Where soccer is called football they refer to the manager as “the gaffer.” The boss, bloke in charge kinda thing.
In the referee racket, Pierluigi Collina is the gaffer.
Retired for a few years now, Collina is more than a pop image in
soccer. He’s a genuine force in soccer. He is UEFA’s chief refereeing
officer and he was presented to journalists here on June 20 to assess
the refereeing situation at the close of the first round of Euro 2012.
His
main, newsworthy message was this – Ukraine’s goal against England, the
ball just crossing the line before John Terry kicked it back, and
disallowed, should have been given as goal.
