FIFA President critical of officials

And he should be after the train wreck of a game yesterday. FIFA President Sepp Blatter, was very critical of the officals in some of the games so far in the world cup. I mean 16 f'n yellow cards and 4 Reds. Get real the official was in way over his head and lost control of the match and probably blew any chance of retuning to even the next World cup.

This is the description of the game from ESPN.com

A game containing everything good in the game, and plenty of the bad, was settled by Maniche's first-half strike. By the time it ended, under-pressure Russian referee Valentin Ivanov had produced an incredible 16 yellow cards - equalling the all-time tournament record - plus four reds and been forced to intervene in countless minor skirmishes which did little to foster the spirit of friendship FIFA are so keen to promote

And these comments

Russian referee Valentin Ivanov was given a resounding vote of no confidence by players, coaches and even FIFA president Sepp Blatter after he lost control of Portugal's 1-0 win over Netherlands on Sunday.
Ivanov produced his yellow card 16 times and his red card four times as both teams were reduced to nine men in their second round clash - a record for any World Cup.

Let us hope that this game does not cause a ripple effect and us end up with even worse officiating through out the rest of the tournament.