1. The Referee kept out of the penalty area for nearly all of the game. This included the times when corner kicks were taking place.

2. The only times that the Referee went out towards the touchline, was to caution players. (See yellow squares.)

3. The Referee never once placed himself on the goal line.

4.The black dots are where the Referee was positioned when he awarded free kicks. In the second half, these were mostly in or near the centre circle.

5.Three goals were scored in the second half, and the position of the Referee when the goals were scored are shown in the diagram as 'G'. In all cases, the Referee had a very good view of the goals being scored.

6.There were huge areas of the field of play where the Referee never entered.  Particularly near the quarter areas where the two Assistant Referees were patrolling.

7. The diagonal being run by the Referee was more 'corner of penalty area to corner of penalty area' ; rather than the traditional 'corner flag to corner flag' full diagonal.

8. Even when the ball was near the goal areas, the Referee tended to stay nearer to the centre of the field, rather than go out wider towards the touchline. 

Valentin Ivanov is relishing the challenge as one of the dozen UEFA EURO 2004™ referees. It is fitting recognition for performances that have impressed the European refereeing authorities with a number of top assignments for the Russian match official this season.

Career: Ivanov is a Muscovite pure and simple. He was born in Moscow on 4 July 1961, and is still based in the Russian capital. A physical education teacher by profession, he began refereeing in 1989, was a top-division referee four years later, and joined the FIFA international list in 1997.

1997-1998: Ivanov’s first European assignments were at youth level as in March 1997, he made his UEFA debut with a UEFA European Under-16 Championship tie between Israel and Albania, and a year later was chosen in the team of referees for the UEFA European Under-18 Championship final round in Cyprus.

2000: Club competition and national-team appointments soon followed for Ivanov, together with a further rise up the refereeing ladder with his designation for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final round in Slovakia in 2000.

2002-2003: FIFA World Cup, UEFA EURO 2004™ and UEFA Champions League appointments have been a regular feature in Ivanov’s schedule in the past couple of years, culminating in a fine 2003 and his biggest matches to date – the FIFA Confederations’ Cup final between Cameroon and France in Paris during the summer, and the annual European/South American Cup match between CA Boca Juniors and AC Milan in Yokohama last December. 
(Source http://www.euro2004.com/)