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FFiB said:That mexican dude had a good reputation the entire WC. I think he gave only 10 cards in all the games he called.
Well, I checked, and we can see some difference in the round robin versus knockout rounds:
Archundia (group stage):
France vs Korea: 4 cautions
Brazil vs Croatia: 4 cautions
Italy vs Czechs: 3 cautions
Archundia (knockout rounds):
Swiss vs Ukraine: 1 caution
Italy vs Germany: 3 cautions
As you see there is some difference. I bet FIFA decided they made a mistake when saying refs should get tough. Again, we can test this prediction tomorrow and see if the ref gives out fewer yellow cards than he did on average in the group stage.