{"id":198175,"date":"2024-07-09T16:10:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-handed-referee-criticised-by-jude-bellingham-for-euro-2024-semi-final\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:10:55","slug":"england-handed-referee-criticised-by-jude-bellingham-for-euro-2024-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-handed-referee-criticised-by-jude-bellingham-for-euro-2024-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"England handed referee criticised by Jude Bellingham for Euro 2024 semi-final \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>German referee Felix Zwayer, who has previously been punished for accepting a bribe and has faced criticism from Jude Bellingham, will officiate England\u2019s Euro 2024 semi-final clash with the Netherlands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Three Lions delivered a flawless penalty shootout against Switzerland in the quarter-finals on Saturday to secure their place in the final four. Their success means they will next face the Netherlands in a bid to qualify for back-to-back Euros finals.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA have placed German national Zwayer in charge of the game despite his uncomfortable history with Bellingham.<\/p>\n<p>Back in December 2021 during his time with Borussia Dortmund, the midfielder slammed Zwayer\u2019s performance following a defeat to Bayern Munich and referenced his history of match-fixing \u2013 Zwayer served a six-month ban after he was found to have accepted a \u20ac300 bribe from fellow referee Robert Hoyzer\u00a0back in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou give a referee that has match-fixed before the biggest game in Germany \u2013 what do you expect?,\u201d Bellingham said after a controversial handball call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it wasn\u2019t [a penalty]. He [Mats Hummels] is not even looking at the ball and he\u2019s fighting to get it and it hits him. You can look at a lot of the decisions in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01j2bcsmwr90wmwb29qf.jpg\" alt=\"Jude Bellingham, \" title=\"Jude Bellingham, \"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Bellingham has been critical of Zwayer \/ INA FASSBENDER\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Bellingham received a fine of around \u20ac40,000 for his actions, while Zwayer took a two-month break from officiating.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA, however, remain firm in their decision to appoint Zwayer to take charge of a game involving Bellingham, as per reports from\u00a0<em>The Times<\/em>, saying they are \u2018confident in his integrity\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>England will face the Netherlands in a highly-anticipated clash in Dortmund on Wednesday, with\u00a0Bellingham\u00a0set to form a crucial part of their lineup.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-831-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-889987\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German referee Felix Zwayer, who has previously been punished for accepting a bribe and has faced criticism from Jude Bellingham, will officiate England\u2019s Euro 2024 semi-final clash with the Netherlands. The Three Lions delivered a flawless penalty shootout against Switzerland in the quarter-finals on Saturday to secure their place in the final four. Their success [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>England handed referee criticised by Jude Bellingham for Euro 2024 semi-final \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/england-handed-referee-criticised-by-jude-bellingham-for-euro-2024-semi-final\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"England handed referee criticised by Jude Bellingham for Euro 2024 semi-final \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"German referee Felix Zwayer, who has previously been punished for accepting a bribe and has faced criticism from Jude Bellingham, will officiate England\u2019s Euro 2024 semi-final clash with the Netherlands. 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