ref called Armando Marques and he have an rivalry with.... Pelé (?), so there's a lof of history between both
Collina respected the players and in return, the player respected him.
A lot of refs being arrogant and not respectful towards player and that always become difficult in a match.
You have to check Tony Chapron. French ref who did the unthinkable during à match...
He is unlike NBA referees who are emotional and giving calls willy nilly
Great referee makes a big difference to the game. Either you win or lose, you feel satisfied because the referee did his job well... 😁
6:24 i never realised Pep Guardiola and Zidane played at the same time, i always thought Pep was way older x)
You only have to be 14 to become a referee. I recommend it to any kid who plays soccer as a first job. One can easily make a hundred bucks on a Saturday, and there are weekday games, too. 200 a week is quite doable. Also, the more games you work, the quicker you move up in rank. Higher rank is required for higher level (and higher paying) matches
watch " how messi won the world cup by checking his shoulders " gives you more of a players perspective when they play a game.
Also tak at this Ref Kim Milton Nielsen he was the best or secokent best in the same Time periode as colina.
Pierluigi Collina in football and Nigel Owens in rugby are the all time best referees.
An Italian Legend...nothing else to say.
Most legendary CL final is 05 , but lets pretend its 99
As a referee he was outstanding. Nothing can describe the greatness that he was.
I would advise people to look up "a priceless football surprise with Collina".
Sadly. Recently I was told his methods and behavior as uefa head of referees. And it is not that great.
Doesn't take away from his brilliance as referee and nothing will do.
One of the funniest refereeing performances I've seen is Graham Poole giving a croatian players 3 yellow cards in a 2006 World Cup game 😅😅
I'm just glad we now have VAR so it's not complete dictatorship out there.
7:00 Battle of Nuremberg 2006
If u want to see some interesting refs, look at the 2002 wc, the Match between Italy and s Korea, that was a robery to the italians, also, i Will love to see u react to south american futbol from the 90 early 2000, those matches were a masacre, it is hilarious to watch, the problem is the Chanel i would recommend u it's argentinian so, no english
Just some info to show how important he was and still is: "He was named "The World's Best Referee" by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics six consecutive times from 1998-2003. Collina is still involved in football as an unpaid consultant to the Italian Football Referees Association (AIA), the Head of Referees for the Football Federation of Ukraine since 2010, a member of the UEFA Referees Committee and Chairman of the FIFA referees committee." He's also the main reason why the extra time was longer during the last world cup and in 2018.
refs in football is the MAN and Colina was thr Goat of ref
He was scary man.
Wouldn't have clicked on the video myself but I'm glad you did.
I'm Dutch and we tend to respect authority (while claiming we don't) but when I think about football refs I think about Fergie Time.
The only other legendary referee I can think of in any sport was Nigel Owens(rugby). You should check him out if you get a chance.
Nigeria beat argentina at the atlanta 96 olympic final, collina was the ref that day,hes very loved by nigerians, he set the standard on how to officiate a game with an african team,like stop punishing teams for being physically stronger
Even people who doesn´t like football in europe knows this man´s name
As a referee for many years now, myself, I can tell you that yes, it is a hard job and it is even harder to stay calm and block your emotions out. I have witnessed a player death in one of my matches and another player falling into a coma after a collision. It is hard to stay calm but you have to. You don't always succeed, not even Collina could, but I guarantee you that it is one magical world, 100% this is a choice I have never regretted, even when I had been blatantly abused by either the players or the refereeing administration themselves.
There are plenty of refereeing videos for you to watch, if you decide to do so, from learning videos, to gaffes, ridiculous mistakes, even violent ones. I can forward you some, if you like that.
But yeah, being a referee is one of the hardest, yet most beautiful things I have ever done in my life! I wouldn't take it back.