The place went berserk the moment Lehmann touched the ball and the collective sense of relief and joy was overwhelming

the Italian referee who wasn’t originally chosen to work at this year’s Finals has proven to be amongst the very best in the world

It’s a virtually impossible task, but then again, we do expect nothing less than absolute perfection from the men officiating these matches

FIFA are lucky to have him and hopefully they’ll reward him AND us with another chance to see him in action

Why, Lucas Neill did you go to ground and put the referee in a position to make that call on you?

Still, as nightmarish as this might have been for Ivanov, it was incredibly dramatic stuff

Nothing of any real significance occurred in this match that should prevent the Belgian crew from officiating again at this World Cup

He’s never gonna please Marcelo Balboa, but then again, no referee ever will

THE ANNOUNCERS WE LISTEN TO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT!

One thing for sure is that it was a hell of an entertaining match, but one that Poll would rather forget