There was a CL qualifier where Everton played Villarreal, Collina wrongly disallowed an Everton goal.
How good was Pierluigi Collina?
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There was a CL qualifier where Everton played Villarreal, Collina wrongly disallowed an Everton goal.
How Pierluigi Collina blew it for David Moyes and Everton in 2005
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/16/david-moyes-everton-champions-league-villarreal
Apparently the bald prick cheated Everton out of their only chance to ever grace the CL group stages when Villarreal pumped them in a qualifier.
Why didn't he have eyebrows?
He's got alopecia and the hair on his head/eyebrows fell out.
There was a bloke who used to swim for Great Britain in the Olympics in the 70s/80s called Duncan Goodhew who was the same. Actually helped him as he didn't need to wear a swimming cap as a result although he still sometimes did. He also lost all hair so didn't need to shave his chest/legs like a lot of swimmers do.
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Lucky guy...
I wanted to be like Collina one time so I shaved my head and eyebrows during the 2002 world cup. I was only 12 and I have, to this day, no idea what the feck was going through my head!
My mum thought I need professional help after I explained why I took a razor and shaved my eyebrows and hair off. She went fecking mental!
Someone get Max a new tagline.Wasn't he the ref in infamous Euro 2000 match between Netherlands and Chech republic?
Edit: he was. Can't find a youtube clip though. Bizzare.
Edit: he was.
Can't find a youtube clip though. Bizzare.I wanted to be like Collina one time so I shaved my head and eyebrows during the 2002 world cup. I was only 12 and I have, to this day, no idea what the feck was going through my head!
My mum thought I need professional help after I explained why I took a razor and shaved my eyebrows and hair off. She went fecking mental!
Right. This is absolutely brilliant.
He was very athletic which helped him a lot, I think. I didn't really like his refereeing style though. He was basically the opposite of the more-lenient English referees from back in the day. As far as I know he's the main culprit behind the increasingly softer game and stricter interpretation of the rules in international competitions in the last 15 years (which also affected english refereeing a lot and basically ruined Webb and Clattenburg, for example).
If he had hair nobody would know his name. Average ref.
Best one everI wanted to be like Collina one time so I shaved my head and eyebrows during the 2002 world cup. I was only 12 and I have, to this day, no idea what the feck was going through my head!
My mum thought I needed professional help after I explained why I took a razor and shaved my eyebrows and hair off. She went fecking mental!
Was the best ref around for a period of about 3-4 years maybe. Far from the faultless mythical being he's become though. One of the best at keeping games under control though, even when he made clear mistakes
Still not even the best italian ref i've seen during my life. That'd be Braschi
Still not even the best italian ref i've seen during my life. That'd be Braschi
I wanted to be like Collina one time so I shaved my head and eyebrows during the 2002 world cup. I was only 12 and I have, to this day, no idea what the feck was going through my head!
My mum thought I needed professional help after I explained why I took a razor and shaved my eyebrows and hair off. She went fecking mental!
Greatest ref in my lifetime,
Didn't have the passing range or nonchalant elegance of Viktor Onopko
Collina had from my memory three main attributes.
Respect. Humor. Presence.
He used his eyes to communicate. Never allowed anyone to bully him and he often used his mental toughness to demand respect. As all referees he made mistakes but he didn’t let himself down by over compensating but his best attribute was his humor. A smile and a wink can solve many difficult situations. Collins was a master of bringing a smile to his players. Great referee.
Respect. Humor. Presence.
He used his eyes to communicate. Never allowed anyone to bully him and he often used his mental toughness to demand respect. As all referees he made mistakes but he didn’t let himself down by over compensating but his best attribute was his humor. A smile and a wink can solve many difficult situations. Collins was a master of bringing a smile to his players. Great referee.
I'm surprised by this, I know individual accolades aren't everything but Collina won Serie A ref of the year 7 times, won IFFHS world's best ref 6 times. I didn't see much of them domestically so I can't really compare them, what makes Braschi better in your opinion?
I wanted to be like Collina one time so I shaved my head and eyebrows during the 2002 world cup. I was only 12 and I have, to this day, no idea what the feck was going through my head!
