Was not allowed to take part
Swiss referee “punished” for origin at European Championship!
A curious change in a trio of referees from Switzerland is causing a stir at the European Football Championship in Germany: because his roots represented a certain risk for UEFA as the organizer of the finals, Swiss referee Stéphane De Almeida has been removed from the referee line-up for the match between Georgia and Portugal!
His roots? Yes, that's right: because the 36-year-old Swiss has Portuguese ancestors, his involvement in a match involving Cristiano Ronald's Portuguese team was considered a problem.
German as a substitute
Not necessarily because De Almeida was trusted to whistle in Portugal's favour - but because mistakes, which are almost inevitable in any soccer match, could have simply given the impression that he was a German.
For this reason, De Almeida was replaced by the German Stefan Lupp, who is normally part of Felix Zwayer's team. His advantage: as a German, he was able to communicate easily with the (German-) Swiss players Sandro Schärer and Bekim Zogaj.
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