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UEFA Futsal Champions League 2021/2022 – Main Round

26-31 October 2021

Group 1 – Lucenec (SVK)
1. Trayan Enchev (BUL)
2. Grigori Ošomkov (EST)
3. Norbert Szilagyi (HUN)
4. Nicola Manzione (ITA, photo)
5. Ladislav Angyal (SVK)

Group 2 – Podčetrtek (SVN)
1. Juan Boelen (BEL)
2. Besar Beqiri (KOS)
3. Ingus Puriņš (LVA)
4. Iuri Neverov (RUS)
5. Azra Ahmetovic (SVN)

Group 3 – Kaunas (LTU)
1. Vedran Babic (CRO)
2. Šarūnas Tamulynas (LTU)
3. Tomasz Frak (POL)
4. Aleš Mocnik Peric (SVN)
5. Yaroslav Vovchok (UKR)

Group 4 – Rimini (ITA)
1. Javier Moreno Reina (ESP)
2. Vasilios Christodoulis (GRE)
3. Giovanni Zannola (ITA)
4. Vlad Ciobanu (ROU)
5. Murat Colak (TUR)

Group 5 – Gzira (MLT)
1. Jan Kresta (CZE)
2. Andrea Naudi (MLT)
3. Grigori Zelentsov (RUS)
4. David Schaerli (SUI)
5. Carl Hughes (WAL)

Group 6 – Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR)
1. Josip Barton (MKD)
2. Cristiano Santos (POR)
3. Dejan Veselic (SVN)
4. Ozan Soykan (TUR)
5. Denys Kutsyi (UKR)

Group 7 – Omis (CRO)
1. Mario Budimir (CRO)
2. Julien Lang (FRA)
3. Antonios Adamopoulos (GRE)
4. Viktor Bugenko (MDA)
5. Ibrahim El Jilali (NED)

Group 8 – Jablanica (BIH)
1. Maksim Dzeikala (BLR)
2. Pljevljak Jasenko (BIH)
3. Peter Nurse (ENG)
4. Eduards Fatkulins (LVA)
5. Marjan Mladenovski (MKD)

Referee received bullets in the mail

Ecuadorian referee Diego Lara received death threats through a package containing a letter and two 45 caliber bullets. These evidences are being investigated by the National Police, who it trying to clarify who sent the package and the threat.

These bullets would have been sent, supposedly, by the fans of 9 October, after LigaPro announced the appointment of referees for matchday 11 of the second stage, when Lara was assigned the game between 9 October and Orense. The leadership of the Guayaquil team had requested the change of referee, as they consider that Lara has harmed them in one of the matches disputed in 2021. The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) and LigaPro showed their support to referee Diego Lara and his family after the threat received at his home.

Source: El Comercio

FIFA Seminars for Prospective World Cup Referees

FIFA is hosting this week a seminar in Doha, Qatar, to prepare referees for the 2023 Women’s World Cup that will take place in Australia and New Zealand. This seminar will be attended by candidates from three confederations (AFC, CAF and CONCACAF) and will be used to workshop the use of VAR, along with the new Laws of the Game. The seminar will run from 25 to 29 October 2021. Based on various online sources (such as IOL, DZFoot and PNGFA), among the candidates are:

AFC

1. Kate Jacewicz (AUS, 1985)

2. Casey Reibelt (AUS, 1988)
3. Mahsa Ghorbani (IRN, 1989)

4. Yoshimi Yamashita (JPN, 1986)
5. Pansa Chaisanit (THA, 1987)
6. Bui Thu Trang (VIE, 1986)

CAF

1. Salima Mukansanga (RWA, 1988)
2. Lidya Tafesse Abebe (ETH, 1980)
3. Maria Rivet (MRI, 1984)
4. Bouchra Karboubi (MAR, 1986)
5. Ndidi Madu (NGA, 1987)
6. Vincentia Amedome (TOG, 1986)
7. Fatou Thioune (SEN, 1985)
8. Dorsaf Ganouati (TUN, 1984)
9. Akhona Makalima (RSA, 1989)

CONCACAF
1. Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (CAN, 1982)
2. Myriam Marcotte (CAN, 1992)
3. Marianela Araya (CRC, 1989)
4. Melissa Borjas (HON, 1986)
5. Odette Hamilton (JAM, 1979)
6. Tatiana Guzman (NCA, 1985)
7. Katia Garcia (MEX, 1992)
8. Francia Gonzalez (MEX, 1986)
9. Ekaterina Koroleva (USA, 1987)
10. Tori Penso (USA, 1985)
VAR: Carol Anne Chenard (CAN, 1977)

The candidates for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will travel next week to Doha, Qatar. The seminar for prospective referees from AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and OFC will run from 1 to 5 November 2021.