My mum thought I needed professional help after I explained why I took a razor and shaved my eyebrows and hair off. She went fecking mental!
FFS.
He's no Cakir!!
His last competitive match as a referee was a champions league qualifier for Everton vs Villarreal. His decision to not award the 2nd Everton goal is a joke.
I thought he was a bit overrated as a ref, made plenty of bad calls that any ref today makes (ask Everton fans). There was one Seria A game in the 90s when Paul Ince was standing by another player, that player just collapsed from no contact and Collina sent Ince off.
What he did have though was presence and every single player on the pitch respected him and the decisions he made.
What he did have though was presence and every single player on the pitch respected him and the decisions he made.
Another questionable decision, Owen went down under very minimal contact if anything (very similar to the Rooney penalty v Arsenal in 2004).
Pretty sure the Argentine defender was actually Pochettino.
Best referee I've seen in 55 years of watching football. I've got his autobiography and he states how he researched team's tactics beforehand, so as to know what to look out for in a game, where best to position himself. I would think that before that, most referees would have reacted to what happened in a match, not prepared in a way that a coach would brief his team by analysing the opposition's tactics.
That's the key. So even after a bad call, the match resume with both teams play with level head instead of one or both sides got riled up and failed to deliver. Nowadays, even after a correct call, the rest of the game can go wild with refs fail to control the game. Even you get the advantage from dodgy decisions nowadays, you still feel you ref could do much more, let alone being at the other side of the decisionI thought he was a bit overrated as a ref, made plenty of bad calls that any ref today makes (ask Everton fans). There was one Seria A game in the 90s when Paul Ince was standing by another player, that player just collapsed from no contact and Collina sent Ince off.
What he did have though was presence and every single player on the pitch respected him and the decisions he made.
I wanted to be like Collina one time so I shaved my head and eyebrows during the 2002 world cup. I was only 12 and I have, to this day, no idea what the feck was going through my head!
My mum thought I needed professional help after I explained why I took a razor and shaved my eyebrows and hair off. She went fecking mental!
POTY!
I didn't know he had a book I'll have to try and find it, I love a good autobiography. I have SAF and Zlatan's so this one will be a good addition to the collection
.He was the world’s first and last superstar referee.
Nicola Rizzoli was better, but he had hair so not as famous
Every referee makes mistakes and so did Collina, buy overall he was damn good.
That's my recollection too. Whilst he was obviously cool, I was never a massive fan back in the day
They got smashed that tie anyway. Were nowhere near good enough and Villareal were a pretty good team.
I can't remember if he was actually that good or his unique and slightly creepy appearance just made him stand out and command respect. The replies in this thread would suggest the latter, but I genuinly can't remember. The myth around him seems to have obscured the facts, even in my own mind. He did have that ability to control players and games but I wonder if that's even possible anymore in the current game. With social media picking every ref apart, maybe he would've struggled just as much as any other.
But for some reason he is up in the stands blowing whe whistle for a foul (by a fan?)
I wanted to be like Collina one time so I shaved my head and eyebrows during the 2002 world cup. I was only 12 and I have, to this day, no idea what the feck was going through my head!
My mum thought I needed professional help after I explained why I took a razor and shaved my eyebrows and hair off. She went fecking mental!
I thought his best attribute (and this was Howard's Webbs as well), was that players knew instinctively that he could beat the absolute shit out of them if he wanted to.
You might get a second or two of excitable screaming or abuse towards him but one flash of those eyes left them whimpering like frightened puppies. Half of these players give the impression they are never told "no" by anyone in their lives so it was nice to see a referee who could cut them down a peg or two with a simple stare.
Todays referees are almost more fragile, entitled and annoying than the players.
You might get a second or two of excitable screaming or abuse towards him but one flash of those eyes left them whimpering like frightened puppies. Half of these players give the impression they are never told "no" by anyone in their lives so it was nice to see a referee who could cut them down a peg or two with a simple stare.
Todays referees are almost more fragile, entitled and annoying than the players.
Pretty much. Was no better and no worse than any other ref, he just looked different.
Think you're just scared of bald men.
Yes?
He is the Pele or Maradona of referees.