Edgardo Codesal Méndez

Edgardo Enrique Codesal Méndez (born June 2, 1951 ) is a retired Mexican football referee .

Born in Uruguay , he took part as a referee at the 1990 World Cup in Italy . He was in charge of the group match between Italy and the United States on June 14, 1990 and the quarter-final match on July 1, 1990 between England and Cameroon. The highlight of his career was on 8 July 1990, the game management the final of the 1990 World Cup between Germany and Argentina at the Olympic Stadium Rome in Rome .

When he showed the Argentine Pedro Monzón the red card in the 64th minute after a foul on Jürgen Klinsmann , it was the first expulsion in the history of the World Cup finals. In the 86th minute he also referred Gustavo Dezotti after an assault against Jürgen Kohler of the field. Furthermore, his penalty decision, which led to the German winning goal in the 85th minute, was just as controversial as two previous penalties that were not given against Germany and Argentina.

In total, he headed three games at this World Cup. He was also used in the three group matches between the Netherlands and Egypt on June 12, 1990, on June 16, 1990 between England and the Netherlands and on June 21, 1990 between England and Egypt as an assistant. Shortly after this World Cup, he resigned as an active referee.

Codesal was also CONCACAF's referee director. He also overlooked the referees at the 1999 Women's World Cup in the US and was a member of the referee committees at the U-20 World Cup in Nigeria, the Confederations Cup in Mexico and the U-17 World Cup in New Zealand.

Web links

• Profile on weltfussball.de