AFC

1. Christopher Beath (AUS, 1984)

2. Nawaf Shukralla (BHR, 1976)
3. Ma Ning (CHN, 1979)
4. Alireza Faghani (IRN 1978)
5. Ryuji Sato (JPN, 1977)
6. Adham Makhadmeh (JOR, 1986)
7. Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (QAT, 1987)
8. Mohammed Abdulla (UAE, 1978)

CAF

1. Mustapha Ghorbal (ALG, 1985)
2. Jean Ndala (COD, 1987)
3. Bamlak Tessema (ETH, 1980)
4. Bakary Gassama (GAM, 1979)
5. Redouane Jiyed (MAR, 1979)
6. Victor Gomes (RSA, 1982)
7. Maguette N’Diaye (SEN, 1986)
8. Janny Sikazwe (ZAM, 1979)

CONCACAF

1. Ricardo Montero (CRC, 1986)
2. Mario Escobar (GUA, 1986)
3. Said Martinez (HON, 1991)
4. Fernando Hernandez (MEX, 1983)
5. Cesar Ramos (MEX, 1983)
6. Ivan Barton (SLV, 1991)
7. Ismail Elfath (USA, 1982)
8. Jair Marrufo (USA, 1977)

OFC

1. Matthew Conger (NZL, 1978)
2. David Yereboinen (PNG, 1991)

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Qualifiers – UEFA (Matchday 4)

26 October 2021

Montenegro – Denmark
Referee: Olivia Tschon (AUT, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Biljana Iskin (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Lena Hirtl (AUT)
Fourth Official: Maria Ennsgraber (AUT)
Referee Assessor: Ante Vučemilović (CRO)

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Russia
Referee: Cristina Trandafir (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Mihaela Țepușă (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Roxana Ivanov (ROU)
Fourth Official: Iuliana Demetrescu (ROU)
Referee Assessor: Bariş Şimşek (TUR)

North Macedonia – Luxembourg
Referee: Nadezhda Gorinova (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Ekaterina Kurochkina (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Iulia Petrova (RUS)
Fourth Official: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS)
Referee Assessor: Ladislav Gadoši (SVK)

Ukraine – Spain
Referee: Galia Echeva (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Yordanka Korcheva (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Mirela Ivanova (BUL)
Fourth Official: Kristina Georgieva (BUL)
Referee Assessor: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)

Azerbaijan – Malta
Referee: Reka Molnar (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Katalin Török (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Noemi Hegedüs-Barath (HUN)
Fourth Official: Reka Bognár (HUN)
Referee Assessor: Marina Mamaieva (RUS)

Armenia – Kosovo
Referee: Viola Raudziņa (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Diāna Vanaga-Araja (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marita Vitola (LVA)
Fourth Official: Laura Treimane (LVA)
Referee Assessor: Marco Borg (MLT)

Germany – Israel
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Nargıs Magay (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Dınara Idirisova (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Tatiana Sorokopydova (KAZ)
Referee Assessor: Paloma Quintero Siles (ESP)

Slovakia – Georgia
Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Franca Overtoom (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Martina Boer (NED)
Fourth Official: Marisca Overtoom (NED)
Referee Assessor: Hannes Kaasik (EST)

Bulgaria – Portugal
Referee: Ionela Peșu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Petruța Iugulescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniela Constantinescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Roxana Recorean (ROU)
Referee Assessor: Ivana Vlaić (BIH)

Kazakhstan – France
Referee: Melis Özçigdem (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Deybet Gök (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Betül Yilmaz (TUR)
Fourth Official: Gamze Durmuş Pakkan (TUR)
Referee Assessor: Aleksandr Gvardis (RUS)

