http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'referees' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/ooijer-admits-his-handball-should-have-been-a-penalty.html Laurie 2008-06-15 04:10:31 We're all familiar with that "Who ME?" look most players give when they're called for a foul. Eyes wide. Hands raised. ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/referees-to-get-tough-at-euro-2008.html Daryl 2008-04-21 11:23:35 The Euro 2008 referees were last week handed their instructions for Swissaustria. And the instructions were "get tough." The men in the middle have been told ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/daily-dose/daily-dose-22708.html Daryl 2008-02-27 10:35:41 Links galore from World Cup Blog, The Offside and elsewhere. El-Hadary gone with the wind (Egypt Blog) Squad announcement from on high (Germany Blog) Italian managers are ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/graham-poll-peter-crouch-targeted-by-world-cup-referees.html WC Bob 2007-09-05 12:40:50 When you go through life as a 27-foot tall giant you get pretty used to people staring at you. When you go through life ... http://france.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/headbutt-viewing-4th-official-to-ref-the-ukraine-game.html Laurie 2007-05-30 13:21:49 Looks like Les Bleus will reunite with an old friend for Saturday's game with Ukraine. Spain's Luis Medina Cantalejo, the official who spotted Zinedine ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/graham-poll-to-retire-a-year-too-late.html WC Bob 2007-05-29 09:45:04 A little over a year ago at this time many of us got to know the name Graham Poll quite well. You'll recall that ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/58-of-players-treated-on-pitch-during-world-cup-were-not-actually-injured.html WC Bob 2006-10-24 10:15:58 If it seemed to you like a lot of players were faking injuries at the 2006 World Cup your intuition was correct. FIFA's chief ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/justice-is-served.html Aaron 2006-07-20 20:55:54 Last night I was refereeing a high-level U16 Boys club match in Saratoga Springs, NY. The home team went on to win by a ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/the-beautiful-gamean-epilogue-to-germany-2006.html Aaron 2006-07-12 22:51:33 One of the many people who appreciated my unbiased perspective on this year's World Cup matches recently emailed me to ask if I thought that ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/zidane-got-what-he-deserved-as-italy-persevere-to-lift-cup-in-berlin.html Aaron 2006-07-10 16:18:53 Clearly, it wasn't supposed to end this way. Sure it would've been a fairy tale ending to an illustrious career if Zizou could've carried ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/elizondo-chosen-for-final.html Aaron 2006-07-07 16:53:36 FIFA has made their choice for the Final in Berlin. Argentina's Horacio Elizondo will be the man to ensure fair play when Italy and ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/horacio-elizondo-to-referee-world-cup-final.html WC Bob 2006-07-07 09:25:29 Argentine referee Horacio Elizondo was the official for the first match of the World Cup and his whistle will also be the last one heard ... http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/group-d/live-by-the-pk-die-by-the-pk.html Luis 2006-07-06 18:12:06 As some of you may have noticed, the comments on this blog have been turned off temporarily. You can still post your thoughts, but ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/they%e2%80%99ll-be-singin%e2%80%99-the-blues-in-berlin.html Aaron 2006-07-06 01:57:38 Ten of the starting twenty-two players in tonight’s France-Portugal semifinal in Munich were sitting on a yellow card prior to the match. With Uruguayan ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/lightning-strikes-twice-for-italy-in-overtime-as-archundia-sets-record-in-dortmund.html Aaron 2006-07-05 12:09:09 I spent the day walking around the center of Berlin – along the River Spree and down to the Brandenburg Gate. Seeing all the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/blatter-suggests-changes-to-world-cup-card-suspensions.html WC Bob 2006-07-04 13:15:43 This World Cup will be remembered for a few things and one of them will be the record number of yellow and red cards handed ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/belgian-study-supports-my-belief-that-it%e2%80%99s-time-to-change-the-offside-rule.html Aaron 2006-07-03 19:07:34 Well, if you’ve been reading my reports about the referees’ performances at the matches at this year’s World Cup, you’ve probably heard me say more ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/france-shocks-the-world%e2%80%a6again.html Aaron 2006-07-03 09:20:19 That morning at breakfast I offered up a wager to Sean – one of the guys who runs this website. “Give me 3 to ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/rooney-sees-red-as-england-are-ineffective-in-penalties.html Aaron 2006-07-02 19:41:27 Sean and Chris (the two guys who run this website), Mika (their friend from Portland), and I headed out to grab a late breakfast at ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/no-controversy-as-italy-crushes-ukriane.html Aaron 2006-07-02 11:07:47 After the game was over at the Olympiastadion I stuck around for about fifteen minutes watching the celebrations. The German team went together to ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/lehmann-saves-the-day-for-germany-as-michel-manages-120-minutes-without-controversy.html Aaron 2006-07-01 20:19:58 Before telling about the match I attended today at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, I’d like to take you back to yesterday. After arriving here at 5 ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/zidane-lives-to-fight-another-day-as-rosetti-poised-to-be-the-next-collina.html Aaron 2006-06-30 11:08:20 (begun on my flight to Frankfurt and then finished in Berlin) It would be unthinkable to compare the dashing Roberto Rosetti to the somewhat frightening visage ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/meet-your-world-cup-quarter-finals-referees.html WC Bob 2006-06-30 05:30:10 The cream rises to the top in the World Cup. Now that the final eight teams are set the best of the best referees ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/brazil-outplayed-by-ghana-but-do-enough-to-win-3-%e2%80%93-nil.html Aaron 2006-06-29 19:07:18 (written on my flight from Atlanta to Frankfurt) With Chelsea star Michael Essien out due to accumulated red cards, Ghana’s starting XI would have to rise ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/archundia-all-smiles-as-switzerland-exits-without-ever-conceding-a-goal.html Aaron 2006-06-29 18:45:22 (written in the Albany, NY Airport while waiting for my flight to Atlanta after my travel itinerary the day before had been washed out by ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/world-cup-losers.html Daryl 2006-06-29 11:15:31 While the World Cup allows only one winner, it's already thrown up a few losers. Not necessarily the teams who've gone out (the likes of ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/would-two-world-cup-referees-be-better-than-one.html WC Bob 2006-06-29 06:00:05 With the referees continuing to make news this World Cup, it comes as little surprise that there are a lot of people offering a lot ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/the-world-cup-players-deserve-some-of-the-blame.html WC Bob 2006-06-28 11:20:00 A lot has already been written about the poor quality of the officiating this World Cup, but are the referees the only parties at fault? ... http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/materazzi-sees-red-in-italys-last-second-victory-over-the-socceroos-in-kaiserslautern.html Aaron 2006-06-27 16:36:17 Spanish referee Luis Medina-Cantelejo made two game-breaking decisions in yesterday's 1 - nil victory by Italy over Australia - one that went against the Azurri ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/big-question-are-the-referees-ruining-the-world-cup.html WC Bob 2006-06-27 00:05:44 Another day, another controversial red card and decision by the referee. Even with ten games left to be played in the World Cup, there ...