Howard Webber's Personal Events

On May 20, 2010, Beijing time, UEFA’s official website announced the candidate for the referee for the Champions League final. The bald referee Howard Webber from England will officiate the game. The two linesmen are Michael Malarkey and Darren Kahn, and the fourth official is Martin Atkinson. These three enforcers are also from England. Weber has previously officiated two Inter Milan games: Inter Milan 1-0 CSKA Moscow in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in the 2009/10 season and Inter Milan 1-0 in the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2008/09 season. Anorthosis.

Weber has refereed a total of 19 Champions League games. Weber once refereed the first leg of the quarter-finals between Inter Milan and Central Army. The Nerazzurri won 1-0. In addition, Weber also coached CSKA's Kra Xiqi was shown a yellow card, causing the latter to miss the second round. It can be said that Weber is quite a blessing to Inter Milan. Of course, this is based on Weber's fair law enforcement. However, during the game, the Englishman's bald appearance was ridiculed by CCTV celebrity Zhang Lu.

But for Bayern Munich, the Germans may not like Weber. During the season, English referees officiated the first leg of the match between Bayern and Juventus, which ended in a goalless draw at the Allianz Arena. However, in the 75th minute, Bastian Schweinsteiger broke through the penalty area and was knocked down by Lero Talia. Weber did not award the home team a penalty kick. In addition, the fourth official signaled to Webber for two minutes of additional time, but the bald policeman only added one minute before blowing the final whistle. Not only that, in last year's Champions League quarter-finals, Bayern was massacred by Barcelona with 4 goals at Camp Nou, and the referee on duty was none other than Weber. However, this is not a murder directed by Weber. In fact, Weber refused to award Messi a penalty kick during the game and gave him a yellow card. As for Guardiola who protested, Weber even sent him off with a red card. If Weber hadn't made this move, the 4-0 score might have just been the beginning. Objectively speaking, Weber's law enforcement is relatively fair. But two years ago, this bald policeman almost got killed. In the 2008 European Cup, Weber awarded a penalty kick to the home team (Austria) while officiating the group match between Poland and Austria, which made Polish fans very angry. After the game, the savvy Polish fans quickly found Weber's home phone number and his work email. Many radicals even made threatening calls to Weber and filled his email with threatening letters.

But unexpectedly, the Polish fans made a self-inflicted joke because the phone number and email they found did not belong to the England referee Webb, but to a referee with the same name. 62-year-old retired engineer. By then, the engineer was petrified by the inexplicable death threats, his life was paralyzed, and he had to seek protection from the local police.

Englishman Howard Webber will officiate this season's Champions League final, which is undoubtedly a peak in his refereeing career. His appointment also ensured that we would see the Englishman in the Champions League final for six consecutive seasons.

It is a bit surprising that UEFA chose the 38-year-old former policeman. It is worth mentioning that Webber had a confrontation with the current Inter Milan head coach Mourinho in a final.

In the 2007 English League Cup final, players from Arsenal and Chelsea had a fight on the field. It was not until Mourinho and Wenger came on to dissuade the situation that the situation calmed down. And Webb took out 3 red cards in one breath - setting a record in the League Cup final. But perhaps the Portuguese will see Webb as a lucky charm as the Blues emerged victorious in that final. When Chelsea won the Community Shield in 2005, Webb was also the referee.

In the European arena, Weber refereed 47 UEFA matches, including 19 Champions League matches. He has officiated 6 Champions League games this season and has produced 26 yellow cards (an average of 4.3 per game), but has yet to produce a red card.

Howard Webber

In this season’s Champions League, Webber has also met both teams in the finals.

In Bayern's 0-0 home draw with Juventus last September, he gave all three yellow cards to the visiting team. In the quarter-finals of Inter Milan's 1-0 home victory over CSKA Moscow, he gave Materazzi a yellow card in the 12th minute, and was also given three yellow cards throughout the game.

In the 4 games involving Italian teams that were officiated by Weber, he took out 15 yellow cards, 9 of which were given to Serie A teams. Inter Milan's 183 fouls also exceeded Bayern's 153, second only to Lyon (185) who ranked first in the foul list.

Webber's appointment will inevitably bring back memories of some of the controversial calls he has made in the past. In the 2008 European Cup, Weber "bravely" gave Austria a penalty in stoppage time, which aroused the fury of Polish coach Benhak.

In the 2009 FA Cup match between Wolves and old rival Birmingham City, Webb inadvertently helped the former score a goal. Later he admitted that it was the "lowest point" of his career. Webber also annoyed Aston Villa coach O'Neill not long ago in the FA Cup semi-finals because he refused to award a Chelsea penalty.

Webber’s refereeing record in the 2009-10 Champions League

Qualifying matches

Sporting Lisbon 1-1 Fiorentina

6 Yellow 0 red (3 per team)

Time of the first yellow card: 33'

Time of the last yellow card: 92'

Group match

Bayern Munich 0-0 Juventus

3 yellows and 0 reds (all to Juventus)

Time of the first yellow card: 8'

Last yellow card time: 57'

AC Milan 1-1 Marseille

3 yellows and 0 reds (2 AC Milan, 1 Marseille)

Time of the first yellow card: 34'

Time of the last yellow card: 93'

Dynamo Kiev 1-2 Barcelona

7 yellow, 0 red ( Kiev 4, Barcelona 3)

First yellow card time: 45'

Last yellow card time: 88'

Knockout round

Olympiacos 0-1 Bordeaux

4 yellow and 0 red (2 per team)

Time of the first yellow card: 29'

Last one Time of yellow card: 80'

Inter Milan 1-0 CSKA Moscow

3 yellows and 0 reds (1 for Inter Milan, 2 for CSKA)

Time of the first yellow card: 12'

Time of the last yellow card: 37'

Referee of the 2010 South Africa World Cup Final

Beijing time, July 2010 In the early morning of the 9th, FIFA announced the list of referees for the South Africa World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain. England's famous whistler Howard Webber will serve as the referee for the South Africa World Cup final. This is also the first time after 36 years that an English referee has officiated in a World Cup final.