13 July,2010 12:56 PM IST | | Agencies
Referee Howard Webb has admitted that the World Cup final left him ''physically and emotionally drained''.
"It was the most difficult two hours of my career. I am physically and emotionally drained but FIFA have been very supportive - not just about the final but our performances throughout the whole tournament," The Sun quoted him, as saying.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter said: "In football we have to live with the errors of players and referees.
"It's not up to me to judge the performances of the officials. I can only say it was a very hard task that the officials had. It was not easy, really not easy and they were really not helped in this task," Blatter added.
Talking about the mega soccer event final Blatter said: "The final was not exactly what I expected in terms of fair play. But the side that played football won."