WC Refs

[fender]

The 12 refs retained for the later rounds:

Toru Kamikawa (Japan), Coffi Codjia (Benin), Benito Archundia (Mexico), Horacio Elizondo (Argentina), Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay), Mark Shield (Australia), Massimo Busacca (Switzerland), Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium), Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain), Markus Merk (Germany), Lubos Michel (Slovakia), Roberto Rosetti (Italy)


The Spanish ref stays.

 

[Pingtung]

The Spanish ref stays.

he's been assigned as head ref for Brazil-France so FIFA approves of him, surprised they would put him up as head ref instead of 4th or 5th.

 

[ugluk]

Refereeing is pretty bad this world cup, I was wishing for a video playback option several times already.

Ivanov did an excellent job, though. If he wasn't so lenient, it would've been 8 on 8 by the end of the game.

 

[El Diablo Rojo]

Refereeing is pretty bad this world cup, I was wishing for a video playback option several times already.

I believe referees may have became worse but i also believe that their flaws are more evident too, thanks to technology, i don't think that video playback options should be used probably next they would robotic referees or even players and being a referee would lose its "human touch". More likely some referees must improve rather then replacing them with technology.

 

[BolsoDecano1899]

poll said he wont ref international games anymore!!!

 

[BolsoDecano1899]

The only thing that refs always get wrong is offside, they are supposed to call tight situations in the striker's favour, but they actually never do.

yea but take into consideration that a goal on offside is talked about alot while a bad offside call is forgoten in seconds.