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What was I doing when I was 24?
Watching Zealand of course
Will you be watching him when you’re 40 🤔
@@tray2204 fuuuuuuuuuuuuck that's two and a half years away
Club legend will retire by that time. @@tray2204
Real
This is one of those situations where "It will probably be fine, hes a professional and there shouldn''t be protests" But it really begs the question of just, why? Theres like 30 referees at the world cup, what is the point of making this decision when it could just be easily avoided
hes the best german ref ... end of story ...
why this super bad english ref and english var had to destroy germanys run by ignoring handball ?
Imagine if whining about refs would disqualify those refs from ever refereeing in your games. Teams would get to pick and choose refs. If a player or coach is unprofessional, they have to face the consequences.
How is he our best ref, if we have ones like ayketin? Lol
@@DaxRaider German fans are saying he's one of their worst refs lol
@@DrZaius3141 You're absolutely right, complaining shouldn't affect the decision, but there's no reason to create this situation at all. It's no different to nationality, even if a referee is great and impartial, why bother creating potential controversy? If there's a debatable decision in the game, of which there have been a few this tournament already, the fallout is going to be nuclear and totally unnecessary
His performance in Netherlands - Romania was absolutely atrocious. But sure, let's reward him with a euros semi final, despite his history with Bellingham.
He should have booked Dumfries. Other than that his performance was fine.
@@Jonathanizer preventing a goal scoring opportunity for a clear dive is not "fine" performance
The refs at the EUROs have been tragic already without appointing that specific ref to that specific match...it's bad. Really bad. Not because of the allegations but because of the history between Bellingham and that ref. It's just fueling the fire for no reason.
yea 100%, only positive is that is 1000x better than copa america refs
@@Flewisjrwhich really should not be the benchmark
plus the Croatia vs Italy ref literally having Italian husband
@@RobaMostarRobano wonder they gave 8 MINUTES of stoppage time
Germany. Spain.
The human element between the two is indeed worth talking about. I think your second scenario, him being more generous to Bellingham, is more likely because he knows how it will look if he makes a bad call agains Bellingham. That could be a problem but ruling him out for Bellingham matches would set a precedent that players could just insult a ref they don’t like, take the fine and never having to face that ref again
The main reason Zwayer is so despised is not fact that he took money from convicted match fixer, it's the fact he knew of the match fixing for years before reporting it and a historical football club has literally gone into ruin because of it. There is a great documentary about Zwayers involvement in the scandal. I think it's in german if remember correctly but there are english subs
Months, not years. And he had no proof before, it would have been his word against the other guys.
What club?
@@elyssa3741 Robert Hoyzer fixed a german pokal game in which the german first league club HSV played the second tier club SC Paderborn and caused HSV to be eliminated from the competion by deliberatly awarding two false penaltys and a red card. The HSV coach was sacked as a result of this loss which started a downward spiral from which the HSV has not recovered to this day. Many bad decisions contributed to the downfall of the HSV for which Hoizer and Zwayer are not to blame, but it all started with one fixed game. I guess it was some kind of butterfly effect.
@@AutomaticPizza oh i know HSV. a big club still right? bundesliga 2 is still pretty big imo
@@elyssa3741 yeah you are right Bundesliga 2 is still pretty big, but they went from being a contender for the Bundesliga title to averaging 6th place in the second tier. Before being relegated from the 1. Bundesliga the HSV was actually the only remaining founding member of the 1. Bundesliga who was never relegated. That is why they have a dinosaur as their mascot, they kept him despite being relegated tho
England is going to lose to Canada in the semis
and the final will be between Argentina and France....... hey wait
We tied France 0-0 and France beat England in the last WC so by law of transitive property Canada > England 😂
It’s so obvious that Brazil is winning
If you think Brazil is beating Morocco tommorow you crazy @@ninanano
Early world cup prediction, nice.
Other refere in Spain France match was arrested on a party where they had guns vests prostitutes and coke. In 2020. That's some organized crime in my eyes. On other hand I can imagine Pierluigi Collina in same situation and he is the goat
I mean he was a party attendant, I’m positive Neymar, Mbappe, Ronaldo, and the like have been to as wild if not way wilder parties, doesn’t mean they’re part of, brought, partook in, or knew of any contraband. I’ve been to multiple parties and I’m sure if 50% got raided, wether I knew or not the same things would be found. That beings said yes Pierlugi Collina = GOAT
Nobody mentioning the fact Croatia vs Italy had the ref with Italian husband lmao
Woah really?
