Felix Brych to keep "the hell of Istanbul" under control

 

Felix Brych (c) dfb.de

Felix Brych has been appointed to referee the toughest Euro 2012 playoff between Turkey and Croatia. The Munich guy who is currently under suspicion to have dodged the taxes in Germany will be assisted by Thorsten Schiffner and Mark Borsch, Florian Meyer will function as Fourth Official.
It is the second time that Brych will referee a match with Croatian involvement after the World Cup qualifier in Belarus (2009, 3-1 for Croatia).
However, no match is unimportant and e.g. the playoff encounter between Bosnia and Portugal has already proved to be very hard to referee, if one remembers the incidents connected with Roberto Rosetti and his assistant referee Paolo Calcagno in 2010.

The full appointments (to be filled during the next days):

FRIDAY, 11/11/2011, Istanbul, 20:05

Turkey vs Croatia

Referee: Dr. Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Borsch (GER)
4th Official: Florian Meyer (GER)
Blog-Referee-Observer: Niclas Erdmann (GER)

FRIDAY, 11/11/2011, Tallinn, 20:45
Estonia vs Ireland
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gábor Erös (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: György Ring (HUN)
4th Official: István Vad (HUN)
Blog-Referee-Observer: Carlos Salcedo (COL)

FRIDAY, 11/11/2011, Zenica, 20:00

Bosnia vs Portugal

Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Beck (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: David Richardson (ENG)
4th Official: Lee Probert (ENG)
Blog-Referee-Observer: Qudamah Nader (POL)

FRIDAY, 11/11/2011, Prague (Letna), 20:15
Czech Rep. vs Montenegro
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
4th Official: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Blog-Referee-Observer: Filipe Taveira (POR)