Saturday 25 June 2016 09:53, UK
Damir Skomina from Slovenia has been confirmed as the referee for England's Euro 2016 last-16 showdown with Iceland in Nice on Monday.
The 39-year-old will be taking charge of his third match at the tournament having officiated for Slovakia's 2-1 victory over Russia and Switzerland's 0-0 draw with France during the group stage.
Skomina, who gave out only three yellow cards in those two matches, also refereed the second leg of Manchester City's Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in May, which the hosts won 1-0.
Turkey's Cuneyt Cakir, who was in charge of the first leg of City's clash with Real, has been appointed for Monday's other match between Italy and Spain at the Stade de France.
Cakir, also 39, has already refereed the 1-1 draw between Portugal and Iceland and Belgium's 3-0 win over the Republic of Ireland.
With the possibility of knockout matches going to penalties Skomina and Cakir will both be aware of comments from UEFA's chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina following the Croatia v Spain match when Croatia goalkeeper Danijel Subasic saved a penalty from Sergio Ramos after advancing well off his line.
"The 'keeper moved forward," Collina said. "It was not spotted by the referee's team. It was a mistake. Unfortunately it happens, but it was a mistake within a match that was refereed well.
"Referees should pay attention that the penalty kicks are taken correctly."
"It should be retaken [and] whenever the goalkeeper infringes, he will be cautioned," he added, saying that it should also apply during penalty shootouts.
As part of the most significant rewriting of the laws of the game for more than 100 years, football's lawmaker, the International Football Association Board (FABI), in March made wholesale changes to the laws, including on penalty kicks.
If a kicker tries to deceive the goalkeeper by stopping and starting in his run-up, the right to have a retake is removed and instead the defending team are awarded an indirect free-kick and the attacking player is yellow carded.
If goalkeepers move off their line, they should also be yellow carded.
Italian Collina also stated that the level of refereeing at the tournament has been generally excellent with few errors, more accuracy - for example in terms of offsides - and fewer yellow cards or dangerous tackles compared to 2012.
