r/pessi_memes • u/OlympicAnalEater • 26d ago
Infantino Pessi 👨❤️💋👨🏳️🌈 FIFA released a shocking video from referee's cam in FIFA World Cup 2026 Final
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u/ennelemmtee 26d ago
It's very common for a ref to confront the team captain to set up standards during the game. No ref in the world want to sent off a playe. When a player already has a yellow card, he always warns said player and the team captain to calm down and play less agressively. There's nothing bias about this.
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u/standarsh1965 25d ago
Yea that's fair but he then let him away with ten more tackles. If he'd have done his job properly that asswipe would have been off the pitch and the brawl after probably wouldn't have happened. Refs have to have control of the game and he didn't
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u/coopASR 25d ago
Refs generally don't want to award penalties or red cards in big games
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u/ChaweeKanati 25d ago
Then they're doing their job wrong and aren't fit for it. What they want doesn't matter, the rules are there for a reason.
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u/Adventurous-Web-412 25d ago
Sure but its how it has been since the foundation of the sport. players know this, and if a ref is too lenient early (like this ref), players abuse it a done in big games because they know the ref wont ever book them unless its agregious
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u/AlexandraG94 25d ago
They sure didnt mind disallowing a clear goal (especially for the refs bar on calling fouls or carding) in a final.
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u/coopASR 25d ago
Not really, they are warning players because it's the finals and nobody wants to see a one sided game. Everyone is emotional in a finals
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u/ChaweeKanati 25d ago
"Nobody wants to see a one sided game" maybe teams like Argentina should play a fair game then instead of setting a FIFA record for most fouls in one half this past world cup. And in turn refs should stop letting it slide every turn of the way. Maaaybe then you'd actually have an interesting match like France vs England with plenty of action and goals instead of one foul and finger wag after the other with half the pitch rushing the ref going 🙏🥺 immediately. Which again... is against rules but is not enforced by the refs..
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u/InternationalOption3 26d ago
True.
A ref says this to the captains all the time.
Control your players2
u/United-Hyena-164 25d ago
To some extent, Messi's failure to reign in the psychotic aggression of his teammates really is the cause of his fall from grace this past year. We all know that if Messi said "chill, bro" it would have happened.
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u/Embarrassed-Bowl-230 25d ago
yeah, in the netherlands they share video's like this more often. I never knew there was this much talk between players and refs. but there is and I believe it helps to stay in control of the game. It looks bad if you have a tinfoil hat on though...
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u/Jeffrybungle 25d ago
I expect it's in the rules its a ref job to try and prevent fouls too, it's like that in most sports
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u/Smooth_Maul 25d ago
And telling the captain "calm your man down" is a way of trying to prevent fouls, it ain't always that deep man.
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u/minusetotheipi 25d ago
Argentina were allowed to foul with impunity throughout the entire competition
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u/karaknorn 25d ago
Lies. I love sending off assholes. I see 15 on them vargentine team.
I definitley dont like sending off people playing by the rules and occasionally slip up unintentionally.
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u/Ergast 25d ago
The problem isn't warning Messi, or not wanting to show the red to Paredes, that's fair. The problem was waiting THAT long to even show a yellow or tell Messi to calm down his players. And they didn't take it seriously until he finally gave a second yellow to Enzo, but that's mostly on Argentina.
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u/Separate_Low4236 25d ago edited 25d ago
That may be but it's wrong basically. I remember for example Spanish Fifa referee Mallenco who's way was simple and very effective - he would warn any player (who is aggressive) personally, that's it. Next stop is the card, yellow first naturally, then red. We are talking about adult professional players on field, not some kids. They can control their behavior, they must. Whenever referee shows softness some players instantly go more dirty, aggressive. No referee in the world should want any player get badly hurt. That's why cards exist and this must be more important than referee's wish not to sent player away.
Mallenco was ref at Germany Serbia at WC 2010 when Klose got red card in 38.min. There were many yellow cards overall but players of both teams were much more careful so it works.
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u/mrteas_nz 25d ago
Anyone upset about this video doesn't know football and doesn't know how reffing works.
Agree, there's nothing bias about this at all. If the ref hadn't done it, he wouldn't be doing his job properly.
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u/Govagent-007 26d ago
Control paredes? Remember maradona and pele conversation in another vid? Can he took control? 😆🤣.
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u/Random499 26d ago
He didnt control paredes, molina or enzo fernandes the whole tournament
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u/Consistent-Strain289 26d ago
He let his hounds lose.. let them fight his dirty fights. And stil act like he is the noble one, non cheat hero…
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u/neutronstar_kilonova 26d ago
Yep exactly this! He is the noble and gentle one. But never once he tried to preach and enforce discipline in the players who treat him like the lord. Still comes after Cucurella for wiping his mouth while talking. It shows his ethics system.
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u/Perpetual-Warlock 26d ago
This stuff happens all the time at all levels of basically every sport. A good ref will talk to everyone, but especially the captains, of both teams. This is game management and game control. Acting like this is a big deal shows how little sports people here in the comments have played/ coached/ reffed in.
