Kewell – “ref killed my World Cup”

Australia forward Harry Kewell has admitted his dismay at the way his World Cup has gone so far after he was sent off for hand ball in the Socceroo’s 1-1 draw with Ghana on Saturday.
Kewell received the punishment for keeping a Ghana shot off the line using his arm but the Galatasaray player has denied that he did it on purpose and has criticised the referee for the decision, saying that the Italian ref “Killed my World Cup”.

“It’s just unfortunate that the ref saw something that probably everyone thought, ‘OK, fair enough it was a handball, but was it red card?’,” said Kewell.

“We’ve seen some decisions in this World Cup that haven’t been red cards, why is this one different? That’s why everyone gets confused, everyone gets frustrated with referees because one minute they’re are saying this and one minute they are saying that.

“He’s the referee at the end of the day. You can’t tell him what to do. He’s the judge jury and executioner.”
The former Leeds and Liverpool forward contested the decision vehemently but the referee ignored his calls before Asamoah Gyan slammed home the penalty to equalise for the Black Stars
“It’s a shame that it happened that way. But if you look at the situation, it’s hit my arm, but it wasn’t deliberate,” Kewell said.

“It was only that I was trying to get my shoulder there. I think the ref made a decision that he can only answer.

“Unless I actually detach my arm and put it somewhere else, there is no other way I can move my arm.
“I didn’t deliberately go for the hand, I didn’t try and handball it, I tried to use my chest. I was playing by the rules, but the ref saw it another way. He’s probably the only one who did.
“The guy has killed my World Cup.”

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