"What is frustrating is that you are a yard away from the man that's clearly offside looking along the line and the referee's standing the other side of you and does not put the flag up, " said Jefferies.

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In other countries the referee is the God.

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The referee had no other choice but to award a penalty and show a red card to Holland in the 73rd minute of a pulsating north-east derby.

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Barcelona thought they should have been awarded a penalty in the final minute when, at the other end, Ramos appeared to trip Adriano but the referee didn't agree.

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The match was nearly marred by a fighting, but a tense stand-off was defused by the intervention of referee Uriah Rennie and other players.

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Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling, on the other hand is a much simpler sport to referee and judge.

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At the other end, United were perhaps unfairly denied a penalty by referee Andre Marriner when Hernandez's shot hit the outstretched arm of a sliding Gary Cahill.

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