Francisco Oscar Lamolina
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Francisco Oscar Pancho Lamolina (born October 25, 1950). is a former football (soccer)
referee from Argentina
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He was an official at 1994 FIFA World Cup
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He was known in Argentine First Division for his laissez-faire style into the field, completely opposed to the strictness of Javier Castrilli
's.
Even though he was highly regarded in the 1980s, towards the end of his career he was criticized for his style, that allowed much rudeness to go unpunished. His classic gesture was to simulate pushing a cart to suggest movement, sometimes (allegedly) accompanied by his saying siga, siga ("go on, go on"), which became a derogatory way of making allusion to this school of refereeing.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
referee from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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He was an official at 1994 FIFA World Cup
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
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He was known in Argentine First Division for his laissez-faire style into the field, completely opposed to the strictness of Javier Castrilli
Javier Castrilli
Javier Castrilli is a former football referee from Buenos Aires, Argentina.He worked as a referee from 1980 to 1998, earning the nickname El Sheriff due to his character and decisions on the field by strictly imposing the rules of the game...
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Even though he was highly regarded in the 1980s, towards the end of his career he was criticized for his style, that allowed much rudeness to go unpunished. His classic gesture was to simulate pushing a cart to suggest movement, sometimes (allegedly) accompanied by his saying siga, siga ("go on, go on"), which became a derogatory way of making allusion to this school of refereeing.