Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, just desserts, karma, ying and yang...call it what you will, but Italian fans will no doubt be having a sly smile today at the news coming from across the pond that Ecuadorian ref Byron Moreno has been jailed for allegedly attempting to smuggle heroin into the USA.
For those who don't know who Moreno is, he's the guy that refereed the game between South Korea and Italy in the 2002 world cup during which he sent off Francesco Totti and disallowed a perfectly good Italian goal before the South Koreans went on to win 2-1 and knock the future champions out of the tournament.
Needless to say this isn't the first time Moreno has made the headlines (he was also banned for 20 games having added 12 minutes of added time onto the end of an Ecuadorian League game), but I think this could be one that doesn't end up on Question of Sport.
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