- Szymon Marciniak refereed the first match of the fourth round of the Champions League qualifiers between Lille and Slavia Prague. The home team won 2-0 and the Pole put in a great performance.
- This time we didn’t see Tomasz Listkiewicz and Bartosz Frankowski next to the pole. However, it didn’t change much and Marciniak got on well with the team.
- The best Polish referee was impressed, especially when he quickly decided to disallow the goal for the visitors. VAR quickly confirmed that he was right.
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There have been major changes to the refereeing team coached by Szymon Marciniak. They could be seen for the first time during the Champions League fourth qualifying round. In the first match of the direct battle for promotion to the group stage, Lille played Slavia Prague, and this time we did not see Tomasz Leskiewicz and Bartosz Frankowski alongside Marciniak.
What’s the reason behind this? Well, Tomasz Leskiewicz is on vacation for two weeks, and Bartosz Frankowski has been replaced by Pawel Malek due to a 90-day refereeing ban by the Polish Football Association. And all because He and Tomasz Musiał were punished this way after being stopped with a stolen road sign when they had more than 1.5 per thousand of alcohol..
As a result, Marciniak approached Tuesday’s match with assistant referees Radoslaw Siecka and Adam Kupcik. The match was officiated by Tomasz Kwiatkowski (VAR) and Pawel Malek (AVAR). Did this affect the work of Poland’s best referee? And how did he cope? It was his work that we looked at during this meeting.
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Szymon Marciniak quickly laid down the rules. The first complaints? And the Pole was right.
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