Referee For Europa League Tie Between Manchester United And Liverpool Is 'Worst Ever'

[irani8perspolis]

The Europa League match between Manchester United and Liverpool on Thursday was always going to be a nervy event for fans of both clubs, but it could be a lot worse than first feared after the referee for the fixture was announced.

The man in charge is none other than Milorad Mažić of Serbia, who may not ring any bells at first but you may remember him if you watched any of the 2014 World Cup.

The ref was actually voted the worst official in the entire tournament by redcardtheref.com, polling an impressive 87,000 of the 110,000 votes cast by fans.

He gained such notoriety by sending off Portugal's Pepe in their group match against Germany, as well as awarding the German's a controversial penalty.

He also denied Iran a late penalty in their narrow loss to Argentina in the group phases, prompting then-Iran manager Carlos Queiroz to furiously question: "How can this guy sleep tonight, or for the rest of his life?".

Undaunted by the high-profile, his motto is, according to The Liverpool Echo: "You can't please everyone."

You could try pleasing anyone, though!

http://www.thesportbible.com/article...st-ever-150316
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Yes, this was the same referee that we had 2 years ago. It is funny he is recognized as a horrible referee and is still allowed to officiate. Just decided to share because some members might find it interesting. This guy was like Ben Williams on steriods, I clearly remember when he stopped two of our counter attacks by running into the ball and then in the last minute calling Gucci on a foul when he was sandwhiched between two argentinian defneders.

[Bessos]

What do you think the end result of the match would have been if Iran was granted that penalty.

[TheBoss]

we would have won, I have no doubt

[Gotham]

Finally hitting out at a ref that fully deserves it undoubtedly lol. But yeah I still remember that, we could've potentially made it out of the group stage if it was given.

[mahestan]

Finally hitting out at a ref that fully deserves it undoubtedly lol. But yeah I still remember that, we could've potentially made it out of the group stage if it was given.

If that PK was awarded Iran might have made it out of the group stages, and if Nakisa hadn't messed up and let the goal in against Yugoslavia, we had a chance to make it out of the group stages in 98. Sad

[EKBATAN]

no way that ref was gonna give us a pk that late in the game. Especially that it wasnt that obvious of a pk from the position he was seeing it. He was behind it and ashkan barely touched the ball first ahead of zabaleta. So it wasnt a clear cut call where ashkan had the ball and got tackled, they were chasing the ball, ashkan got their first but the ref couldnt see it. Still doesnt excuse it but he wasnt gonna cause an upset to a big team IN south America with best player on there, Messi, to go down to a team like Iran.

Earlier in the match he also didnt say shit to Aguero for throwing the corner flag. He just walked over and fixed it, no yellow, no warning. At least tell the guy you CANT do this...dont just fix it and go on as normal. It was a real b*tch move and there was no surprise he wasnt gonna call a pk.

[PSGman#19]

Ben williams is the worst ever. Period.

[Damavand]

no way that ref was gonna give us a pk that late in the game. Especially that it wasnt that obvious of a pk from the position he was seeing it. He was behind it and ashkan barely touched the ball first ahead of zabaleta. So it wasnt a clear cut call where ashkan had the ball and got tackled, they were chasing the ball, ashkan got their first but the ref couldnt see it. Still doesnt excuse it but he wasnt gonna cause an upset to a big team IN south America with best player on there, Messi, to go down to a team like Iran.
Earlier in the match he also didnt say shit to Aguero for throwing the corner flag. He just walked over and fixed it, no yellow, no warning. At least tell the guy you CANT do this...dont just fix it and go on as normal. It was a real b*tch move and there was no surprise he wasnt gonna call a pk.

Actually the incident with the penalty occurred in the 54th Min, not late in the game. But you are right, that there was no way he was going to let Iran upset Argentina in a Stadium packed full of Argentinians.

TM has had its throat cut 3 major times by the Referee.

Iran - China AC 2004
Iran - Argentina WC 2014
Iran - Iraq AC 2015

I hate all 3 of those Refs the same amount.

[the matrix1]

Have you guys noticed every game we had some sort of chance and played well. Some ref always screwed up our game. This is a repeating pattern and its so hard to witness such corruption who ever is supplying these rigged refs for our games.

[Nokhodi]

Actually the incident with the penalty occurred in the 54th Min, not late in the game. But you are right, that there was no way he was going to let Iran upset Argentina in a Stadium packed with Argentinians.
TM has had its throat cut 3 major times by the Referee.
Iran - China AC 2004
Iran - Argentina WC 2014
Iran - Iraq AC 2015
I hate all 3 of those Refs the same amount.

There are many times in the 80s and 90s the same happened. You may not remember.

[teammelli8080]

Actually the incident with the penalty occurred in the 54th Min, not late in the game. But you are right, that there was no way he was going to let Iran upset Argentina in a Stadium packed with Argentinians.

TM has had its throat cut 3 major times by the Referee.

Iran - China AC 2004
Iran - Argentina WC 2014
Iran - Iraq AC 2015

I hate all 3 of those Refs the same amount.

wow such bitter memories with all of them, but china the most bitter. against argentina and iraq, we played amazingly well (e.g. coming back twice in ET against iraq despite being a man down, or having messi need to pull that for them to win) and gave it our all and lost DESPITE the ref. in china, we just played terribly and missed two PKs and we can't blame the ref for that.

[Damavand]

There are many times in the 80s and 90s the same happened. You may not remember.

Yeah, but none of those was as significant and heart breaking as these 3.

[Damavand]

wow such bitter memories with all of them, but china the most bitter. against argentina and iraq, we played amazingly well (e.g. coming back twice in ET against iraq despite being a man down, or having messi need to pull that for them to win) and gave it our all and lost DESPITE the ref. in china, we just played terribly and missed two PKs and we can't blame the ref for that.

Do you remember the game ?? The Lebanese ref gave a straight Red Card to Zare for pushing a player and the player going down like he was pushed by an Elephant. Then later in the game when Ali Karimi had over taken the Chinese defense and was one on one with the Goalkeeper, a Chinese player clipped his legs from behind aiming only at his legs. The corrupt ref only gave a yellow card to the Chinese, where it should have been a straight red.

How can you say the Ref was not to blame ??

[KC McElroy]

Yeah, but none of those was as significant and heart breaking as these 3.

Watch our final group game in the 1992 Asian Cup. The arab ref gave us 3 red cards and allowed an 87th minute offside goal to ensure the hosts would advance at our expense.

[_Navid_]

Actually the incident with the penalty occurred in the 54th Min, not late in the game. But you are right, that there was no way he was going to let Iran upset Argentina in a Stadium packed full of Argentinians.

TM has had its throat cut 3 major times by the Referee.

Iran - China AC 2004
Iran - Argentina WC 2014
Iran - Iraq AC 2015

I hate all 3 of those Refs the same amount.

Iran-Japan 1992
Iran-Saudi 1996
Iran-Bahrain 2001

We should have easily and deservingly won at least 3 Asian cups.