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Portugal unhappy with semifinal referee

PORTUGAL is unhappy with the choice of Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir for the semifinal match against Spain.

"Portugal outraged: the appointment of Turkey's Cakir rings alarm bells," screamed sporting daily A Bola on its front page. The newspaper pointed out that the president of UEFA's refereeing committee, Angel Villar, was also the head of the Spanish football federation and his vice-president Senes Erzik is Turkish and a "friend of Barcelona and Unicef". A Bola claimed that as he still worked for Unicef he would have been involved in sponsorship negotiations between the UN agency and Barcelona.

The Record newspaper added that the Portuguese federation was "not happy about the appointment of the Turkish referee". The Selecao "feared behind-the-scenes shenanigans and the major influence of Angel Villar".



 

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