High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2006 FIFA World Cup generated various controversies, including onfield disputes, critiques of official decisions, and team salary issues. Most centered around specific refereeing decisions, which led many of the world`s media to claim that the referees were spoiling the World Cup. Numerous World Cup records were also set by controversial calls, including Graham Poll`s three-card error and Valentin Ivanov`s record number of cards in a single match.