Blatter blast for Ivanov

ByEurosport

Published 25/06/2006 at 22:01 GMT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter aimed a broadside at ref Valentin Ivanov after the card-happy Russian sent four players off on Sunday. Ivanov showed 16 yellow cards - turning a World Cup record four into reds - in Portugal's 1-0 win over the Netherlands, prov

FOOTBALL 2006 World Cup Portugal-Netherlands Ivanov

Image credit: Reuters

"I consider that today the referee was not at the same level as the participants, the players. There could have been a yellow card for the referee," Blatter said.

"This was a game of emotion, with exceptional drama in the last instant, with a deserved winner.

"It was a great show with intervention by the referee that was not consistent and (had) lack of fair play by some players."

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