2002 World Cup Referee Arrested (Drug Possession)

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Infamous South Korea-Italy World Cup 2002 referee Byron Moreno arrested for heroin possession - report

22 Sep 2010 08:35:00

Controversial former referee Byron Moreno, who was at the centre of the 2002 World Cup refereeing scandal, has been arrested at John F. Kennedy airport, New York, for allegedly being in possession of six kilograms of heroin.<BR itxt="1"><BR itxt="1">Moreno reportedly had around six kilograms of the drug concealed in his underwear as he passed through security, according to <EM itxt="1">Cre.com.ec[/i] and <EM itxt="1">Rainews[/i].<BR itxt="1"><BR itxt="1">The Ecuadorian is best remembered for refereeing the infamous second round game at the 2002 World Cup between co-hosts South Korea and Italy.<BR itxt="1"><BR itxt="1">The 2002 competition has gone down in infamy due to the huge number of refereeing mistakes that helped eliminate a string of top nations, and also ensured that Korea made it all the way to the semi-finals.<BR itxt="1"><BR itxt="1">During their final two group games against Croatia and Mexico, Italy had four perfectly good goals disallowed, but somehow managed to scrape through to the second round where they met South Korea. Against Guus Hiddink's men, Moreno chalked off another valid Italy goal, a golden goal from Damiano Tommasi which would have taken them to the next round. <BR itxt="1"><BR itxt="1">Francesco Totti was sent off for diving when replays suggested he had lost his footing, while the Koreans - who repeatedly went unpunished for apparent foul play - were awarded a controversial penalty for a Christian Panucci tugging offence. <BR itxt="1"><BR itxt="1">Italy eventually lost after Ahn Jung-Hwan's now-famous golden goal winner in extra time, but the match and Moreno represent a black mark in Italian sport.<BR itxt="1"><BR itxt="1">Moreno would later that year receive a 20-match ban after he played an extra 13 minutes of stoppage time during an Ecuadorian league match between Deportiva Universita de Quito and Barcelona Sporting Club. During this time Deportiva scored twice to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 victory. <BR itxt="1"><BR itxt="1">After retuning from his suspension, Moreno was suspended again after controversially sending off three players in one match. He retired from officiating shortly after.<BR itxt="1">
Source: http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2889/south-america/2010/09/22/2130582/infamous-south-korea-italy-world-cup-2002-referee-byron

I just saw this story on the Polish news site www.gazeta.pland quickly scrounged up an English-language version to post here.

I have already posted the following footage of the blatant, referee-assisted "free ride" a dirty South Korean team received in 2002 in one of the World Cup threads back in June, but here it is again in case any of You aren't familiar with the events described in the article:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4lG2RYalS8

FIFA-authorised anti-White agendas? Surely not.
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After all, I must be a bitter and paranoid White dinosaur who cannot accept that Africans and Asians make far better footballers than Europeans.Oh, I forgot - White Europeans. For according to FIFA, Europeans come in all colours...

Another upstanding member of Sepp Blatter's so-called "FIFA family"...
 

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I hope this guy isnt't living in the US,but he probablay is,since we let everybody into this country now.
 
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