Edgardo Codesal
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Edgardo Codesal Méndez is an Uruguayan-Mexican football (soccer) referee, best known for supervising the final match of the 1990 World Cup held in Italy.
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[edit] Career
Although Codesal was born in Uruguay, he represented his adopted country, Mexico, as a CONCACAF referee in the 1990 World Cup. Among his international posts, Codesal was CONCACAF's director of referees, head of refereeing for the FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999, and member of the refereeing committee for the FIFA World U-20 Championship in Nigeria, the Confederations Cup in Mexico and the FIFA World U-17 Championship in New Zealand.
[edit] 1990 World Cup
[edit] England-Cameroon
During the 1990 World Cup, Codesal refereed the England vs Cameroon match for the quarter-finals. Three penalties were awarded, all of them scored; the first one was for Cameroon which put them ahead 2-1, then the equalizer for England which allowed them to take the match to extra time, and the last one gave England the passage to semi-finals. Codesal was credited with keeping control of a potentially difficult match over a period of 120 minutes.
[edit] Final
During the match, Codesal was accused from wrath of[weasel words] by the Argentinians[citation needed] by refusing to award Argentina a supposed penalty for a tackle by Matthäus against Calderón and giving Germany a doubtful penalty[weasel words] for a foul by Sensini against Völler. Andreas Brehme converted the spot kick to give West Germany their third World Cup title.
Codesal also became the first referee to send off a player in a final match of a Football World Cup, by showing the red card to Argentines Monzón and Dezotti. Monzón was given a direct red after a harsh tackle on Jürgen Klinsmann, and Dezotti was sent off near the end for a tussle with Jürgen Kohler, and Argentina finished the match with nine men.
Codesal retired from refereeing at the top level shortly after the 1990 World Cup.
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| Preceded by Romualdo Arppi Filho |
FIFA World Cup final match referees 1990 |
Succeeded by Sándor Puhl |
