Controversial referee was finally jailed
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| Byron Moreno in World Cup 2002 |
Still remember Byron Moreno ? Italian fans surely will never forget that Ecuador referee. At the 2002 World Cup, Moreno blamed be the cause of the failure of Gli Azzurri when defeated by South Korea. One way is to drive out Francesco Totti from the field.
However, only one year later, Moreno's career over. In 2003, he was sentenced banned lead 20 football matches after giving 12 minutes of additional time, without giving a record events after the match.
Last year, the fate of Moreno increasingly blurred. September 2010, he was arrested at JFK Airport, New York, due to bring heroin. New York court eventually decided Moreno was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison.
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