True Detective

FIFA has no intention to investigate Moreno former World Cup referee arrested this week on a drug smuggling charge

Thursday 23 September 2010

The Associated Press: FIFA has no intention to investigate Moreno: "Soccer's governing body has no intention at this time to investigate a former World Cup referee arrested this week on a drug smuggling charge.
Bryon Moreno, who made a series of controversial decisions in the 2002 second-round match that saw South Korea eliminate Italy, was caught Monday at John F. Kennedy Airport with bags of heroin attached to his body, according to U.S. federal prosecutors.
Italian players and officials had long labeled his calls against them suspicious, and some voiced their complaints again this week.
'The arrest of Byron Moreno appears to be completely unrelated to football,' FIFA said in a statement Thursday to The Associated Press. 'Mr. Moreno is not an international referee since several years now. At the time of writing, no investigation is foreseen from (the) FIFA side.'
His lawyer, Michael Padden, said Thursday that Moreno would not address question's about his decisions in the South Korea-Italy match.
'Under the current circumstances, Mr. Moreno will not be making any public statements about any subject,' Padden said in an e-mail."

0 comments:

Related Posts with Thumbnails

  © Blogger template Nightingale by Ourblogtemplates.com 2008

Back to TOP