Posted on 12/13/2022 7:11:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
Following his controversial performance officiating Argentina’s quarterfinal win over the Netherlands on Friday, Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz was reportedly removed from the 2022 World Cup and will not work any of the tournament’s remaining four games. The Spanish referee, who works in Spain’s La Liga, has already left Qatar, according to Spanish outlet COPE.
The VAR (video assistant replay) referees were not punished, however, and will be given the options to work in the remaining matches.
Both teams were enraged with Lahoz throughout the match, which saw Argentina blow a late 2-0 lead before rallying to win in penalties. Lahoz handed out 18 yellow cards and one red card in the match, including a World Cup record of 15 players on the field to receive a card. Dutch defender Denzel Dumfries was sent off during penalties. The match also had 10 minutes of added time in regulation, during which the Netherlands scored to tie the game and send it to extra time.
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The referee in that match was horrible. A few others were also really bad.
Englands Referee did a respectable job.
The American ref I saw did a very good job. Kept the players under control by issuing an early yellow card to a player haddisrupted the flow of the match by making intentional fouls for tactical reasons. He set the tone for a very good, fair, and safe match. When a Ref does that, the bitching by players over every foul never gets started.
I ref volleyball. If a player misbehaved, a yellow card warning gets them to control their behavior. Prob is too many refs don’t want to do for fear a coach will blackmail them. In reality, coaches often want those warning cards against someone their players to drive a point home.
This was worse (from wikipedia):
The Battle of Nuremberg is the nickname of a football match played in the round of 16 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup between Portugal and the Netherlands at the Frankenstadion in Nuremberg on 25 June 2006. Russian referee Valentin Ivanov issued a FIFA World Cup record four red cards and 16 yellow cards, setting a new record for cards shown at any FIFA-administered international tournament.
That’s impressive…
Ozzie man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbVJ-31JSrA
I was watching the Spanish broadcast, and the broadcaster belted out in English the lyrics to the Guns 'n Roses song "Welcome to the Jungle".
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