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Joel Aguilar always goes for the final
When a referee didn’t turn up Joel Aguilar from El Salvador had to pick up the whistle. “When I was asked to be the referee I said no at first because I liked playing and in fact had poor relations with referees because I got sent off every so often,” Aguilar said to Reuters. “All of us who love football wish the national team to go to the World Cup. Given the choice between the team and a referee, everyone would pick the team, but I’m proud to be able to take part representing El Salvador,” Aguilar told Reuters. He even told SNTV later that going to the World Cup…
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World Cup referee facts and statistics
Referees in this World Cup are mild to the players according to the card stats. They’ve given 101 yellows and 9 reds after 29 matches. Remarkable is the low average of yellow cards (3.5 per match), especcially when you compare it with the average of 4.8 cards per match at the World Cup in Germany in 2006. I’ve tried to find some interesting referee facts (with the help of Fifa statistics). First the World Cup 2010 referee facts: Tallest referee Wolfgang Stark (Germany) with 191 cm Shortest referee Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) and Benito Archundia (Mexico), both 170 cm Average height 181,3 cm Longest international career Benito Archundia since 1993…
