Givens sees red over ref’s ‘disgraceful’ performance

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Givens’ attitude was justified because Megyebiro failed to officiate properly throughout the game and his many mis-judgments left a lot to be desired.

The fact that he sent off Andrew Reid for a second yellow card in the 33rd minute was incidental to a performance that was simply not good enough. The manner in which he mishandled the Reid situation was indicative of his inadequacies. He booked Reid along with Georgia’s defender Orbeladze when the Irishman attempted to pull the ball out of his opponents’ hands to take a free kick. When Reid then took the free the