@@ninanano yup. check the Dutch referee of that day (Danny Makkelie) and you can find that information
Undeniable worse than this "Zwayer 300€ unproven recieving payment for match fixing from 20 years ago". Makkelie having an Italian husband and STILL refereeing the match vs Croatia is just a lot worse.
from what I heard I think that was fake news made up by salty Croatian fans because of his calls in the Italy game
The thing about Zweyer is, that he really doesn’t have the track record of being a great ref, which begs the question why exactly he is in such a high position to be appointed to the Euros and big games in germany in general. Zweyer (allegedly) accepted the 300 euros while being a line man for Hoyzer. The theory in Germany is (which was also backed up by former, very talented referee Manuel Gräfe, who uncovered some corruption in the DFB and won a court case against it) that the DFB needed a ref who would be in their debt and would go along with it’s corruption because they basically gave him his career back after the scandal. Therefore he would go along with their “crimes” and would be appointed ref in very important games in exchange
Family trip is a great cover story for being held hostage, I use it all the time
I'm so glad you have a reasonable opinion on this, all the talk about Zwayer by people who didn't even bother to read his wikipedia page has been driving me nuts over the past few days. It's overblown nonsense.
Also, side note: Hoyzer didnt just get suspended for life, he actually went to prison for 2 years too
It's also reasonable to disagree. Professional refs need to avoid even the APPEARANCE of impropriety. Because of this guy's ambiguous past, where we need to make guesses about what happened, it's reasonable to doubt him.
@@ninjalectualx of course, I can totally understand anybody who disagrees. But almost all online are just reading headlines ("Match fixer in charge of Euros semi-final!"), and not considering the nuance of the situation in their disagreements.
@@ninjalectualxIf you’re skeptical enough you can doubt all refs 😉
@@drew1564you’re talking ab understanding the situation yet you’re not fully understanding of the situation 😂 supposedly he turned a blind eye on the fixing for a while and was cause of why a team went into ruin. Gotta watch that zwayer documentary this mf should be nowhere near a football pitch
@@juanarellano3580 drop the documentary
As much as you joke about years of research, this video still explained it better in 10 minutes than anything I have seen from "professional" journalists and news sites.
I understand the concern, but wouldn’t it go a bit too far to not let a referee officiate a match if they officiated a match in the past where one of the players criticised them? Because if that doesn’t go too far a player could just blame an official the way Jude did, take the fine and never have to be officiated by that ref again (if they believe for whatever reason that they are not treated right by them)
spot on, UEFA is doing the right thing not letting stuff like this factor in
and i usually hate UEFA, greedy bastards, but this is a faux scandal imho
Then Liverpool should never get paul Tierney because of klopp hatred
The only snacks Zealand brings to the party are empty bags of Chocolate turtles since he ate them all on the way.
bro why are you ripping into him for no reason
@@twilatneedstoxiblast4225 reference to older videos, its definitely a roast out of fun not malice
One thing about Zwayer is that, the consenus amon Bundesliga fans is that he's a decent ref, but consistently delivers his worst reffing performences in big games. This is one of the reasons why Zwayer's involvement in the scandal will never stop being mentioned, to the point where even Jude Bellingham, someone who was 2 years old and lived in a different country when the scandal happened, knows about it.
"family trip"
You should talk about the luiz Lehmann transfer
Zealand has said in other videos on match fixing that those pushing others to do it often use past discretions as a way of trapping them. Maybe the €300 was a gift that was intended to be used as blackmail in the future?
That is not unlikely. Part of why he accepted the 6 months ban was because he was suspended during the time of the investigation anyways and the time was taken into account which meant that he never actually had to stay out for any extra time from the ban. This lead to him just accepting the decision to "ban" him for 6 months as it practically made no difference and fighting the ban would have meant even more trouble for basically no gain at the time.
A couple years back when Jude's hype was starting I remember hearing that he was very much a student of the game.. being that young and knowing of that ref having that history is pretty crazy. I'd actually love to see a football trivia battle between Jude and Zealand!
