http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/archundia-all-smiles-as-switzerland-exits-without-ever-conceding-a-goal.html World Cup 2006 - Germany Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:44:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/archundia-all-smiles-as-switzerland-exits-without-ever-conceding-a-goal.html/comment-page-1#comment-637 Observer Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:55:08 +0000 http://referees.worldcupblog.org/news/archundia-all-smiles-as-switzerland-exits-without-ever-conceding-a-goal.html#comment-637 This may have been one of Benito Archundia's finer performances but if you have ever seen him officate CONCACAF games it's obvious FIFA are not any more lucky to have him as a referee than most others that they have. He is as prone to falling for dives and play acting and call undue PKs as any other of FIFA's officials. In fact, in a qualifying game involving Canada, I forgot who the other team was, it may have been Guatemala, Archundia called a PK on Canada after the Guatamalan took a dive in the box without ever being fouled or even touched. It was a PK late in the game which ultimately cost Canada a win. The Swiss-Ukraine game was a dull affair comparable to watching grass grow or paint dry. There was no intensity or passion, no offensive thrust, no aggression. This game may have been 1 where Archundia had no other choice but to be invisible as he was never really given a chance to make the yellow and red cards fly like his colleagues. This may have been one of Benito Archundia’s finer performances but if you have ever seen him officate CONCACAF games it’s obvious FIFA are not any more lucky to have him as a referee than most others that they have. He is as prone to falling for dives and play acting and call undue PKs as any other of FIFA’s officials. In fact, in a qualifying game involving Canada, I forgot who the other team was, it may have been Guatemala, Archundia called a PK on Canada after the Guatamalan took a dive in the box without ever being fouled or even touched. It was a PK late in the game which ultimately cost Canada a win. The Swiss-Ukraine game was a dull affair comparable to watching grass grow or paint dry. There was no intensity or passion, no offensive thrust, no aggression. This game may have been 1 where Archundia had no other choice but to be invisible as he was never really given a chance to make the yellow and red cards fly like his colleagues.

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