Anarchy On the Cards ; It Started As a Fifa Drive for Fair Play, but the Refs Run the Risk of Ruining the Tournament

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WHEN FIFA chief Sepp Blatter and his colleagues left a meeting with their counterparts on the International FA board in Lucerne on March 4, they were sure of one thing: there would be an unprecedented number of yellow and red cards at this World Cup.

As the debate over refereeing standards in Germany rages, this may appear to have been a remarkable prediction by a governing body charged with providing a platform for attractive football and equal competition.

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Anarchy On the Cards ; It Started As a Fifa Drive for Fair Play, but the Refs Run the Risk of Ruining the Tournament

But as FIFA prepare to put together the list of 10 or 12 referees they will invite to stay beyond the round of 16 today, it would appear Blatter and his executives remain satisfied that officials who have so far issued 274 yellow cards and 25 reds have merely been following the gui...

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