81.   Beckenbauer said the referee was right to award a penalty and admitted that it was the key moment.

82.   Both matches came before FIFA president Sepp Blatter made his comments this week saying referees had been too lenient.

83.   But the Cretans complained that the referee was wrong to award a penalty with which the visitors scored their first goal.

84.   But the referees are the ones that control the game.

85.   Dusenberry said U.S. boxing referees are more conscious about the possibility of blood being exchanged in the ring than international referees.

86.   Even the referee was stunned.

87.   For the France-Croatia match in Saint-Denis on Wednesday, the referee will be Jose-Manuel Garcia of Spain.

88.   Forsberg said all the referees were Canadian-born.

89.   Havelange has said the change violates FIFA statutes that require referees to be subordinate to federations.

90.   He also showed seven yellow cards, including four for time-wasting, after FIFA president Sepp Blatter complained this week that referees were too lax.