{"id":27882,"date":"2016-07-19T09:35:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T09:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=27882"},"modified":"2016-07-19T09:35:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T09:35:54","slug":"fifa-head-of-referees-massimo-busacca-to-visit-cochin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=27882","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Head of Referees Massimo Busacca to visit Cochin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-26247\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Football icon isn\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>NEW DELHI:<\/strong> FIFA Head of Referees Massimo Busacca will be visiting Cochin over the weekend on the sidelines of the AIFF organised FIFA MA Referreing Courses which kick-off from July 22 to July 29, 2016. All elite Referees, Assistant Referees and Referee Assessors\/Instructors would be participating in the Courses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the first time ever that a FIFA Head of Referees will be visiting India,&rdquo; Col Goutam Kar (Retd), Head of Referees, AIFF informed www.the-aiff.com. &ldquo;His presence will boost the morale of the participants. He is a great motivator and we are all looking forward to attending his session,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming Busacca&rsquo;s visit, Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF described it as a &ldquo;great honour.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great honour for All India Football Federation that Mr. Massimo Bussaca, Head of Referees, FIFA will be visiting us for the FIFA MA Referees Development Course in India. I thank FIFA for their continuous support for development of Refereeing in India,&rdquo; he told www.the-aiff.com.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Massimo&rsquo;s presence and inputs will further enhance the endeavour of our Refereeing Department in taking the next steps,&rdquo; he felt.<\/p>\n<p>Busacca who was adjudged the &lsquo;Best Referee in the World&rsquo; in 2009 had supervised in successive World Cup editions in 2006 and 2010 respectively, and also in Euro 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, he has also supervised in 42 UEFA Champions League matches including the 2009 Final between FC Barcelona and Manchester United and several other high profile games.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Massimo&rsquo;s presence reiterates FIFA&rsquo;s support for the development of Indian Referees. We look forward to it,&rdquo; Col Kar pronounced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-26247\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Football icon isn\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>NEW DELHI:<\/strong> FIFA Head of Referees Massimo Busacca will be visiting Cochin over the weekend on the sidelines of the AIFF organised FIFA MA Referreing Courses which kick-off from July 22 to July 29, 2016. All elite Referees, Assistant Referees and Referee Assessors\/Instructors would be participating in the Courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[467,17141,17143,12975,466,17142],"class_list":["post-27882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-aiff","tag-fifa-head-of-referees","tag-fifa-ma-referreing-courses","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-massimo-busacca"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FIFA Head of Referees Massimo Busacca to visit Cochin - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/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:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=27882\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIFA Head of Referees Massimo Busacca to visit Cochin - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW DELHI: FIFA Head of Referees Massimo Busacca will be visiting Cochin over the weekend on the sidelines of the AIFF organised FIFA MA Referreing Courses which kick-off from July 22 to July 29, 2016. 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