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Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafesa (born March 9, 1968) is a FIFA football referee from Uruguay who has officiated at international matches since 2000. The top moment of his career has been the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in which he officiated four matches, including a semifinal between Portugal and France. However, he made the headlines in the match between Italy and the United States, in which he sent three players off. His performance was severely criticized, most in the US, a country that was eventually disqualified in the group stage. However, he also received acclaim for following specific FIFA procedures aiming at punishing violence on the pitch, which led him to be selected to officiate a semifinal match.

Larrionda is also well-known in South America, having participated in countless matches of continental competitions such as the Libertadores Cup and the Campeonato Uruguayo. Nevertheless, his career has proved a little controversial in meetings such as a 2004 match between Brazil and Colombia, disallowing goals for both sides.

He became a target of criticism from British and American television commentators when he officiated a 2006 FIFA World Cup group stage match between the United States and Italy. The match was only the fourth in tournament history in which three players were ejected. Print and online journalists both supported and opposed his performance, and the American coach stopped short of criticizing Larrionda directly when he said that generally, bookings had been excessive in the tournament. South American press, however, has been overwhelmingly favorable to his performance in the match.

International matches

Prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Larrionda officiated 34 games internationally in matches in the 2001 Copa America, 2002 World Cup qualifying matches for CONMEBOL and CONCACAF, the 2003 Confederations Cup, the 2004 Olympics, the 2004 Libertadores Cup, the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and Under-17 World Championship, and 2006 World Cup CONMEBOL qualifying matches.[1]

2002 suspension

Larrionda was selected as a referee for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but was suspended for six months by the Uruguayan Football Association two days after his selection, and was dropped from the list of referees. [2] The organization cited "irregularities" which were not specified. [2] [3] Larrionda was one of five referees suspended for what the president of the Uruguayan board described as "irregularities that were denounced by other referees." [4] The suspensions reportedly arose from accusations of corruption between members of rival Uruguayan soccer officials unions.[5]

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Larrionda officiated over a controversial 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier held October 13, 2004 between Brazil and Colombia at Maceio, Brazil. In the 68th minute, Colombia had a goal disallowed for a questionable offside call, and in the 70th minute, Brazil also did not score a goal for a shot that bounced downward from the crossbar, though replays indicated penetration of the goal line by at least half a meter.[6] The match ended in a draw.

2006 FIFA World Cup

Larrionda was selected again to officiate for the 2006 World Cup. He refereed the Angola - Portugal match (June 11), which went without incident.

United States v Italy

Larrionda's second assignment in the 2006 World Cup was the June 17 match Italy - United States.

In this game, Larrionda became the fourth referee to send off three players in a single World Cup finals match, after sending off Italy's Daniele De Rossi for an elbow to the cheek of Brian McBride, United States' Pablo Mastroeni for a two footed tackle, and Eddie Pope for a controversial late tackle which saw Pope receiving his second yellow card. [5][7] In total for the match, Larrionda issued four yellow and three red cards; all but one of the cards were issued during the first 47 minutes of the match.

Media reaction

Larrionda's performance drew especially harsh criticism from commentators and analysts on ABC and the BBC, who cited the inconsistency of foul calls between the earlier and later portions of the match. ABC's Marcelo Balboa and Eric Wynalda and the BBC's Chris Waddle characterized his ejection of Mastroeni as a "make-up" or "even-up" call.[4][8] Waddle also said the officials were "rubbish" and incapable of officiating the tournament.[8] Another BBC report, however, claimed that he was "left with little option" other than sending Mastroeni off.[4]

Articles published after the match were not in agreement over the quality of Larrionda's calls. Opinions in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Sun-Times and Bangkok Post challenged the referee;[9][10][11] The Times and The Sunday Telegraph of London, Germany's Der Spiegel, and America's SI.com World Cup Blog supported his decisions.[12][13][14][15]

The Associated Press reported on the following day that FIFA communications director Markus Siegler said the red card issued to De Rossi, which drew blood, was appropriate. Siegler was not quoted on the other ejections in the match, but he said that generally, FIFA was pleased with the quality of officiating in the tournament.[16] [17]

Two days after the match, Wynalda said he had rushed to judgement in his complaint about Larrionda's ejection of Mastroeni, noting that the tackle was reckless.[18]

Player and coach reaction

In a post-game comment, Pope disagreed with the red card issued to Mastroeni but was silent about his own dismissal. [19] The day after the match, U.S. coach Bruce Arena did not voice a grievance against Larrionda specifically, agreeing with the referee's offside call that disallowed an American goal, and deferring to his judgement for the red card against Mastroeni and the second yellow card against Pope, but complained that generally, FIFA was punishing fouls too severely in the tournament.[20][21]

Remainder of tournament

Larrionda was chosen to officiate a third pool-play match, between France and Togo. His peformance produced less criticism in the media.

