The 2002 World Cup in shape among Spain and South Korea is a game maximum Spain lovers will by no means forget. That region-final defeat still hurts no matter the fact lots of years have gone by and that each Spain and the gamers worried have gained many trophies since then.
On Wednesday, it's going to 20 years since it befell. To commemorate it, 'Marca' were given an interview with Gamal Ahmed Al-Ghandour, the Egyptian referee who brought about so much controversy together with his performance.
"Spanish human beings cannot blame me for that defeat against Korea because, before the cease of the sport, they had several clean opportunities. They could have gained the sport before the penalty shootout. Only the referee gets judged from time to time the choices are made via our assistants. I stick to what I said: I had an high-quality performance. In reality, FIFA gave me 8.7 out of 10 that day," the former referee said.
In truth, he highlighted in his opinion, the handiest mistake he and his assistants made, in his opinion. "Analysing the incidents, for me there's handiest one debatable decision and this is the disallowed aim as Joaquin's go might not have long past out of play. That is the main point of debate."
"The errors made with the aid of my assistants ought to not depend against me," he delivered. It is well worth remembering that Camacho's guys had two desires disallowed in total. This, in addition to an vital quantity of debatable selections meant the in shape went to a penalty shootout. Joaquin turned into the handiest one to overlook.
He then concluded speaking approximately while he turned into involved in Spanish programme "Los Otros" on pay channel Movistar +. "In 2019, I visited Spain for a TV programme and I trust that, on account that then, my public photograph inside the united states changed and Spanish human beings should see that I failed to make a mistake. They were truly made with the aid of my assistants. I believe that Spain enthusiasts' perception modified after that programme."
