Better whistling to saying go on

Red

The referee looked relaxed, and during the 1st part of the game he took good control over the actions and just booked twice (both French). There were no big controversies, except for the red showed to Lodeiro, but in my opinion the card was well shown. In fact, it could have been a direct red because that one was a very hard action. What caught my attention was that Nishimura whistled very often - sometimes because of silly things. If it is the case that FIFA's orders are being followed by the referees with an excessive emphasis, then because of the frequent interruptions, games could turn very boring.

Good job

But in the most important actions, Nishimura did it OK. He was wrong in one or two not very important things... At the end of the game, he conceded a controversial free-kick to the French. It didn't seem to be a foul, but... the Uruguayan player tried to get the ball in a dangerous way.

Game

Surely, we expected much more from this game. It was not a very good match, there were few goal situations but no beautiful playing. Both teams will have to improve.