Отправлено: 27.06.06 14:46. Заголовок: судейство российского рекордсмена президент ФИФА оценил "горчичником"

... и это - правильно.

Ivanov came under sharp criticism after the match.

"I consider that today the referee was not at the same level as the participants, the players," FIFA President Sepp Blatter told Portuguese television. "There could have been a yellow card for the referee."

The referee, who FIFA president Sepp Blatter said could have been yellow carded himself after dishing out four reds and booking eight other players, had reduced the game to a farce by the end but still the Dutch could not take their chances.