Finland – Ireland
Referee: Alexandra Collin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Solenne Bartnik (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Jennifer Maubacq (FRA)
Fourth Official: Emeline Rochebiliere (FRA)
Referee Assessor: Sofía Karagiorgi (CYP)

Lithuania – Italy
Referee: Jelena Medjedović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivana Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandra Stojanac (SRB)
Fourth Official: Milica Milovanović (SRB)
Referee Assessor: Katarzyna Wierzbowska (POL)

Serbia – Turkey
Referee: Katalin Sipos (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Anita Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Judit Gavalla-Kulcsar (HUN)
Fourth Official: Kata Tünde Balint (HUN)
Referee Assessor: Jens Larsen (DEN)

Belarus – Netherlands
Referee: Araksya Saribekyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 1: Liana Grigoryan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 2: Kristine Grigoryan (ARM)
Fourth Official: Artem Gasparyan (ARM)
Referee Assessor: Nadezhda Ulianovskaia (RUS)

Faroe Islands – Hungary
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tonja Weckström (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Alisa Levälampi (FIN)
Fourth Official: Lina Lehtovaara (FIN)
Referee Assessor: Marte Soro (NOR)

Norway – Belgium
Referee: Rebecca Welch (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Natalie Aspinall (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Lisa Rashid (ENG)
Fourth Official: Emily Heaslip (ENG)
Referee Assessor: Ana Minić (SRB)

Switzerland – Croatia
Referee: Frida Klarlund (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Sidsel Dall (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Anna Schmidt (DEN)
Fourth Official: Henrikke Nervik (NOR)
Referee Assessor: Wendy Toms (ENG)

Latvia – England
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Katarzyna Wojs (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulina Baranowska (POL)
Fourth Official: Ewa Augustyn (POL)
Referee Assessor: Knarik Grigoryan (ARM)

Poland – Albania
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Emilie Aubry (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Laetitia Nuara (SUI)
Fourth Official: Laura Mauricio (SUI)
Referee Assessor: Sjoukje de Jong (NED)

Northern Ireland – Austria
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Judit Romano Garcia (ESP)
Fourth Official: Beatriz Cuesta Arribas (ESP)
Referee Assessor: Ruud Bossen (NED)

Greece – Slovenia
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Vjolca Izeiri (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Vesna Spirkoska-Tofiloska (MKD)
Fourth Official: Angela Rajčevska (MKD)
Referee Assessor: Anelia Sinabova (BUL)

Wales – Estonia
Referee: Marta Frias Acedo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Silvia Fernandez Perez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Marta Villanueva Benavente (ESP)
Fourth Official: Beatriz Arregui Gamir (ESP)
Referee Assessor: Calum Murray (SCO)

Iceland – Cyprus
Referee: Anastasia Romaniuk (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Marina Striletska (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Svitlana Hrushko (UKR)
Fourth Official: Kristina Kozoroh (UKR)
Referee Assessor: Ian Stokes (IRL)

Australian top referees on strike

Former FIFA referee Matthew Breeze has called on Football Australia to stop treating match officials as an “inconvenience” and give them the same respect that’s awarded to players and coaches. With less than a month to go until the start of the men’s A-League season, Australia’s top referees remain on strike.

The Professional Football Referees Association of the Australia made the decision to strike after the FA’s failure to renew the contract of the A-League referees’ leadership and coaching department led to match officials having “no direction, coaching/instruction, and no fitness coaching” for three months. Industrial action was also taken due to referees being uncontracted and the “unfair” removal of some PFRA members from the A-League men’s and women’s panels “without any due process or warning”. FA has since advertised head of referees and coaching positions, but Breeze – a two-time A-League referee of the year who was on the FIFA list from 2001 to 2012 – said such appointments had been too late. “None of the referee coaches, referee assessors, or administrative positions are even up and running or close to being established and that’s what concerns me as a former referee and a football fan,” said 49-year-old Breeze, now a barrister. “I’ve been around football and refereeing since I was 13 years of age and it’s been a constant problem where referees are to be an inconvenience and the last issue to be resolved and dealt with, as opposed to an integral part of the game that needs development and nurturing. The players get it, the coaches get it, but it just seems to me, from what I understand of it, they’ve forgotten about the referees.”

