Milorad Mazic of Serbia the worst referee of WC-2014 [video]
(14 votes, average: 4.71 out of 5)
Loading...redcardtheref – Sao Paulo, Iran’s manager Carlos Queiroz couldn’t believe it, neither could striker Ashkan Dejagah after he was tripped in the penalty area by Pablo Zabaleta.
Iinexplicably no call was forthcoming from referee Milorad Mazic of Serbia during Iran’s tainted clash with heavily-favored Argentina on June 21st.
Iran went on to lose the match 1-0 but Mazic’ and his 64th minute no-call decision changed the outcome of Group F and further scarred the reputation of FIFA and the integrity of the tournament.
After the foul, Dejagah ran towards, yelled, screamed and even bumped referee Mazic in wild protest of the foul but to no avail, Mazic was not changing his mind on this one. Meanwhile coach Queiroz lamented about the decision following the conclusion of the match complaining “There is no way that decision can escape him”.
Meanwhile the traffic at RedCardTheRef began to surge as over the next few days a whopping 83,000 votes flooded in for Mazic in our poll for worst referee at the World Cup.
We think referee Mazic thought that Zabaleta somehow made contact with the ball making it change direction.
However the video evidence below clearly shows that the ball changed direction because it hit the ground and not the outstretched leg of Zabaleta, clearly proving Iran were robbed of a clear penalty kick.
