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Moreno

  • 22-09-2010 7:04pm
    #1
    Mr. Presentable
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    The ref who saw Italy out of the World Cup in 2002, has been arrested, apparently he's dishonest!


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  • #2
    Mister men
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    Mr. Presentable wrote: »
    The ref who saw Italy out of the World Cup in 2002, has been arrested, apparently he's dishonest!
    He's just one that got caught. I'd say cheating is rampant in football by referee's.


  • #3
    Pinturicchio
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    Trap: Moreno was always dodgy...
    Wednesday 22 September, 2010
    Giovanni Trapattoni, Angelo Di Livio and President Giancarlo Abete feel Byron Moreno’s arrest proves “what we thought about him in 2002.”

    The Ecuadorian former referee was arrested in New York’s JFK airport last night with 6kg of heroin allegedly stashed in his underwear.

    “I wasn’t entirely surprised,” confessed Trapattoni, who was in charge of the Italy side that Moreno controversially officiated in their 2002 World Cup exit to South Korea.

    “It confirms more or less everything I thought about him at the time of that World Cup.

    “I remember that game very well. The Francesco Totti red card and the annulment of a clear goal from Damiano Tommasi. We deserved to go through.”

    Di Livio was one of the players on the field in that 2-1 extra time defeat to the World Cup hosts.

    “If we’re going to joke, then I agree with Gigi Buffon when he said Moreno looked like he was on drugs during the game,” smiled the former Juventus and Fiorentina midfielder.

    “He didn’t exactly seem clear-headed. We had our suspicions at the time, seeing the way he acted with us and the expression on his face was an emblem of the person he was.

    “Someone who behaves like this ought to be punished. How dare he try to carry 6kg of drugs into an airport?”

    FIGC President Abete also took this opportunity to look back on the incidents in South Korea.

    “This arrest confirms that Moreno couldn’t really be considered a trustworthy person.

    “It would be a real push to connect the two incidents after an eight-year gap, but this does prove Moreno’s career hasn’t exactly taken a clean path.”

    Moreno had already been struck off the register by FIFA after officiating a game in Ecuador in 2003.

    He added six minutes of injury time, which then turned into an incredible 13 minutes, during which the Quito side was able to overturn a 2-1 result to beat Barcelona 3-2.

    At the time, Moreno was running for a place on the local council in Quito.

    It’s reported the former referee could now face 10 years in prison for trying to smuggle 6kg of heroin, which has a market value of half a million dollars.


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