Breeze said the current absence of proper coaching and training for referees was damaging. “Such coaching and training is critical, and it’s exactly the same as players and coaches,” he said. “There’s a pre-season program that should be put in place all around physical preparation and mental preparation, and updating on the laws of the game, and getting their head around all the new VAR developments. I know the current referees are supremely professional and they’ll get it done, but the last thing they need to be worried about is who’s going to coach them this year, where are they going to train and what’s their employment status.” Due to the PFRA strike, current FFA Cup games and A-League trials are being officiated by non-PFRA members and NPL referees. “Sure, there’s always been talk about the development of younger referees or up and coming referees, but they also need experienced people around,” Breeze said. “If there’s a drama or an injury, or something gets out of hand at Cup game or a trial, they’re going to pointing the finger at a kid who might be refereeing out of his experience zone, and the referees are going to cop it.”

Source: The Australian

CONMEBOL Sudamericana Final 2021: Matonte (URU)

20 November 2021

Athletico Paranaense – Red Bull Bragantino

Referee: Andres Matonte (URU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Soppi (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Barreiro (URU)
Fourth Official: Christian Ferreyra (URU)
Reserve AR: Andres Nievas (URU)
VAR: Andres Cunha (URU)
AVAR 1: Victor Carrillo (PER)
AVAR 2: Nicolas Taran (URU)
AVAR 3: Juan Soto (VEN)
Referee Assessor: Jose Buitrago (COL)
Referee Supervisor: Enrique Caceres (PAR)

Adidas 22 referee uniforms available in December

Named Adidas Referee 22, the new Adidas has a traditional yet modern design for referee jersey. It comes with a centered Adidas logo and two pockets. What makes the new Adidas 2022 referee shirt interesting is a stripe design that goes from the collar to the back of the jersey, which looks a bit like a backpack belt.

Features-wise, the Adidas Referee 22 jersey comes with Adidas' Aeroready replica kit technology and will be available in five colours: App Solar Red, Bright Yellow, Black, Purple Rush, and Mint Rush. The new Adidas 2022 referee uniforms will be available from 1 December 2021, retailing at 60 USD. The Adidas Referee 22 jersey will be used in the 2022 World Cup, the 22-23 Bundesliga, and other competitions in which referee uniforms are supplied by Adidas. It may be used until 2026.

Source: Footy Headlines

FIFA Referees Committee: Andino replaced by Caceres

At the FIFA Council meeting no. 17, held virtually yesterday, FIFA replaced Paraguayan Amelio Andino with his countryman Enrique Caceres (photo), as a CONMEBOL representative in the Referees Committee.

Both Andino and Caceres are former World Cup match officials. Amelio Andino, 58, was an assistant referee at the FIFA World Cup 2006, FIFA Confederations Cup 2005, Olympic Games 2004, Copa America 2007. Enrique Caceres, 46, refereed at the FIFA World Cup 2018, Copa America 2015 and 2016, FIFA Club World Cup 2016, FIFA U-17 World Cups 2015 and final 2017, Copa Libertadores finals 2016 and 2017, Recopa Sudamericana 2018. Caceres has recently been responsible for the VAR development in CONMEBOL.

Source: CONMEBOL

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Qualifiers – UEFA (Matchday 3)

21-23 October 2021

Albania – Armenia
Referee: Maria Marotta (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Francesca Di Monte (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Tiziana Trasciatti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Martina Molinaro (ITA)
Referee Assessor: Nicolae Grigorescu (ROU)

Montenegro – Azerbaijan
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Ekaterina Marinova (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Pavleta Rashkova (BUL)
Fourth Official: Hristiana Guteva (BUL)
Referee Assessor: Ana Minić (SRB)

Russia – Malta
Referee: Miriama Matulova (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: František Ferenc (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Lenka Pavlačkova (SVK)
Fourth Official: Martin Dohal (SVK)
Referee Assessor: Ivana Vlaić (BIH)

Georgia – Finland
Referee: Liudmila Telbukh (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Svitlana Hrushko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Irina Chayka (UKR)
Fourth Official: Sofiya Prychyna (UKR)
Referee Assessor: Christine Frai (GER)

