In his defence, he was refereeing well that season, and indeed in the tournament and was worthy of the final
On the night itself though, he appeared to loose all the positive traits and management and personality that he had displayed previously.
Tough game? Its the World Cup final, on paper, the best two teams in the world and you have been selected as the best referee in the world, Your mindset should be, this is a tough game.
If one team is trying to kick the other team off the park, in our Sunday league game, what do we as referees do? We deal with it accordingly,
If we as plebs are aware of this, then the gent selected as the world finest referee is surely aware of this also.
Holland took him for a mug that night, they undermined him, and he let it happen, in front of a global audience, on the biggest stage.
If that were you or me in our schools cup final, we would look back embarrassed at our display. All things equal, this was his schools cup final.