Re: Ask me about being a FIFA-certified soccer referee
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One of the reasons that Pierluigi Collina was such a great referee (and you can see this if you watch footage of matches he worked) is that he was in such outstanding physical shape that he could keep up with the players and was frequently standing 2 feet away from the play whenever he called a foul. Players aren't going to argue with you as much if you call them for a foul when you're right on top of them. When a referee is out of position because he's not in shape to keep up with the game, that's when things can get ugly.
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Do you really think Collina was a great referee? I haven't seen that many of his games but people generally seem to think he was a big attention whore who made himself the centerpiece of just about any game instead of concentrating on making the right judgements and staying on the background.
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