Although its position is dependent on the spending of fanatical fans FIFA does not care about their enjoyment. Every World Cup they unveil a new ball for the sponsorship money it brings them and every time players complain about being unable to control it. This time seems to be worse than before. When players like Christiano Ronaldo shoots miles above the crossbar from freekicks there must be something wrong with the ball or the way it is introduced. Had the ball been introduced one year back every player would have had time to practice with it but what does FIFA care. Time for governments to kick FIFA around because the money is coming from fans and hence from different countries. The refereeing has been rarely good, mostly ordinary and at times disgraceful. In the match between Spain and Slovakia the Swiss players were determined not to let Spain play. The referee kept blowing for fouls thus recognising the offences but did not issue any yellow card for consistent fouling. Spain lost. In Germany v Serbia the ref was issuing cards for minor offences. Klose was sent off, Germany lost. In Slovenia v USA the ref disallowed the third USA goal which baffled everyone. It was a draw but USA lost two valuable points. In Netherlands v Japan the Dutch beat up the Japanese in the first half hour. Robin van Persie should have been sent off for at least three deliberate, dangerous fouls but the ref saw nothing. Japan lost. In Chile v Switzerland the ref completely lost it. One Swiss player was red carded. Switzerland lost. Finally, ESPN, the official presenter starts with a girl shouting what sounds like ' enapo ' which apparently means ' just do it.' Is ESPN, an american company, helping NIKE, also american, in some ambush marketing to shaft Adidas, the official sponsor but German? Fascinating.