Felix Zwayer knew about the matchfixing for years. He was just friends with the referee that was suspicious that Hoyzer was getting bribed. He only made it public after he got told that there were suspicions against Hoyzer.
i remember when he made that post match interview, seemed like he had a preconceived notion that the ref might be dirty, sounds like the club might have put him in this position for pushing that this ref might be a problem come the game in the buil-up
Tbf I watched that game and iirc Bellingham was right to complain, doesn’t mean the match was fixed or anything but still
@@edi0157Yeah, it was more the classic "Bayern being lucky with referee decisions" that seemed to be endemic for the last decade in the Bundesliga.
I'm gonna be honest, this assignment is genius from a controversy standpoint. If you're really wanting this hatchet to be buried, let him officiate the game and watch the headlines pile in regardless of what actually happens
Marciniak may get the final. I hope there won't be any offsides.
The simple fact, for me, is if a match official is ever found guilty of match fixing/accepting bribes then they should never be allowed to be a match official. He reported it, but he also accepted a bribe. That’s enough. You can’t have trust in him, he is compromised.
The thing is, nobody could actually establish that it was a bribe. It could very well just have been something completely innocent, but deliberately timed by Hoyzer to look suspicious if an investigation ever happened. It is very common for people who do any sort of match fixing to lay traps before actually trying to recruit new officials and this very much looks like this type of trap.
The main questionable conduct seems to be the timing. Zwayer waited a few months before actually telling on Hoyzer, but that is a lot more understandable when you consider that he came out with multiple referees at once. Obviously that necessitated some coordination and collection of evidence beforehand.
Additionally, the main reason why Zwayer accepted the "ban" at the end of the investigation, is because it didn't actually mean anything at the time and fighting it would have meant more trouble and time away from the pitch. He, just like every official associated with any of the suspected matches, was suspended during the investigation and the final ban took that time into account, so in effect, the ban meant nothing for him, which is why he didn't elect to fight it.
just on a basic level, i dont get how a ref actually punished for match fixing is even allowed to referee matches again. just seems so negligent
did you watch the video. There is nuance to the situation
Probably because this particular ref knows where the bodies are buried and has threatened to expose others if he is held accountable.
he wasnt suspended for match fixing
lets start there in the whole discussion
@@drew1564 Nuance is that he was friends with a fixer and it was proven that money switched hands between the two. No punishment without absolute slam dunk evidence isn't the standard for players why should it be for refs?
@@lolumo not sure they're "friends" if he informed on him and got him banned for life + jail time
The moment I saw this I was like. No shot they used that referee… I’m a Dortmund fan and I remember this match. Omg it was a disaster. I distinctly remember how bad that no pen call was.
Wuppertal vs Bremen B should be a 3rd or 4th division match, not 2nd.
4th at the time
Looking back, when I started refereeing youth games (at the turn of the millennium), the home team paid the refs. We always collected an envelope of cash before the game from the coach. Quite the look if you don't know that's normal operating.
hoyzer got pardoned for amateur level so he is allowed to play in 10th league again ^^
and zwayer is the best referee germany has by a long shot.
he will be 100% times better then the VAR that did not call hand in germanys quater just because he dont wanna do it again as he already did vs denmark and he not wanna make his fellow nationsmate englishman
the REAL scandal and fixing is to have an english VAR behind an ENGLISH referee after the same var already gave a penalty to that team ... thats the scandal.
zwayer is fine, best ma
What? Please use punctuation
Always bringing snacks is goated
This ref was also pro Netherlands in the Romania vs Netherlands game.
I’m an American sports fan but every 2 years I pay attention to international soccer tournaments. Can’t believe this guy only has 48k, I would’ve thought he had like 300k 🤣
I'm not sure when they choose who referees which match but they either did it to create a buzz around the match or it's the media blowing it out of proportion because it happens to be England in the game.
When I was 24 I don't think I knew Zealand, and I sure as hell hope it will not come back to haunt me when I'm 44
Not surprised
No issue here this guy is the perfect ref for England's game. Come On Netherlands
💀 Today I feel... Dutch
The weirder part is he also refereed the Netherlands-Romania game where he stopped one of our counters for no reason (gave a yellow for dissent to our captain on top of it) and never really gave the Dutch cards despite their physical play (though I admit it was limit-of-the-rulebook stuff), interesting that 2 out of 3 knockout Dutch matches are refereed by the same dude
i saw this on the espn website, i thought you might cover it, pretty wild.
