He is the referee who officiated the controversial semi-final match between Arsenal and Villareal in their semif0inal match in the European cup. Gael Clichy of Arsenal brought down a Villareal player in the penalty box for what turned out to be incidental contact. The PK was saved by Jens Lehmann and Arsenal went onto beat Villareal. He is also known to be quite genrous with his cards.
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His ability to miss serious fouls and card nonfouls easy captures him the worst ref of the WC so far. And that’s saying something.