Saturday, June 17, 2006
Rumor and Hearsay. I love it.
I heard through the grapevine that the USA/Italy ref, Jorge Larrionda of Uruguay, may be "investigated" for his poor officiating today. However, I can't find anything on the web to verify it. Regardless, you should know that 'ole Jorge has a history of making bad calls, some of which resulted in his prior suspension.
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From the NYT 6/17:
"It marked only the fourth time in World Cup history that three players had been sent off in the same match.Larrionda had refereed a previous match involving the U.S. that generated controversy.
In June 2003, during a Confederations Cup match in France, he awarded Turkey a controversial penalty kick and Turkey scored again later on a play that appeared to be offsides. Larrionda was banned for six months in 2002 by his country’s soccer federation for unspecified “irregularities.” Two days before the suspension he had been chosen to officiate at the 2002 World Cup, which he was then forced to miss."
Shenanigans! I declare shenanigans!
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