The only thing wild is the false and misleading reporting by ESPN
Painting the guy who provably stood up to corruption and exposed the betting mafia as the villain, pretty shameful.
everything for clicks i guess
but when he was referee of holland romania no one bats an eye even though his performance was atrocious, idk how dumfries was not suspended
Well well well. Coming here right after the game, clearly this ref was helping England a lot. I can point out at least 10 calls in the game made in favour of England and 10 more 50/50 decisions that he chose to give to England. The situation of corruption in Fifa and UEFA is just sad, I say bring Super League asap, at least it will bring more money, game is already corrupt.
The introduction of VAR meant total capture by gambling syndicates.
Dont worry. Felix Zwayer is a legend in Germany 🤭
I know its a uncomfortable topic to talk about but UEFA's Refs are strange.
That Valencia Euroleague final
Munich- Real Madrid in the UCL and now the Germany Spain thing.
Accusations are just that but...
Getting our excuses in early.
We need to have the same energy for this than when we have for fake apology videos of youtubers everyone deserve second chances or nobody does. Logan Paul on his 8th chance if I'm not mistaken
I'm English and I read about Felix, too, and I don't see him as a risk with regards to fixing. If anything, I commend him for not sitting on it and actually coming forward when a bribe was offered. I would worry more about the Jude feud (heh, rhyme), but I think a man who is professional enough to come forward about a bribe will have the professionalism to get through a tie containing Jude without letting his emotions get the better of him.
Much of this is falsely reported by ESPN and others. Thanks for your more nuanced approach. Zwayer was actually the guy who exposed the corruption, despite another guy involved there being a childhood friend of his. And he did not do so when he was already under suspicion or anything, he was the one who started it. His suspension was more of a technicality than actual punishment. He version of events was also confirmed because of some cell phone massages, so he was vindicated. If anything Zwayer prevented more match fixing, since the bad guys he exposed also went to prison.
Some news outlets trying to make him out as being a nefarious guy, who was "involved in a bribery scandal" (or however they phrase it), when he actually stood up to corruption, exposed it, that is pretty shameful.
Did he take money from his fixer friend? Yes.
Did he immediately report it? No
Was the Federation helping him cover up by hiding his suspension? Yes
This is simply a well connected man who got away with corruption
@@lolumo He was not well connected. He was in his early 20s and a ref in the 4th tier. He was a total nobody.
He was hesitant to report it, since he had no proof, it would have been word against word at that point, plus it must not have been easy ruining the life of a childhood friend. I can totally understand, that he waited a few months, even if that looks bad in hindsight.
The important thing is he reported it, not because he was in any danger of being found out, but because of his conviction and because he wanted to do the right thing.
The 300€ he got from his friend were for something else he claimed, and it was never proven that the money was for match fixing. In fact an expert panel scrutinized all matches in question and found no irregularities, and later in the investigation much of the things Zwayer said were confirmed by other sources and proof.
Also the football federation did not "cover up" his suspension, that is some very misleading framing. He was simply sidelined for the duration of the investigation, until it was found out he was telling the truth and he was reinstated. After he was reinstated there was no reason to make what was a precautionary measure (not using him for matches for a while until he is exonerated) an official suspension, so they didn't. It's not like it was a secret, it just never got the status of an official suspension. If they wanted to cover it up, why would they years later reveal they had internally sidelined him? That's not how a cover up works, revealing information as soon as somebody asks for it.
@@Jonathanizer He was paid a bribe and hid an approach made to him to fix a match. That is more than enough to end his career. I have looked and looked and looked and not found what he did to become an exception to what is a zero tolerance environment otherwise.
I assumed connections but even if they aren't it, he is proven to be corrupt and DFB's and UEFA's refereeing will remain in a grey cloud till he isn't kicked out.
@@lolumo You are making unsubstantiated claims, much like these scandalous media reports. The 300€ he got from a long time friend were never proven to be for anything related to football, and his claims it was for something else is completely plausible, considering almost everything else he told authorities was later proven to be right by cell phone messages and other proof.
You starting off with a completely unproven claim is already an indicator, that you jumped on the bandwagon of people who think accusation=guilt. He was vindicated and reinstated, but for some people that is not enough.
Also he did not hide any approach to fix a match, the opposite, he was the one who reported everything. Nobody knew of this, he was the one who blew the case open and provided proof to send the bad guys to jail.
