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- ↑ FIFA. "France: Referees". Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
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- ↑ FIFA. "Match Report - Germany - Wales 1:0 (0:0)" Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine . October 15, 2008. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
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