WALES boss John Toshack blasted Norwegian referee Terje Hauge after his side's 2-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Germany in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Toshack claimed Germany's first goal was a "ridiculous decision that you would not see in Cardiff park football."
Hauge allowed Germany to take a throw that should have gone to Wales and the ball was squared to Michael Ballack who scored from 30 yards.
And Toshack was also angry with a blatant handball in the box by Serdar Tasci soon after.
He said: "The first goal was a ridiculous decision, the throw was for Wales and the linesman had given it.
"Aaron Ramsey was trotting across to take it from an area of the midfield where Ballack was waiting so when the ball was passed by Ballack, Ramsey was not in any position to defend against him.
"As for the handball, it was a penalty and should have been a red card. If that had happened it may not have been so easy for Germany.
"The referee produced decisions you would not see on Llandaff (Cardiff) playing fields in park football."
Toshack added: "Mind you, whether we would have scored a penalty is another matter, we have missed three already in this campaign, but that is not the point.
"It is tough enough playing against one of the best sides in the world without getting those decisions from the referee, we didn't deserve that.
"As for the performance, and considering we lost our captain Craig Bellamy with a knee injury, I can't have asked for more from my team against such a top team."
Bellamy returned to Manchester today for treatment and Toshack added: "It has flared up again, he felt it in training yesterday.
"We waited until today to see if it had improved but Craig was still complaining about it today.
"He has gone back for treatment and he should be fit for Manchester City's UEFA Cup game against Hamburg shortly."
Toshack also lost midfielder Jason Koumas before the game, seemingly with a hip injury that has been worrying him since Christmas.
But there was also speculation that the Wigan man was unhappy with criticism of him from Toshack in the build up to the Finland game at the weekend and it is understood that the pair held discussions yesterday.
After Germany's second win in five days, manager Joachim Low said: "It was extremely important that we won these two games.
"We now have 16 points from 18 in this group with four games left. That means I am absolutely content with the situation."
Low also played down an on-pitch row between Ballack and Lukas Podolski that needed to be ended by the referee in the second half.
Low said: "I have not had the chance to talk to them about it, but if a captain gives out orders on the pitch it is the duty of any players to carry them out."
Hauge allowed Germany to take a throw that should have gone to Wales and the ball was squared to Michael Ballack who scored from 30 yards.
And Toshack was also angry with a blatant handball in the box by Serdar Tasci soon after.
He said: "The first goal was a ridiculous decision, the throw was for Wales and the linesman had given it.
"Aaron Ramsey was trotting across to take it from an area of the midfield where Ballack was waiting so when the ball was passed by Ballack, Ramsey was not in any position to defend against him.
"As for the handball, it was a penalty and should have been a red card. If that had happened it may not have been so easy for Germany.
"The referee produced decisions you would not see on Llandaff (Cardiff) playing fields in park football."
Toshack added: "Mind you, whether we would have scored a penalty is another matter, we have missed three already in this campaign, but that is not the point.
"It is tough enough playing against one of the best sides in the world without getting those decisions from the referee, we didn't deserve that.
"As for the performance, and considering we lost our captain Craig Bellamy with a knee injury, I can't have asked for more from my team against such a top team."
Bellamy returned to Manchester today for treatment and Toshack added: "It has flared up again, he felt it in training yesterday.
"We waited until today to see if it had improved but Craig was still complaining about it today.
"He has gone back for treatment and he should be fit for Manchester City's UEFA Cup game against Hamburg shortly."
Toshack also lost midfielder Jason Koumas before the game, seemingly with a hip injury that has been worrying him since Christmas.
But there was also speculation that the Wigan man was unhappy with criticism of him from Toshack in the build up to the Finland game at the weekend and it is understood that the pair held discussions yesterday.
After Germany's second win in five days, manager Joachim Low said: "It was extremely important that we won these two games.
"We now have 16 points from 18 in this group with four games left. That means I am absolutely content with the situation."
Low also played down an on-pitch row between Ballack and Lukas Podolski that needed to be ended by the referee in the second half.
Low said: "I have not had the chance to talk to them about it, but if a captain gives out orders on the pitch it is the duty of any players to carry them out."
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