France far from thrilled with officiating in World Cup semifinal loss

Fuente: New York Post

ARLINGTON, Texas — France coach Didier Deschamps had a question for the room full of reporters.   “I don’t want to answer about [the referee],” he said after Spain bounced his team out of the World Cup 2-0 in the semifinal. “I don’t want to say that just because we lost, but do you believe that the referee was up to the task to officiate a semifinal?”  See Also The World Cup assumption Spain proved very wrong While the choice of Salvadoran referee Ivan Barton for a game of this magnitude did raise some eyebrows when announced among those familiar with him from CONCACAF, it’s hard to argue officiating decided this match.