Latvia – North Macedonia
Referee: Frederikke Sokjaer (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Sidsel Dall (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Anna Schmidt (DEN)
Fourth Official: Frida Klarlund (DEN)
Referee Assessor: Claudine Brohet (BEL)

Turkey – Bulgaria
Referee: Jurgita Mačikunyte (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Irina Pozdejeva (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Gerda Eidinzonaite (LTU)
Fourth Official: Lina Skladaityte (LTU)
Referee Assessor: Plarent Kotherja (ALB)

Ukraine – Faroe Islands
Referee: Tatiana Sorokopidova (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Nargıs Magay (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Dinara Idirisova (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Elvira Nurmustafina (KAZ)
Referee Assessor: Knarik Grigoryan (ARM)

Denmark – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Veronika Kovarova (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zuzana Špindlerova (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Věra Soukupova (CZE)
Fourth Official: Tereza Holakovska (CZE)
Referee Assessor: Gunnar Jonsson (ISL)

Israel – Germany
Referee: Tanja Subotič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Helena Buh (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Slađana Jovičič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Tjaša Misja (SVN)
Referee Assessor: Leondios Trattou (CYP)

Portugal – Serbia
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paulina Baranowska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Katarzyna Wasiak (POL)
Fourth Official: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (POL)
Referee Assessor: Paloma Quintero Siles (ESP)

Poland – Norway
Referee: Jana Adamkova (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Lucie Ratajova (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Tereza Hessova (CZE)
Fourth Official: Helena Šalkova (CZE)
Referee Assessor: Nadezhda Ulianovskaia (RUS)

Ireland – Sweden
Referee: Deborah Anex (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Emilie Aubry (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Rahel Hasler (SUI)
Fourth Official: Laura Mauricio (SUI)
Referee Assessor: Wendy Toms (ENG)

Belgium – Kosovo
Referee: Jelena Kumer (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Gordana Katušić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Barbara Vidović-Volenik (CRO)
Fourth Official: Jelena Pejković (CRO)
Referee Assessor: John Ferry (NIR)

Kazakhstan – Greece
Referee: Marina Krupskaia (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Ekaterina Kurochkina (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Iulia Petrova (RUS)
Fourth Official: Liubov Tarbeieva (RUS)
Referee Assessor: Anja Kunick (GER)

Italy – Croatia
Referee: Petra Pavlikova (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Maria Sukenikova (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Ivana Alezarova (SVK)
Fourth Official: Maria Krčova (SVK)
Referee Assessor: Marina Mamaieva (RUS)

Austria – Luxembourg
Referee: Zoi Stavrou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Despina Dimosthenous (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Angeliki Athanasopoulou (CYP)
Fourth Official: Marianna Pisiara (CYP)
Referee Assessor: Sjoukje De Jong (NED)

Switzerland – Romania
Referee: Riem Hussein (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Christina Biehl (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Melissa Joos (GER)
Fourth Official: Angelika Söder (GER)
Referee Assessor: Vencel Toth (HUN)

Slovenia – Wales
Referee: Lovisa Johansson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Josefin Aronsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Emelie Elfstrand (SWE)
Fourth Official: Sara Wiinikka (SWE)
Referee Assessor: Dimitar Mečkarovski (MKD)

Scotland – Hungary
Referee: Maria Ferrieri Caputi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Veronica Vettorel (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Veronica Martinelli (ITA)
Fourth Official: Deborah Bianchi (ITA)
Referee Assessor: Aušra Kance (LTU)

Iceland – Czech Republic
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Heini Hyvönen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jenni Paavolainen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Sini Hakala (FIN)
Referee Assessor: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)

Cyprus – Netherlands
Referee: Triinu Vaher (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Anni Rahula (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Helen Käosaar (EST)
Fourth Official: Luisa Klaar (EST)
Referee Assessor: Katarzyna Wierzbowska (POL)

France – Estonia
Referee: Abigail Byrne (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lisa Rashid (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Emily Carney (ENG)
Fourth Official: Kirsty Dowle (ENG)
Referee Assessor: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)

England – Northern Ireland
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Sanja Rodjak-Karšić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Maja Petravić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Jelena Pejković (CRO)
Referee Assessor: Georgios Bikas (GRE)

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