Untold Ref Review: Chelsea 4 – Swansea 1

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By Ref Reviewer 04

For the game between Chelsea and Swansea we had ref Mike Dean in charge.

Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight
3 OTHER Taylor Anelka C Trip 1 1
6 OTHER Monk Ramirez NC Kick on the’ ankle 0 0
9 OTHER Ramires Britton C Frontal tackle on the floor 1 1
12 OTHER Sinclair Mikel C Trip from behind 1 1
17 OTHER Lita Ivanovic C Push 1 1
20 OTHER Meireles Rangel NC Didn’t see much wrong 0 0
21 OTHER Torres Britton C Trip from behind 1 1
22 OTHER Gower Cole C Advantage given 1 1
29 GOAL Chelsea C Correct goal 1 3
31 OFFSIDE Mata NC He was level so wrong decision 0 0
32 OTHER Monk Torres C Blocked his run without the ball 1 1
33 OTHER Mata Rangel C Pulled his shirt 1 1
33 YELLOW Mata NC This was just a small pull in a not dangerous position. Not really worth a yellow card 0 0
35 OFFSIDE Anelka C Came back from offside 1 1
36 GOAL Chelsea C Correct goal 1 3
37 OTHER Rangel Terry C Obstruction 1 1
38 OTHER Mata Britton NC Foul on defender always stop play ref 0 0
39 OTHER Torres Gower C Torres launches himself two feets in a frontal tackle, studs showing 1 1
39 RED Torres C Durng the tackle Torres even changed the angle of his feet by lifting his feet to shin hight. Lucky gowen was not fully hit on the shin. Ref had no option to give a red card 1 3
43 OTHER Terry Lita C Trip 1 1
46 OTHER Bosingwa Taylor C Trip 1 1
Half time 16 22
CORRECT 76,19% 78,57%
YELLOW 0 1 0,00
RED 1 1 100,00
PENALTY 1 1 100,00
GOAL 2 2 100,00
OTHER 2 2 100,00
6 7 85,71
OFFSIDE 1 2 50,00
Second half
49 OTHER Lita Ivanovic C Push in the back 1 1
54 OTHER Dyer Anelka C Trip 1 1
54 YELLOW Dyer C Possible promising attack 1 2
59 OTHER Rangel C Handball 1 1
60 OTHER Allen Anelka C Advantage given – Anelka shoots against the crossbarr 1 1
62 OTHER Allen Mikel C Holding 1 1
64 OFFSIDE Cole C 1 1
66 OFFSIDE Routledge C 1 1
74 OFFSIDE Routledge NC Level with the last defender 0 0
75 OTHER Monk Anelka C Trip 1 1
75 YELLOW Monk NC Not much going on at the halfway line and not a real bad foul. No need for a card. 0 0
76 GOAL Chelsea C Correct goal 1 3
78 OTHER Mikel Sinclair C Trip from behind 1 1
80 OTHER Drogba Gower C Trip 1 1
81 OTHER Malouda Rangel C Clipped his foot when trying to pass the ball 1 1
81 OFFSIDE Sinclair C 1 1
84 OTHER Bosingwa Sinclair C Little push in the back 1 1
86 OTHER Cole Routledge C Pull and trip 1 1
86 YELLOW Cole C Promising attack this time 1 2
87 GOAL Swansea C Correct goal 1 3
89 OTHER Drogba C Pulling the shirt 1 1
89 OFFSIDE Graham C 1 1
91 OTHER Drogba Rangel C 1 1
92 OTHER Routledge Terry C 1 1
93 OTHER Mikel Sinclair C Trip 1 1
93 YELLOW Mikel NC Not much going on at the halfway line and not a real bad foul. No need for a card. 0 0
94 GOAL Chelsea C Correct goal 1 3
2nd half score
TOTAL 24 32
% CORRECT 88,89% 86,49%
YELLOW 2 4 50,00
RED 0 0
PENALTY 0 0
GOAL 3 3 100,00
OTHER 4 4 100,00
9 11 81,82
OFFSIDE 4 5 80,00
TOTAL SCORE
TOTAL 40 54
% CORRECT 83,33% 83,08%
YELLOW 2 5 40,00
RED 1 1
PENALTY 1 1 100,00
GOAL 5 5 100,00
OTHER 6 6 100,00
15 18 83,33
OFFSIDE 5 7 71,43
Correct calls For Chelsea 22 55,00%
For Swansea 18 45,00%
Total correct calls 40
Wrong calls Against Chelsea 5 62,50%
Against Swansea 3 37,50%
Total 8

The second half of the ref was better than the first half in this game.

Most talked about was the sending off and I can agree with the ref on his decision. Torres launched himself and his studs where showing towards the shin of the Swansea player. This was very dangerous and if the Swansea player would have found his foot stuck in the ground it could have caused a broken leg. So a red card was the only correct card for this.

For the rest I thought he gave a few soft yellow cards. Two against Chelsea and certainly the Mata one was soft. Certainly if you think that in the second half on almost the same spot a Swansea player did the same on Drogba and no card was produced. Consistency…

But a good score from the ref on all numbers that matter in this game apart from his distribution of yellow cards.

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One Reply to “Untold Ref Review: Chelsea 4 – Swansea 1”

  1. Oh and Swansea really is a team that so far didn’t turn in to a kick them if you cant beat them-team.
    yes they do make fouls but they try to play the game as much as they can. So probably they will go down at the end of the season. Well I for once hope that if they keep playing like that they stay in the PL.

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