English referee Howard Webb fished out 14 yellow cards and one red in the World Cup final in which Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0 on Andres Iniesta’s 116th minute goal here on Sunday.
Webb took out five yellow cards in the first half and issued nine more in the second as he was struggling to control the hot-tempered final.
Dutch defender John Heitinga received his second yellow card in the 109th minute to be shown out of the pitch.
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