On 28 June FIFA announced that Larrionda would be one of the final group of 12 referees retained for the remainder of the tournament, and on 2 July he was appointed to officiate the second semi final between Portugal and France (July 05).[22]

France v Portugal

Larrionda officiated the France-Portugal semifinal on July 5, 2006. In the 32nd minute, Larrionda awarded a penalty kick to France for a foul by Ricardo Carvalho on Thierry Henry. The shot was taken successfully by Zinedine Zidane. The kick was the only goal of the game, and France won 1-0.[23]. Larrionda later ignored a penalty kick request from Cristiano Ronaldo, a move for which he was criticized by the Portugese coach[24]

Reporters noted that the game was colored by dives and play-acting, but Larrionda gave out only two yellow cards in the match.[25] He booked Ricardo Carvalho of Portugal in 83rd minute and Louis Saha of France in the 87th. Both players were already carrying yellows, and thus missed the third place match and final, respectively, due to card accumulation.[26]

References

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Referees: LARRIONDA Jorge". FIFAworldcup.com. Retrieved 2006-06-18.
  2. ^ a b Johnson, Dale (2002-01-10). "Update 2002: Uruguayan referee suspended". ESPN.com Soccernet. Retrieved 2006-06-17. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Longman, Jere (2006-06-17). "U.S. Holds Italy to a Tie". New York Times. Retrieved 2006-06-17. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b Dave O'Brien and Marcelo Balboa (Commentators); Musburger, Brent (Presenter); Giorgio Chinaglia, Alexi Lalas and Eric Wynalda (Analysts) (2006). World Cup Soccer: Italy vs. United States (TV-Series). United States: ABC.
  5. ^ a b Associated Press (2006-06-17). "U.S. holds on for foul-plagued 1-1 draw with Italy". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Reuters (2004-10-13). "Brazil 0-0 Colombia: Controversy". ESPN.com Soccernet. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Italy 1-1 USA". BBC. 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ a b "Italy 1-1 USA". BBC Sport. 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2006-06-19.
  9. ^ Miklasz, Bernie (2006-06-18). "It's official: FIFA lays an egg with choice of referee". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ Millward, Robert (2006-06-18). "Exhausting game could hurt U.S., Italy". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Everything to play for in the new 'Group of Death'". Bangkok Post. 2006-06-19. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Hughes, Rob (2006-06-18). "The beautiful game turns ugly". The Times. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Barclay, Patrick (2006-06-18). "Italy score more than one own goal on a crazy night". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "USA Ties Italy in a Match Marred by Rough Play". Der Spiegel. 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ Marcotti, Gabriele (2006-06-19). "World Cup Blog - Lay off Larrionda". CNN S.I. Retrieved 2006-06-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ Associated Press (2006-06-18). "Red and yellow cards warranted, FIFA says". ESPN.com Soccernet. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ Associated Press (2006-06-18). "FIFA official defends Cup officiating". CNN S.I. Retrieved 2006-06-19. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ^ Julie Foudy, Eric Wynalda and Allen Hopkins (Analysts) (2006). World Cup Live (TV-Series). United States: ESPN2.
  19. ^ "ITALY-USA: Players' quotes". FIFAworldcup.com. 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2006-06-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  20. ^ Goff, Steven (2006-06-19). "Arena Cites 'Excessive' Calls". The Washington Post. p. E13. Retrieved 2006-06-19.
  21. ^ Gardiner, Andy (2006-06-18). "U.S. coach: 'The cards are excessive'". USA Today. Retrieved 2006-06-19.
  22. ^ dpa (2006-07-02). "Schiedsrichter Larrionda leitet zweites Halbfinale". sportgate.de. Retrieved 2006-07-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  24. ^ Vieira da Costa, Eduardo (2006-07-05). "Scolari ataca juiz e insinua benefício à França fora de campo". Folha de São Paulo. Retrieved 2006-07-05.
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