21
years ago, one of the most SCANDALOUS and OUTRAGEOUS refereeing in a
World Cup took place. Italy and South Korea (2002 World Cup host) were
facing each other in the Round of 16. Byron Moreno was the referee, and
he went down in history:
➜ 3': penalty for Korea after a non-existent foul, Buffon saves it
➜ 49': Kim Tae-Young (who already had a yellow card) elbows Del Piero. Should have been a red...
➜ 90': Lee Chun-Soo kicks Maldini in the head on a 50-50 ball on the ground
➜
First half of extra time: clear penalty against Totti. Moreno books him
for the second time and sends him off after two yellows...
➜ 110': Tommasi scores a valid goal, Moreno overturns it...
With three minutes to go on extra time, Ahn Jung-Hwan scores the
winner, knocking the Azzurri out. Jung-Hwan actually played in Italy at
the time, and his club, Perugia, terminated his contract after the World
Cup.
And the referee? Moreno would stop refereeing a year later after many
suspensions and suspicions of match fixing in Ecuador. In 2010, he got
arrested in New York trying to smuggle six kilos of heroin into the
United States.
STRAIGHT OUT OF A MOVIE.
