Comments on: Elizondo Chosen for Final

By: 424234

424234 — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:32:31 +0000

worst referee ever…so unfair and…ugh!

i cannot believe fifa assigned him as final match referee…

By: Refereeing

Refereeing — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:23:33 +0000

I really enjoyed the world cup but the refereeing was absolutley shocking in several matches, certainly not a good world cup for the referees.

By: joe

joe — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:52:00 +0000

@David: on the bbc’s website the article: Domenech defends disgraced Zidane , the coach mentions something about the official seeing a video reply. All I can tell from watching the game is there was a lot of confusion by the officials, and the Ref went to one of the other officials for a discussion. If the linesman saw the foul firsthand why didn’t he immediately raise the flag?

By: David

David — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:39:34 +0000

joe, the BBC and others are claiming that the replay was not shown in the stadium. No one has contradicted this claim except in speculation, so I see no reason to disbelieve it.

By: joe

joe — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:27:06 +0000

The officiating during this worldcup and in the final have been disappointing! Fifa needs to give the ref’s the use of instant replays as a tool to call the game, or give the coaches the ability to challenge 3 calls and go upstairs to video replay for a decision. Zidane’s headbut was inexcusable, but if it is true that the fourth official used the replay on the big screen to justify his explanation to the ref then fifa has some explaining to do as to why they don’t allow video replay.

By: clyde

clyde — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:44:30 +0000

In a couple of these blogs I’ve read a reference to a “square ball”; such as in the switzerland – Korea commentary.

What is a square ball?

Thanks,

Clyde

By: LiverpoolFC

LiverpoolFC — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:46:01 +0000

I think its a good choice, him or the mexican guy and yea he got that decision against Korea vs Swiss bang on. Great decison, and markus merk is SH*T

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:27:43 +0000

Granted, Archundia didn’t fall for a lot of dives, but he didn’t card them either. The only ref in the tournament who has consistently cracked down on diving has been Michel, but his card counts have been so high, I think that’s one reason why they went with Elizondo. With the exception of his 10 cars in the Swiss-Korea match, he has been fairly restrained in his use of cautions.

By: Tamori

Tamori — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 09:31:17 +0000

“not falling for a lot of dives”, that’s a good one.

I wonder why Poll or Ivanov were not considered for the final. Fine lads, they are.

By: Peter Falson

Peter Falson — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 07:21:31 +0000

I’m very surprised the Mexican referee was not chosen. The last 2 games he refereed I thought he was almost faultless particularly in regard to not falling for a lot of dives. For me he was easily the best referee.