Bjorn Kuipers (Dutch) to referee the final

[horsechoker]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57767584

Bjorn Kuipers

Bjorn Kuipers

Euro 2020: Dutchman Kuipers to referee Sunday's final

Kuipers was the referee for England and Italy's 2014 World Cup group-stage match in Brazil, which ended 2-1 to the Azzurri.

The 48-year-old was fourth official for England's opening game against Croatia earlier in the competition.

Can anyone give me a rundown on him? Will we be easily cheated by either side?

@KirkDuyt you must know a thing or two about him.

 

[Judas]

Why isn't the ref English, thought UEFA were bent in our favour? More brown envelopes need to be delivered.

 

[AllGoodNamesRGone]

Why isn't the ref English, thought UEFA were bent in our favour? More brown envelopes need to be delivered.

Bjorn kuipers is actually his alias. His real name is bob kippers from Hartlepool but shhhhh, this is being kept very hush hush for obvious reasons.

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

Why isn't the ref English, thought UEFA were bent in our favour? More brown envelopes need to be delivered.

UEFA has to have plausible deniability.

I’ve heard his wife is English, and he is one of the BNPs biggest donors.

 

[Samid]

If you unscrabble "Bjorn Kuipers" you get:

J. Piers UK born

Congrats England fans!

 

[rimaldo]

Bjorn kuipers is actually his alias. His real name is bob kippers from Hartlepool but shhhhh, this is being kept very hush hush for obvious reasons.

yeah, no fecker would want to admit they were from hartlepool.

 

[KirkDuyt]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57767584

Bjorn Kuipers

Bjorn Kuipers

Euro 2020: Dutchman Kuipers to referee Sunday's final

Kuipers was the referee for England and Italy's 2014 World Cup group-stage match in Brazil, which ended 2-1 to the Azzurri.

The 48-year-old was fourth official for England's opening game against Croatia earlier in the competition.

Can anyone give me a rundown on him? Will we be easily cheated by either side?

@KirkDuyt you must know a thing or two about him.

By far our best ref. Usually not easily cheated. Neymar hates him, since I think he booked him for diving a few times.

He makes the odd mistake of course, they all do.

He also owns a line of supermarkets. Do with that what you will.

 

[ivaldo]

Should've been Felix Brych.

 

[Poborsky's hair]

heard he was bjorn in England

 

[Joeace2020]

I hope the envelope arrived safely.

 

[Classical Mechanic]

I hope the envelope arrived safely.

That's not fair on the Italians. I know their football history is mired in corruption and scandals of all kinds but play fair.

 

[Djemba-Djemba]

I hope the envelope arrived safely.

Italy are the ones with a long history of bribing refs you clown.

 

[padr81]

Dude's name is Bjorn, he's gotta be part Danish. I expect Italy to get 86 penalties Everytime Immobile takes a dive

 

[TheReligion]

By far our best ref. Usually not easily cheated. Neymar hates him, since I think he booked him for diving a few times.

He makes the odd mistake of course, they all do.

He also owns a line of supermarkets. Do with that what you will.

I'm just going to check this out..

 

[Lyng]

He was the ref in our matches against Belgium and Chech. He was very good in both those matches.

 

[La Vecchia Signora]

Very good ref. I like him. No nonsense. I remember he gave Marco Verratti a red card for trying to bully him.

 

[BFernandes]

At least let yesterday's events cool down before you start throwing around the diving accusations.

 

[BFernandes]

Very good ref. I like him. No nonsense. I remember he gave Marco Verratti a red card for trying to bully him.

All 3 ft 4 of him?

 

[OT1214]

Should've been Felix Brych.

Yeah. He has been the better ref in this tournament.

 

[RobinLFC]

Should've been Felix Brych.

Yeah. He has been the better ref in this tournament.

Should’ve been sent back to Germany the minute Portugal-Belgium ended, absolutely atrocious performance without any leadership. Actually ridiculous he even got a semi final after that.

 

[NYAS]

Best ref in the world at the moment.

 

[horsechoker]

He's let the game flow nicely so far

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

Brilliantly reffed thus far. Both teams will think they should have had a couple more fouls - but I’d love all matches to be run like this. Cut out the antics.

 

[Ali Dia]

Yeah agreed. It’s been fair

 

[giorno]

Basically decided there will be no cheating in this game by deciding there will be no fouls

 

[BD]

Been great so far

 

[Parma Dewol]

Seems almost impossible to referee football games perfectly, but it has to be said some of the refs in this tournament have gotten pretty close.

Overall quality of officiating has been excellent and a huge improvement on the PL standard we’re used to.

 

[Desert Eagle]

Seems almost impossible to referee football games perfectly, but it has to be said some of the refs in this tournament have gotten pretty close.

Overall quality of officiating has been excellent and a huge improvement on the PL standard we’re used to.

Agreed. Such a shame we will have to deal with shitty pl refs soon.

 

[ArjenIsM3]

Excellent ref. Maybe the best in the world right now. Has been faultless so far.

 

[Shane88]

He seems to have no time for diving. The dismissive "Get up" hand gesture has been going overtime tonight.

 

[Kazi]

Guy is sitting on a fortune

Probably knows how to deal with these players properly

 

[Ali Dia]

Brilliant ref!!!

 

[RobinLFC]

Dark red

 

[Blood Mage]

Best ref I've seen in a while

 

[rimaldo]

that’s a red any day of the year

 

[JadoreSox]

Far more a red than the one given to Sweden vs Ukraine.

 

[Red Stone]

How was that not a red?

 

[Offside]

Tbf even as an England fan it’s good someone has sussed the Kane diving

 

[izec]

He doesnt want to get death threats from the Italians

 

[sullydnl]

Jorginho lucky there. Giving a yellow isn't so wrong that I'd have expected VAR to overrule it but a red would have been pretty unremarkable too.