absolutely disgusting. that call has officially left a terrible taste in my mouth for the officiating as a whole in this tournament. how on earth does an INTERNATIONAL referee get that wrong. when you have announcers perfectly interpreting the lotg and calling for a red card and you as an entire FIFA crew blatantly neglect the laws its embarrassing to all referees. EDIT: Robben's yellow. lol...just smh
That's not a worth Yellow Card. I think Haimoudi is intimidated by the crowd. This will not turn out well for FIFA
I wonder what Avi Klein thinks of this? I was reminded of one of his quotes: " I think most referees are honest. I'm not sure if most referees have courage."
I was about to make a snide comment about how he had "come to the right place", but apparently he had.
Unless Rizzoli does something extraordinary tomorrow this is without a doubt the worst call of the World Cup and it's not even close. If you're not prepared to send off Silva 2 minutes into the game don't even call the foul. I hope he made that call because it's a "friendly" but I doubt it. I think he makes that call even if this was the Final. Just an embarrassment to the LOTG and to referees around the world.
I very much doubt it. To arrogantly quote myself from the assignment thread, I bet the shackles are taken off for the final.
Twice now Haimoudi had signalled advantage on trifling contact. And was there contact on the Oscar foul? It looked like he tripped himself but his leg could have been clipped to cause that.
OK I am confused I understand that should have been a red card...but was it a pk??? looked like he fell in but actual foul happened clearly outside box