Mystery Train
GOLD
I thought Mazic was excellent, especially under the difficulties that come with reffing any game Neymar is in.The best refs don’t just have one style, but can smoothly move between styles as needed. The problem that I had with Geiger in that game is he took way too long explaining things to the players which allowed players on the fringe of the discussion to cause trouble. When I have seen him in prior games he was very efficient and there was very little time explaining things to the players and he got the game restated fairly quickly. I am used to seeing Geiger control the game similar to how Mazic controlled the Brazil vs Belgian game today. I have always been taught a brief explanation and get the game going so the players are concentrating on playing and not talking to the referee or causing problems with other players.