I just hope we got to him before the dutch
The only thing more controversial than this referee choice is Zealand's comical lack of training while still believing he's going to run a marathon smh.
I had no idea you have a channel with hundreds of thousand of subs and was just watching USMNT rants on here. Cool words and good luck running from the authorities and USSF
With every sports league in the world, jumping in headfirst with the gaming industry, who could've predicted something like this would've happened…besides, everyone?
Well, yeah, the match fixing was a long time ago and he wasn’t the main culprit of it, in fact he even sounded the alarm bells about it (wasn’t it a bit later than he should have though? I remember reading something like that but I may be wrong) but still, I get why people are nervous. The fact that the suspension wasn’t even originally announced is just…weird. On that Bellingham argument, I can see why you don’t necessarily want to take that into account (you can ironically make match fixing easier by allowing teams to eat up a fine and basically pick and choose refs) but I do remember him being right he got shafted in that game, obviously that doesn’t mean match fixing was involved by a long shot. Another point that you haven’t brought up is that he also refereed the Netherlands-Romania game where he stopped one of our counters for no reason (gave a yellow for dissent to our captain on top of it) and never really gave the Dutch cards despite their physical play (though I admit it was limit-of-the-rulebook stuff), interesting that 2 out of 3 knockout Dutch matches are refereed by the same dude. I get that the pool of top officials is limited but still, you could have literally swapped the semifinal refs around and it would have looked less suspicious. Anyway, hopefully all fears are unfounded and we get a well reffed game, I d have said a good game but you know, England are involved. Oh, and one final thing, fuck UEFA for putting Spain vs France at the same time with the first CL qualifying round, why the CL games aren’t played at least earlier in the day if not on another date entirely is beyond me
Giving the english gettin a taste of their own medicine with anthony taylor
We hate him over here in Germany almost as much as we hate Taylor😂. Zwayer should not be allowed anywhere near a pitch!
jude.... already outgrowing his legacy
"Felix Weigher"
Z, are you alright? Did the ‘gang’ feed you well during captive? 😂
What do you think the earphones are for man, his captors are telling him what to say 😶
@@sheikhrobbie466 oh no 🫣
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I disagree
He only took money from a ref which was matchfixing he wasn't actually matchfixing himself.
It should be mentioned, that Hoyzer was personal friends with Zwayer. The 300€ could have been for something innocent, as Zwayer claimed.
Also much of Zwayers version of events was confirmed by cell phone messages. That plus the fact Zwayer was the one who came forward with the whole thing (when nobody suspected anything), makes me think Zwayer is the good guy here, and what ESPN and others are trying to do to him is a shameful smear campaign.
Funny that the English press finally found out that Zwayer took bribes now that England got him. Bundesliga fans have always known about this and bring it up whenever their team gets him. It’s really karma for Taylor. The Jude Bellingham part is a nonstory
Should i send FSB agents for your protection so you could return to your normal set up?
We're at possibly the worst moment in refereeing worldwide. It feels as if there's one new controversy every day
Jude red in the first min
im scared as an england fan😖 even if we're robbed i feel a big deal won't be made of it because everybody else wants us to lose
I think bringing snacks is part of the problem they want you to pay $50 for a single hamburger. $20 extra for cheese
On the bright side, he’s not the ref from the US Uruguay match
I can't see referees not being replaced by AI within the next decade. You don't need a person on the pitch. Just let an AI communicate the decision on the stadium screens or via PA.
Imagine: no errors, clear line, no controversy, precise OT and no discussions with players.
My birthday tomorrow Zealand
You're a fugitive Zed. Of course you aren't invited.
Just stop running and let the friendly barber take care of you. I promise you'll feel better afterwards 💋💋💋
i really think we should just get rid of the referees and just use v.a.r and use it alot better.. most of the time var decisions have gone wrong etc has been because the referee on the pitch overrules.. cough **michael oliver**
If the Netherlands vs Turkey is anything to go by he's an alright ref anything besides that point is pointless bias that was a pen very unlucky but still a pen he didn't mean it but he did do it
Literally this ref was the only reason Leverkusen went undefeated
Anyone that is thinking he’s match fixing is out do their mind. But the issue of how him and Bellingham will interact is huge and should mean he isn’t eligible to ref this game.
Nah, you can't make that depended of ref-player relations, otherwise a player could just keep taking refs out of his pool by accusing every ref after every game, which would be silly.
