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Top 10 SWC referee blunders

Cape Town - Here are the top ten ref blunders of the 2010 world cup, which one was the worst howler of the 2010 world cup so far?

1) USA midfielder Maurice Edu scores a "goal" during the Group C match against Slovenia at Ellis Park. 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. Referee 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).



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VIDEO: Edu's goal


2) Brazil's midfielder Kaka walks off the pitch after being sent off by French referee Stephane Lannoy 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)



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VIDEO: Kaka's red card


3) Brazil's striker Luis Fabiano handles the ball twice in the lead-up to scoring, 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).



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VIDEO: Fabiano handball


4) Daniel de Rossi's hilarious ghost foul, where he falls down ridiculously with no player anywhere near him, resulted in a free-kick for Italy (AFP).



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VIDEO: Hilarious de Rossi dive


5) Germany's midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and midfielder Sami Khedira protest in front of Spanish referee Alberto Undiano as Germany's striker Miroslav Klose gets a red card. If Klose's red was justified, the English Premiership would finish their matches without any players on the pitch (AFP).



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VIDEO: Miroslav Klose gets red-carded


6) File combination of six photos shows Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer looking at the ball that hit the bar, bounce over the line during the Soccer World Cup Round of 16 match between Germany and England at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfonteina. The goal was disallowed by the 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 than ever to explain resistance to video replay and their embrace of human error. (AP)



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VIDEO: Frank Lampard goal disallowed


7) USA midfielder Clint Dempsey reacts after his goal was ruled offside in the game against Algeria. Was it offside? (AFP)



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VIDEO: Dempsey goal disallowed


8) Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez gives Chile's midfielder Marco Estrada a red card as Chile's defender Waldo Ponce watches. Marco Estrada seemed to lighly clip Spain's Fernando Torres as they ran alongside each other. Torres collapsed like a house of cards clutching his face and the ref gave Estrada his second yellow (AFP).


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VIDEO: Estrada gets sent off


9) Mexico players 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 were under the gun to score and bombed out of the competition, losing 3-1 (AFP).



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VIDEO: Tevez offside goal


10) Spain's striker David Villa scores the opening goal in front of Portugal's goalkeeper Eduardo during their Round of 16 match at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. In the replay the players left leg appears to be behind the defender when the ball was passed, was it offside? (AFP)



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VIDEO: David Villa goal v Portugal
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