I want to know about character of Luis Medina Cantalejo.?

Answer 1

Medina Cantalejo made 4 mistakes in the match against australia: The first one was the sending off of materazzi, which should have not even be a yellow card, not to mention a red card, then he did not give the australians the penalty when zambrotta did touch the ball with his hand in the penalty area, the third mistake was when an australian player (Cahill) fouled Buffon, and did not notice the foul, with themost spectacular being when he gave that famous 'penalty', when in fact in the first place Grosso first fouled bresciano and then dived on Lucas Neill. IN the match Brasil vs France, the most obvious mistake was when Medina Cantalejo gave the goal to the French when the same goals was a clear offside

Answer 2

Professionally, Medina Cantalejo is a sports assessor who lives in Tomares, west of Seville. He is one of the few officials allowed to officiate the domestic clashes between Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona[1].

His first experience as an international referee came on September 4, 2004, between Turkey and Georgia, in a preliminary qualifier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was selected to officiate the playoff between Uruguay and Australia for the final spot in the World Cup on November 16, 2005. He was promoted at the last minute to officiate matches at the finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup after assistants of two other referees failed to meet the FIFA standards[2]. He has officiated three 2006 FIFA World Cup matches to this point: Germany v. Poland, Netherlands v. Argentina, and Italy v. Australia.

During the Italy v. Australia game he made several controversial decisions, including showing Italy's Marco Materazzi a straight red card for a challenge on Australia's Marco Bresciano, and a disputed penalty kick awarded after contact between Italy's Fabio Grosso and Australia's Lucas Neill in the penalty area, four minutes into stoppage time. The penalty kick, which Francesco Totti converted to give Italy a 1-0 victory, was the final kick of the match. When asked about the penalty call, Australia coach Guus Hiddink said "If you saw the replay, I don't think there was any doubt that it was not a penalty," while Italy coach Marcello Lippi said "There were two fouls on (Grosso). He didn't go down on the first and he continued dribbling, and then he sustained another clear foul. (Neill) didn't throw his body on the field because he thought he'd get the ball."[3] In April 2006, Medina made a similarly controversial call in a game between Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona, which drew scathing criticism from Real Madrid player David Beckham[4]

Two days after the Australia-Italy game FIFA announced that Cantalejo was one of the twelve referees retained for the remainder of the tournament. He refereed the quarter final between Brazil and France on 1 July.

Answer 3

Sorry I don't know much about him but I do know that Michael B is full of it!!

Answer 4

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