- 03:58 AM
- 04/30/24
"Five goals against the South Koreans, 150-1 outsiders at the start of the tournament, have now been disallowed...statisticians say that the chance of one team benefiting from five errors by officials in almost consecutive games is 'infinitesimal'."
posted by Voyageman at 11:41 PM on June 22, 2002
and Spain.
posted by Voyageman at 11:39 PM on June 22, 2002
Cries of referee bias as South Korea march into semi-finals
posted by Voyageman at 02:38 PM on June 22, 2002
He has supposedly been the one pushing refs to call offsides more aggressively and to yellow/red card players more frequently who fake fouls. Now when refs do what he asked, he blames them. He should blame himself first for having provided such bad refs in the first place.
posted by Voyageman at 04:15 PM on June 21, 2002
I believe FIFA chooses the refs.
posted by Voyageman at 10:44 AM on June 21, 2002
Italian press reported he had already been let go well before the game. Maybe the club president was looking for press coverage of any kind.
posted by Voyageman at 03:15 PM on June 20, 2002
Stare at the picture .....and simply imagine if the Ecuadorian ref had unjustly booted out a Korean attacker and unjustly cancelled a Korean golden goal....no pressure, no pressure whatsover
posted by Voyageman at 03:33 PM on June 18, 2002
Its understandably frustrating that in EVERY game Italy played in this Cup they were playing against their opponents, the ref, and the linesmen.
posted by Voyageman at 12:16 PM on June 18, 2002
So: Will it be Brazil or will it be Germany?
Brazil 2-Germany 1. (But the true star will be Collina.) I'm curious -what do the Portuguese think about their former colony always in the glorious spotlight ?