Blundering refs out of World Cup

Uruguay’s Jorge Larrionda and Italy’s Roberto Rosetti, whose blunders have prompted FIFA to rethink using video technology, will not take any further part in the World Cup.



They were left off the list of 19 referees announced by FIFA today to take part in the rest of the competition, although football’s world governing body gave no explanation.



Larrionda and his linesman failed to see an England shot clearly cross the line in a 4-1 loss to Germany in a second round game on Sunday.



Rosetti wrongly awarded a goal to Argentina’s Carlos Tevez against Mexico, when he took Lionel’s Messi’s pass in a clearly offside position.



The mistakes prompted FIFA president Sepp Blatter to announce that he had apologised to England and Mexico, after the errors helped eliminate their teams from the World Cup.