BLATTER: ITALY WERE ROBBED OF GOLDEN GOAL Thursday June 20 2002 Fifa president Sepp Blatter has fanned the flames of Italy's controversial World Cup exit by saying the Azzurri were robbed of a golden goal. Ecuadorian referee Byron Moreno ruled Damiano Tomassi had been offside in extra-time, preventing the Roma player from scoring after he ran on to a pass from Christian Vieri. Blatter claimed Italy, who in total had three goals apparently incorrectly ruled out for offside in the group stage, had been unfairly treated. "The referees in the World Cup have been inadequate, the circumstances have made the mistakes to be concentrated on one team, Italy," Blatter told Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport. "Tommasi's action was legal and Italy would have scored the golden goal." Blatter is also quoted as saying that Francesco Totti, who received a second yellow card from Moreno when he went down in the box, should not have been booked a second time and thus sent off. Video replay suggests there was contact between the Roma star and a Korean opponent. "Regarding Totti, it was not a penalty nor a simulation," said Blatter. "Now we have to try and change the system of designate referees." However, Moreno himself claimed: "The Azzurri have gone out and it is their own fault. Fifa has congratulated me." 报导是说这场比赛的主审被除名了... --

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