Monday, June 19, 2006

Worst Ref Ever?

I heard Alexi Lalas or Eric Wynalda one say that "Players can win games, Coaches plan to win games, but Refs can ruin games." It also reminds me of that old saying, "You never want to see a call decide the game." Well technically a blown call didn't change the result of the game. Eventhough it certainly took what looked to have the makings of a titanic clash and made it into something more along the lines of that action packed Saudia Arabis vs Tunisa match up. Granted its just kind of a thing with sports. Watch any sport long enough or follow any team close enough and eventually you'll get screwed over by a bad call or be left screaming at a ref, but generally its one or two things, and not the entire game. I think the worst part of the whole story though was that the same ref who took ref sucking to a whole new level was suspended before the last World Cup and not allowed to participate. So basically you suck it up and get suspended and then 4 years later they give you the chance to screw up all over again. What a wonderful organization Fifa is. :(

LARRIONDA Jorge
Nationality: Uruguay
Role: Referee
Date of birth: 9 March 1968
Height: 176 (cm)
Weight: 74 (kg)
Referee since: 1 January 1998
First international : Chile v Bolivia (20 June 1999)
Place of residence: MONTEVIDEO
Country of residence: Uruguay
Mother language: Spanish
Other languages: English
Occupation: Clerk
General interests: Breeding animals (birds, dogs, parrots, etc)
Best memory: FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003 semi-final: France v Turkey; 2004 Olympic Football Tournament Bronze Medal Match: Italy v Iraq

Thats the refs bio. Anyone else notice something a little "surprising" there. Look at his occupation. The dude is a convience store clerk. He works with Apu at the Quick E Mart. Besides showing that he has a high school education level, that means the bozo was selling smokes and gas, until the wonderful people at Fifa decided it would be a good idea to let him ruin a World Cup game.

The next great Fifa Ref?

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