11.   But the Koreans simply brushed off the angry Spanish protests at the performance of Egyptian referee Gamal Ghandour to book their passage.

12.   Egyptian referee Gamal Ghandour in particular came under fire.

13.   The Spaniards will always blame experienced Egyptian referee Gamal Ghandour for disallowing two apparently valid goals against the Koreans in the cauldron of Gwangju.

14.   The Spanish claimed they were robbed of victory by Egyptian referee Gamal Ghandour.

15.   Ruben Baraja had nodded into the net for the Spaniards five minutes after the interval but Egyptian referee Gamal Ghandour had already blown for some shirt tugging.

16.   South Korea beat Spain in a World Cup quarter-final penalty shootout on Saturday, prompting Spanish accusations that Egyptian referee Gamal Ghandour had disallowed two valid goals.

17.   Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas blasted Egyptian referee Gamal Ghandour after his side lost on penalties to miss out on a place in the World Cup semi-finals here on Saturday.