Swedish Jonas Eriksson is clearly not after the money, considering the bank account he already has as compared to the other referees in the tournament. Yahoo News said that this was a good decision indeed considering the proliferation of match-fixing and bribery probes that has been grabbing the headlines all over the world.
According to FIFA's referee chief Massimo Busacca, referee Yuichi Nishimura made the right call to award Brazil a penalty kick as there was minimal contact between Brazilian player Fred and Croatian Dejan Lovren.
According to FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb, the global soccer body needs to emulate the National Basketball Association in its implementation of measures to effectively stamp or at least curb racism and discrimination in football.
FIFA marketing spokesman Thierry Weil has advised fans to be wary of purchasing tickets at stadiums or through resellers instead of purchasing them directly on the world soccer body's site to avoid getting fakes.