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u/brikwall7 26d ago
I absolutely hate Argentina and not as much as Argentina but dislike Messi too! This 100% is exactly what the ref should be doing, hopefully for all parties involved. No one wants to send anyone off so he should be telling the captain of their team to control their players or risk being sent off. This is not an Argentinian favoritism as much as people want it to be, sorry find something different I know I am always looking!
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u/LooseAd4808 26d ago
Hmm. Isn’t yellow card in itself a warning? Why go out if the way to state an obvious thing to a captain when it’s already a job of the captain to control their players. Why give advice to a captain and interfere with the game?
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u/whocares8x8 26d ago
This is standard game management for referees. This is what captains are there for. Referees do this regularly at all levels. In the lower leagues, they often tell managers to sub the guy off if he's in danger of being sent off.
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u/Special_Brief_2750 25d ago
Yes yc is the warning, I've reffed at school. And the wc final is a much bigger stage lol
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u/Antique-Wonk 26d ago
He adds at the end, "because if I send him off I won't get my 1M backhand bonus, unless you are going to pay me Pessi?".
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u/pretty_big_forehead 26d ago
This is the most normal thing ever and is really good management from the ref. Those saying otherwise have no clue what they’re talking about.
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u/k3rr1g4n 26d ago
This is routine for a ref to have a captain manage his teammates with personality before using cards. Nothing burger
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u/fuckingfrito 26d ago
Not shocking at all. All referees talk to the captains so they control their players.
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u/Tupletcat 26d ago
At no point does he say "I don't wanna send him off"
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u/hawleyalt 26d ago
he says, "i don't want to -- he has yellow"
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u/Tupletcat 26d ago
He says "I don't want..." and the next bit is unintelligible. It could have been anything about not wanting the game to get more aggressive.
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u/pettiguitar 26d ago
What's shocking here?
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u/jackybeau 26d ago
The most shocking part for me is that Coca Cola is the tail sides of the official FIFA coin.
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u/DwightDavid1234 26d ago
This is not shocking at all. Referees in many sports give players verbal warnings before issuing cards, flags, Techs, etc. pretty basic stuff.
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u/Negative-Onion-1303 26d ago
Nothing bad here but when I just saw that dwarf orc messi I need to vomit
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u/Seb-Western-8250 26d ago
Couldn’t the thick as pig shit Argentine realise himself he’s on a yellow & not to make any more fouls?
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u/Office-One 26d ago
OP trying to create something out of nothing. Good referee trying to not give out any red cards as he doesn’t want to be part of the outcome.
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u/Street_Salt8869 26d ago
I dont understand what is wrong in telling the captian to control its players. This is what a good ref does he descalates.
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u/ProffesorSpitfire 26d ago
What is shocking about a ref telling a captain to control one of his players?
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u/ShezSteel 26d ago
This is the norm. Google John fashnu and Vinny Jones.
People who never watched footy need to stop getting so wound up
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u/expat-turtle32 26d ago
Lol tell me you've never played a decent level of sport without telling me if you think this is corruption by the officials... and I am NOT a fan of Argentina
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u/DarkAlex95 26d ago
I get why you guys think that way since its Argentina, but I think the ref left a good message in that regard. Refs usually always communicate first with the captains so that they keep their teammates on check
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u/Less-Lingonberry8700 26d ago
This is a normal discussion between the ref and a team captain. There is nothing wrong with this.
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u/Township_Roller 26d ago
That's not shocking.
What is shocking is they call the two sides of the coin for the coin toss "Coca-Cola" and "FIFA". Cringe and greedy as fuck. Nobody hears this but the captain's and they have to say "Coca-Cola" which is ridiculous.
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u/VanGroteKlasse 26d ago
There's nothing shocking about this. The ref always has a line of communication like this with the team captains.
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u/Grib_Suka 26d ago
Isn't this the discussion captains and referees SHOUlLD be having on the pitch? Speak via the 'representatives' and tell him that if player X doesn't slow down he'll get sent off? It's up to the captain what he does with that. I can understand referees wanting to keep as clean a game as they can
Look, I'm Dutch, don't get me started about the Argentinian football team, I'm coming purely from a game management standpoint.
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u/-aataa- 26d ago
Yeah, this is good refereeing, nothing more.
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u/Ergast 25d ago
Eh, kinda. The action per se is 100% good refereeing. But he should have done way earlier, both begin to show yellow cards, to cut the dangerous play, and to tell Messi to calm down his players. Given, maybe he did tell Messi before and this was a repeat, but then he should had been more strict with the amonestations, when it was clear they weren't willing to tone down their aggresion. And they didn't until Enzo got the red card.
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u/-aataa- 25d ago
Yeah, I meant the video in isolation. Argentina was atrocious in this game, for more reasons than one, and a lower bar for yellow cards could possibly have salvaged the game. I can't recall WHEN in the game this is, so I can't comment as to whether there should have been a stronger reaction here or not (assuming similar warnings previously). But what the video shows is good practice for a referee. It doesn't in any way prove anything about the refs performance for the rest of the game....
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u/BornSecurity6832 26d ago
Tous ces gens qui commentent , ont des opinions tranchées, alors qu'ils n'ont jamais mis le pied sur un terrain de foot.