20 years is so long ago and he admitted to it, if he hasn’t ever done it since, is a good ref and has refereed big matches then I don’t see the problem.
He admitted to being offered money a second time, he still claims innocence on the money he received
Imo the bad blood between him and Bellingham is probably enough to make it worth getting another referee. Also it still just looks bad and you know it's going to be brought up if anything happens in the game. Just a bunch of drama that could easily have been avoided.
He admitted is an understatement. He blew the whistle on the guys doing the bribing. He never actually fixed a match, and the 300 Euros were from a guy he was personal friends with, and could have been for something else (as he claimed). Most of his testimony in the case was later proven to be right by cell phone text messages. The guys he accused of corruption were found guilty, some actually went to jail.
there is a reason why he was still able to make a big career as a professional ref.
@@mrdrprofessoroak497 That could cause problems though, if it isnt shown, that a referee intentionally goes against a player, teams could try to get referees banned from their games by doing simmilar stuff.
Germany's revenge for Taylor
Unless . . . he narc'd on the ring so he could have a squeaky clean rep, to hide his own match fixing ring!
Man.. in every issue that i expect you to handle and talk about, you have the same opinion as me.. cool dude
How can you suggest that this isn't a big deal? This guy should have been banned for life. Anyone involved in match fixing should be permanently banned. On top of that, personal beef with an England player. This ref should not be anywhere near this match.
Sounds like to me he only exposed the match fixing because he got burned in some way by the main guy. Only to have it blow up in his face when other transactions got leaked
I don't know. If a referee ever accepts any amount of money to fix a result, they should be banned for life. That simple.
He is a constant topic in Germany and yeah most people here hate him
Nick Leeson was 28 years old when he had accrued losses of over £200 million and ruined Barings Bank.
I'm shit tired of hearing that you can't question the integrity of refs when there's reams of evidence to show that refs often get bought off. Any Leeds fans want to comment? How many World Cups should we reference?
its fine tho bc hes german and its england vs the netherlands so he hates both of them and will attempt to throw the game for both
real talk lol
I doubt he hates any of the teams
The english media just preparing excuses if losing the semi final
Really happy with this appointment, we’ve had too much luck playing this dreadful Southgate ball
Chris Keller
He is certainly a tainted official. You can say he was never proven to match fix but it certainly tainted his reputation.
This ref just helped england to the finals, what an absolute joke
I think you would have more of an issue with Zwayer if you were a Dortmund supporter :')
Zwayer and Taylor are the worst referees in existence.
I don't understand how Felix fucking Zwayer is still allowed to ref at all
Well... Payback time
Still a better reff than every english referee
Too bad Felix Brych is still recovering from an injury. HE is the best German ref.
Tell that to Benfica fans. Europa League final vs Sevilla was probably the worst performance from a ref I have ever seen.
Jesus, is that the best Germany has to offer? That can’t be it
@@ninananoOur best ref isnt judging international games anymore 😢
@v0n1b0 Aytekin?
And UEFA then pretends they know nothing when they Ref goes bad in the game and fans/players/teams complain.
Now you're hiding in a rich person's house. Is this a hostage situation or a deal to be hidden type of deal?
$300 to fix a match sounds suspiciously low, I'm not convinced he was involved personally
Tbf it was a lower division match and Zwayer was only an assistant so that part isn’t really farfetched
He knew the guy who gave him 300€ and maintained it was for something else. They were childhood friends.
Also much of Zwayers story was later proven to be right in court, since he had cell phone messages. Also Zwayer was the one coming forward and exposing the whole thing, why would he do that if he were also involved in corruption. Also the matches he was involved in were reviewed and an expert panel ruled it good officiating and no indication, that he fixed any matches.
The more details you learn about this, he more it looks like Zwayer was the good guy, who stood up to corruption and exposed the guys doing the bribery
It’s a joke. Idk how even Taylor is officiating. Every big game he officiated was controversial
This isn't a video about firing Greg Berhalter...someone is slacking and not holding USSF accountable...SMH
this is payback for Anthony Taylor
Well Karma id say ;) A german ref will kick out the english team like the english ref kicked out Germany against spain
Villa fans know Zywer. His refereeing of the the Europa Conference League against an Olympiacos team with a history of paying or threatening referees was very suspicious.
Good thing then, that this ref has a proven record of standing up to corruption and reporting people who try to bribe him.