Refereeing a match at the FIFA World Cup is never an easy task. You have to keep control over the players while not interfering with the flow of the game.
This implies that a good referee cannot resort to too much whistling while on the job (pun intended). Too many stoppages can disturb the rhythm of the game, thereby reducing spectators' enjoyment, to say nothing about interfering with the quality of talent on display.
The referees selected to do duty in the match between England and USA, on Saturday are Referees Carlos Simon, Altemir Hausman and Roberto Braatz.
Simon, Hausman and Bratz are all very competent referees. Simon, a Brazilian, is a journalist, besides being a trade unionist. He is considered as being among the best referees in a country renowned as the South American giants of world football. The event in South Africa will give Simon his third officiating opportunity at the Cup, having refereed at the 2006 and 2002 editions.
Like Simon, his assistant referees Altemir Hausman and Roberto Bratz are also from Brazil, implying that none of the three is very conversant with English, thereby opening up the possibility for the players of the England and USA teams to 'converse' with each other in ways the referees may not understand. To rectify this shortcoming, the three good men are said to have committed 20 swear words to memory, in preparation for the match between England and USA, on Saturday.
There are also rumours that referees are being given a 'Four Letter Words for Newbies' course to help them stamp out dissent in the England versus USA match on Saturday. Now FIFA has chosen to stay away from the whole thing.
England striker Wayne Rooney, in particular, should be happy to hear that FIFA has denied issuing referees with a list of English swear words. Rooney received a warning for his abuse language to South African referee Jeff Selogilwe during England's warm-up against the Platinum Stars last Monday. He was lucky to get away with a yellow card.
Interestingly, Carlos Simon is said to have grinned at Teddy Lucic while sending him off after a second cautionable offence during the 2006 World Cup.
Now that Simon along with his assistant referees has learnt some four letter words, will he choose to answer abuse with abuse instead of issuing yellow and red cards? What about yellow four-letter words for infringements, and red four-letter words, for more major violations by players? If this trend continues, I foresee the day when a cheergirl's saying "Gimme an F" or "Gimme a C" could have much more profound implications.
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