The biggest Refereeing blunders in FIFA World Cup history

Refereeing blunders have always caught the eye of the audience, and are in general quite decisive in games. Here we look at some of the biggest mistakes made by referees in football World Cup history that changed theoutcome of gamesand thereby created quite the buzz.

#8 Germany vs USA (2002)

It was U.S.A vs Germany facing each other in the last 8 of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The Americans under the guidance of Bruce Arena started the match brightly. Germany, the better team on paper finally scored in the 39th minute through a Michael Ballack header.

United States pressed hard and were looking to find a breakthrough. In the 50th minute, on a corner kick, US defender Gregg Berhalter made good enough contact with the ball and looked destined to score until German defender Torsten Frings made an intervention with his outstretched hand.

The players from U.S.A pleaded for a penalty but to no avail. The only goal of the game scored by Germany won them the game and the Americans crashed out of the tournament.