The role of referees instructor in knowing the law of the football game

Abstract

The members of the Referees Committee and the FIFA referee instructors met all of the participating teams prior to the start of the tournament to brief them on technical matters. The players and technical staff showed great interest and took an active part in the preparations. These meetings were the continuation of other meetings held in South Africa with representatives of the participating teams, at which multimedia materials were distributed containing information pertaining to the interpretation of the Law of the Game. These, had intended to remove all non fair-play attitudes between players, between players and referees, between supporters and players, at a big competition, World Cup 2010.