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Germany's midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (2D-L) and midfielder Sami Khedira (R) protest in front of Spanish referee Alberto Undiano (L) as Germany's striker Miroslav Klose (back) gets a red card. (AFP Photo)
If Miroslav Klose's red was justified the English Premiership would finish their matches with only 5 or 6 players left on the pitch.
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US midfielder Maurice Edu (C) scores a denied goal during the Group C first round 2010 World Cup football match Slovenia vs. USA on June 18, 2010 at Ellis Park stadium. (AFP Photo)
The goal was ruled out for interference from a USA player on a Slovenia player, when in fact it was the Slovenian player who was impeding the American.
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Koman Coulibaly's blunder of disallowing Edu's goal, meant he was the first referee to be sent packing on a plane back home. (AFP Photo)
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The free-kick from Daniel de Rossi's ghost foul, where he falls down ridiculously with no player anywhere near him, resulted in a goal for Italy. (AFP Photo)
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Brazil's striker Luis Fabiano (R) handles the ball twice in the run up to a goal, the referee Stefan Lannov laughs hysterically while he asks him if he touched it with his hand, and of course Luis Fabiano acts innocent. (AFP Photo)
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Brazil's midfielder Kaka (C) walks off the pitch after being sent off by French referee Stephane Lannoy (back) in Brazil's game against the Ivory Coast. The contact made on the player was minimal. The supposed zero-tolerance approach from referees had backfired spectacularly. (AFP Photo)
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US midfielder Clint Dempsey reacts after his goal was incorrectly ruled offsides in the game against Algeria.
(AFP photo/ HOANG DINH NAM)
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Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez (L) gives Chile's midfielder Marco Estrada (R) a red card as Chile's defender Waldo Ponce watches. Marco Estrada barely touched Torres, who seemed to fall over his own bootlaces. (AFP Photo)
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Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez (L) gives Chile's midfielder Marco Estrada (C) his second yellow card of the match, sending him off the field, as Spain's striker Fernando Torres (R, down) lays on the field and Spain's defender Sergio Ramos (2nd L) and Chile's midfielder Arturo Vidal look on. Refs have been handing out cards like it was Christmas since the tournament began. (AFP Photo)
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Mexico players and Mexico's goalkeeper Oscar Perez (C) hold up their arms to argue that the goal of Argentina's striker Carlos Tevez (unseen) was offsides. The goal was in fact more than marginally offside, but the referees assistant was unsighted. From this early goal Mexico was under the gun to score and bombed out of the competition. (AFP Photo)
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Argentina's striker Carlos Tevez (2ndL) scores the opening goal during the 2010 World Cup round of 16 football match Argentina vs. Mexico on June 27, 2010 at Soccer City stadium in Soweto. The number of incorrect offside decisions in this World Cup have been unusually high. (AFP PHOTO / YURI CORTEZ)
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Spain's striker David Villa (C) scores the opening goal in front of Portugal's goalkeeper Eduardo (L) during the 2010 World Cup round of 16 football match Spain vs. Portugal on June 29, 2010 at Green Point stadium in Cape Town.
In the replay the players left leg appears to be behind the defender when the ball was passed, a marginal call, but offside. (AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA)
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England's Frank Lampard reacts after the referee disallowed his goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Germany and England at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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England's Wayne Rooney, left, questions assistant referee Pablo Fandino of Uruguay, right, over teammate Frank Lampard's ball that crossed the goal line but was not awarded. Rooneys gesture is how far the ball was over the line. Referee Jorge Larrionda was sent home for this blunder.
(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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FILE - This Sunday, June 27, 2010 file combination of six photos shows Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer looking at the ball that hit the bar, bounce over the line during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Germany and England at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The goal was disallowed by the game's referee. After blown calls at vital moments of vital games, before a worldwide audience at the World Cup, the guardians of international soccer are being pressed harder tha
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