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Sports revealed on Friday that Coulibaly was "highly unlikely" to take any further part in the tournament after being given a poor evaluation by assessors following his decision to disallow Maurice Edu's 85th-minute goal. FIFA confirmed Sunday that Coulibaly will not play any part in Tuesday or Wednesday's matches, which will include the USA's critical Group C finale against Algeria.
Instead, as they step into the arena of Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Wednesday with their World Cup life at stake, the Americans will be officiated by a man who has just witnessed a combat far more brutal than any game in the tournament.
See more of controversial referee Koman Coulibaly Belgian referee Frank De Bleeckere will prepare himself for the occasion by watching a DVD of the movie "Gladiator" before taking center stage in a game that decides the USA's destiny - with a victory guaranteed to put the Americans through to the round of 16. FIFA deliberately assigned De Bleeckere, a highly experienced and respected referee, to this game in response to the storm of controversy that came after the United States' 2-2 draw with Slovenia. De Bleeckere has been in charge of big matches many times in the past, most notably a Champions League clash between Chelsea and Barcelona in 2006 which came a year after a pair of explosive matches between those European super clubs. "I don't look at reputation or anything that has gone before," De Bleeckere said. "I will watch the previous games of USA and Algeria to help me understand their tactics and work on my positioning. Referees at the tournament have come under heavy criticism after a series of bad calls compounded by a stubborn refusal to explain their actions publicly. On Monday, the FIFA referee committee tried to go on a charm offensive by inviting the media to an open day but totally defeated the object of the exercise by refusing to answer questions about specific decisions. Neither Coulibaly nor Stephane Lannoy - the French referee who erred in sending off Brazil's Kaka against the Ivory Coast on Sunday - were present. Coulibaly's assistant, Inacio Candido of Angola, was in attendance. When asked if the controversy following the Edu no-goal had affected Coulibaly, Candido replied: "A referee is like a player. When they lose an opportunity to score a goal, they put it behind them."
We can do it and hopefully this will stay fresh in our minds to take advantage of all scoring opportunities and move forward to the next round, which I know we will do!
Please excuse me but are you saying that it wan't quite clear that this was a goal? Because if it was quite clear to me a casual fan, and If it was quite clear to you a more seasoned fan then I Then by all rights a professional Ref who is getting paid to officiate of of the biggest sporting events in the world should be able to see that it was clearly a goal and no foul was made. it would have been over and he would have been admitting being human. His failure to address the issue only point more speculation to his guilt then an error.
however I believes the claim about it went out of contact . There have been more than one error on this FIFA so far, and I wonderning why one goal have been more important than other? The matter of fact is the second Brazilian goal yesterday with cost d ivory was really a handball and no somebody say anything about it?
Report Abuse I'm so glad you had the cojones to say you 'd prefer the NFL. I'm going to make a comparison between the 2 sports and tell me if there is a difference. When a player intends to kick the ball out of anger after the ref has blown the whistle, that is "a 15 yard unsportsmanlike cunduct" In soccer the players who flop are the average players, not the best players. It takes too long for scoring changes because there is a defense and a golkeeper preventing the offensive players to score. The league changed the game (defense) to increase scoring. In soccer you get hit with an elbow, or fingernail (in your eye) or kicked in the ankles, sheen, knees and when that happens my friend you are in pain for a couple of minutes. In Baseball if a pitcher hits the batter he get ejected from the game and dependning if he runs his mouth he gets suspended by the league.
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