Referee Yuichi Nishimura’s Wikipedia page hacked after controversial penalty call
It didn’t take long for the haters to go to work on the Wikipedia page of FIFA referee Yuichi Nishimura after the Japanese official made a controversial call that led to a Brazilian goal in the first match of the 2014 World Cup Thursday.
Nishimura gave Croatia a yellow card for what most people felt was a dive by Fred in the box that led to a free kick for Brazil that Neymar converted to break the 1-1 tie.
Following the controversial call, Nishimura’s Wikipedia page was updated accordingly. Not only was he called a Brazilian football referee with his birth location listed as Sao Paulo instead of Japan, but the controversy was already added to his page:
What can you say? According to those on Twitter, Nishimura is just a member of Brazil’s football club:
#Brasil #Nishimura ❌ pic.twitter.com/tf2ZwlbCrg
— Sigrid Knopp (@Sigridknopp) June 12, 2014
