World Cup 2010

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Originally Posted by honeychile

FIFA drops refs who made biggest mistakes

"Koman Coulibaly, the referee who gained notoriety for controversially denying the United States a potential game-winning goal against Slovenia in the group stage, was sent back to Mali without having refereed another match since his glaring mistake 11 days ago.

"The 10 referees deemed to be the worst in the tournament were excluded from the final list of elite officials who will be in contention to take charge of the all-important quarterfinal rounds onward.

"All 10 packed up their things from the secret refereeing base near Pretoria – where the officials have lived in isolation since the start of the World Cup – and were due to catch flights home either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

"Yahoo! Sports exclusively revealed hours after the USA 2-2 draw with Slovenia that Coulibaly would not be allowed to referee another match, and so it transpired...."

Don't deprive yourself from reading the whole article! (Y Viva Espana!)

And Justice for....some. While it's good that the FIFA grew a pair and ship off those idiots, the damage caused by their mistakes will remain a black eye for the organization.