Good To-go
You can watch myopic referees getting it wrong in any top-flight league, on any given Saturday. But if you want to see a colour blind referee, you have to wait for a big event like the World Cup.
The man in black for yesterday’s game between South Korea and Togo was Graham Poll. In the 53rd minute, with Togo leading 1-0, Korea’s Ji-Sung Park knocked the ball into the space between two Togolese defenders when everyone else was expecting a pass. As Park hared after his clever touch, he was brought down on the edge of the area by Jean-Paul Abalo.
The crowd could smell blood when the English referee whistled. Abalo had already been booked in the first half and he was promptly dismissed. But Poll - clearly a man on form - seemed to be under the impression that two reds make a yellow.