BERLIN, July 10: Red cards shown at the 2006 World Cup:

Andre Macanga (Angola), Jean-Paul Yaovi Abalo Dosseh (Togo), Avery John (Trinidad & Tobago), Eddie Pope (United States), Pablo Mastroeni (United States), Daniele De Rossi (Italy), Marco Materazzi (Italy), Radoslaw Sobolewski (Poland), Mateja Kezman (Serbia & Montenegro), Tomas Ujfalusi (Czech Republic), Jan Polak (Czech Republic), Vladyslav Vashchuk (Ukraine), Luis Perez (Mexico), Albert Nadj (Serbia & Montenegro), Cyrille Domoraud (Ivory Coast), Brett Emerton (Australia), Josip Simunic (Croatia)

Dario Simic (Croatia), Ziad Jaziri (Tunisia), Teddy Lucic (Sweden), Deco (Portugal), Costinha (Portugal), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Netherlands), Khalid Boulahrouz (Netherlands), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Leandro Cufre (Argentina), Wayne Rooney (England), Zinedine Zidane (France).

Red cards shown by referees and received by teams:

Referees:

4-Valentin Ivanov (Russia), Graham Poll (England).

3-Horacio Elizondo (Argentina), Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay), Lubos Michel (Slovakia).

2-Shamsul Maidin (Singapore), Marco Rodriguez (Mexico), Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain).

1-Massimo Busacco (Switzerland), Roberto Rosetti (Italy), Carlos Simon (Brazil), Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay), Benito Archundia (Mexico).

Teams:

2-Portugal, United States, Netherlands, Serbia & Montenegro, Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy.

1-Australia, Tunisia, Mexico, Angola, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, Poland, Sweden, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Argentina, England, France.

Note: The tally of 28 red cards for the 2006 World Cup surpasses the previous record of 22 expulsions at the 1998 tournament.—Reuters

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