One of Brazil's top players, Neymar, elbowing, not called by the ref. Same Ref who red carded a Brazilian against Netherlands in 2010. One of Brazil's top players, Neymar, elbowing, not called by the ref. Same Ref who red carded a Brazilian against Netherlands in 2010. Though I wouldn’t want to say “corrupt”, favoring one side is what sounds like what happened. Not strictly incompetence. Shoddy officiating has plagued the World Cups, discussed in yesterday’s thread.