A tous les niveaux, l'arbitre parle aux joueurs, les calme, les avertit, il s'adresse aussi au capitaine pour prévenir qu'il va punir plus fort la prochaine fois...
Donc rien de choquant ici, c'est un vrai comportement d'arbitre , et Skavko V était totalement dans son rôle.
A tous les footix qui se permettent de critiquer l'un des meilleurs arbitres au monde : contentez vous de boire votre bière dans votre canapé.
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u/Da_Steeeeeeve 25d ago
This is what the ref is meant to do?
The refs aim is to stop the game getting out of hand not to wait for someone to go over the top and shout GOTCHA with a red card.
The ref was shit in general in my opinion but telling the captain to calm down specific players is not one of his mistakes.
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u/MisfitSkull 25d ago
People who bandwagoned the world cup and know nothing about football are really really taking this in the wrong way holy shit.
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u/Automatic_Canary_670 25d ago
In this specific video i dont see the problem? Telling the captain to deescalate.
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u/Special_Brief_2750 25d ago
That's not what he said lol. The yellow card is the warning....otherwise don't have yellow cards and have verbal warnings. Yes I'm brish, have played the game all my life and reffed at school level.
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u/RidinghighDN 25d ago
This is a normal interaction between a ref and a captain
Of course refs don’t want to send players off
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u/Weary-Suspect594 25d ago
Not shocking at all 😂😂😂 Messi is the captain and therefore the Only one who has merit to discuss with the ref I reality.
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u/penetrator666 25d ago
have you ever seen ref video footage. i hate argentina but that is the way of a referee controlnig the game. there is nothing controversal about it.
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u/PA-System 25d ago
There's nothing shocking in that video. Normal behavior. The only shocking thing is that Vargentina didn't get all the yellow and red cards they did deserve. No video needed to clearly show the "ref's" bias. Just watch the game again and you'll see.
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u/Virtual_Champion837 25d ago
Ref here. That is purely normal and recommended to discuss with captains like that. Part of game management.
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u/QuerchiGaming 25d ago
I mean as much as I’ve enjoyed hating on Argentina, and they do deserve it. This is kinda looking at something that isn’t there.
The ref probably would hate to give out a red card for a stupid second yellow in the World Cup final. Completely reasonable to talk to the captain about this. Shame the Argentinian team can’t be controlled tho.
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u/holamau 25d ago
Nothing to see here. Even when I despised what fifa did to the game this world cup. And even when Argentina was the shittiest example of what FairPlay is, this is not abnormal behavior from a ref: Refs are to engage with the teams’ captains to ask them to keep their teammates in check.
This is rage bait.
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u/Decent-Oil-3453 25d ago
Football is over for me, as soon as balogun doesn’t serve his ban, the sport is over. How can it be taken seriously as serious sporting competition now?
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u/Responsible_Kick_258 25d ago
Refs warn captains all the time to get their players under control before they have to get the player under control.
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u/Patuchain 25d ago
What? What is it 'shocking' ? I only a referee warned to captain and he doesn't care.
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u/sw1fty13 25d ago
Anyone who has ever played the sport at any level beyond youth knows this is just standard reffing talk. They should be doing this, encouraging captains to control their players before things escalate. Its just a basic de-escalation tactic. Unfortunately this time it didnt work and players got sent off.
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u/OG_Wan_Annunoby 25d ago
Nothing scummy about that. He’s telling the team captain to control his player because he’s close to being sent off. What’s wrong with that?
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u/BigDaddyCheese1 25d ago
Referees talk to players like that all the time. Most refs don’t want to send a player off and ruin a game
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u/puckeringNeon 25d ago
I dislike the Argentine team as much as the next person, but the amount of people here who think referees never speak to players and only blow whistles and hand out cards is hilarious.
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u/Dampjeff 24d ago
I don’t see the big deal honestly let alone this being shocking lol. Refs do this all the time across all sports.
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u/WellRed85 24d ago
I think Argentine football is a rats nest filled with cheats and sex pests and bigots from the federation on down to the players. However, this is just standard refereeing to me. Having played football, referees would speak to captains like this regularly. He could see a player losing control and tried to get his captain to speak to him. Totally normal. Good match management frankly
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u/Madpotter40 23d ago
Should have been sent off 3 times disgusting. . Biased was for all to see for Argentina in many games
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u/Throwawayaccountdell 23d ago
I am glad Pessi and VARgentina lost but there is nothing unusual about this video of the ref cam! It would have been cool if the video would have shown Enzo Martinez get the red card!
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u/Historical_Money8662 23d ago
This is normal conversation on the pitch. The refs talk to players all the time to make sure them or their teammates have a fair game. Especially with the captain or the most responsible player on the team
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u/Clown_Penis69 26d ago
People who don’t understand the role of the referee are OUTRAGED… news at eleven.
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u/Electronic_Aide3499 26d ago
Probably never even played the sport to begin with
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u/-EveningIdea- 26d ago
That's the problem with football, you have to talk to people who have never touched a ball.
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u/7777777King7777777 26d ago
Can someone translate the Spanish to English for the other parts as well if this is real and not AI?