How do referees and soccer players communicate with each other?

Question

I mean for example the referee is Russian, French team, Spanish team. No one understands what the hell is going on. So in the match how do they like talk to each other? In interviews they only speak using their mother-tongue.

Answer 1

The referees know english and the players know a little english ( some of them) but i think they communicate most with body language besides most of the words they use frequently during the game i think anyone will understand like no, come on ref, to hell with u, bad call and other expletitives i cannot mention.

Answer 2

That's why there are standard signals the referees and assistant referees use. If the referee blows the whistle and points away from the green goal, then we know he called a foul and it is green's kick. If the referee then paces off a distance from the kick and points to the defenders then to the spot where he's standing, we know he moving the wall 10 yards away from the ball. If he then raises an arm strait up in the air, then we know that the kick is an indirect free kick.

If a player commits a foul and the referee thinks the player is pushing it too far, the referee makes a signal similar to what a baseball umpire uses to signal that a player is safe, we know that the referee has just told the player that no more bad behavior will be allowed.

We know all of that and no words had to be spoken

Answer 3

I think most international referees are multilingual. And if nothing else then there is always the hand signals they use which I'm sure if you were a soccer player you would understand.

Answer 4

The refs are mulitlingual. There are also general hand signals that indicate a foul, direction of play, and cards for serious fouls. We have seen many cards in the World Cup. A hand signal pointing in the direction of a goal, gives the team that is attacking in the direction of the hand signal, the possion of the ball. Communication between the teams is limited, unless the players are multilingual.

Answer 5

Most of the referee can speak 2 or 3 languages and I don't think there's any problem.

Answer 6

Generally FIFA puts referees WHO talk two or trhee languages,
the majority speak a little Spanish, or the talk in English , which is the world language

Answer 7

I am going to say in broken English? And besides, all the Ref's seem to be doing is issuing yellow and red cards. Those need no verbal explanation!

Answer 8

alot of them know different languages, especially english. Also, they use the universal language of football, like a yellow card is obvious or the referee uses his hands as body language is he is giving a warning, etc.

Answer 9

Yelling

Answer 10

They communicate through cards.