<p>"The final was not exactly what FIFA, and what myself, had expected, in terms of fair play," he told reporters. <br /><br />"The refereeing trio had a really hard task on the field and I can say they were not helped in this task." <br /><br />Blatter declined to comment on the much-criticised performance of English referee Howard Webb but reiterated his view that controversy was one of the game's attractions. <br /><br />Webb showed 13 yellow cards in a bruising encounter -- a record for the final -- and sent off Dutch defender John Heitinga in extra time. <br /><br />"This is the human aspect of our game," Blatter said. <br />"If our game was perfect, if our game was scientific, if our game was controlled only by technology, by science, there would be no more discussion,” he said. <br />"This is football. We have to live with the errors, the errors of the players and the errors of the referees. "I don't think perfection exists." <br /><br />Blatter denied he had been booed by the crowd at Soccer City stadium when he went onto the pitch before Sunday's match, which Spain won by a solitary goal.<br />"The only thing I was aware of was that there were less vuvuzelas," he said. <br />"I don't know about this. In this country and everywhere I have been, I have always been received as a friend, as an African. <br /><br />"Yesterday, it was the same, we went on the field of play and I can say it was a great moment."</p>
<p>"The final was not exactly what FIFA, and what myself, had expected, in terms of fair play," he told reporters. <br /><br />"The refereeing trio had a really hard task on the field and I can say they were not helped in this task." <br /><br />Blatter declined to comment on the much-criticised performance of English referee Howard Webb but reiterated his view that controversy was one of the game's attractions. <br /><br />Webb showed 13 yellow cards in a bruising encounter -- a record for the final -- and sent off Dutch defender John Heitinga in extra time. <br /><br />"This is the human aspect of our game," Blatter said. <br />"If our game was perfect, if our game was scientific, if our game was controlled only by technology, by science, there would be no more discussion,” he said. <br />"This is football. We have to live with the errors, the errors of the players and the errors of the referees. "I don't think perfection exists." <br /><br />Blatter denied he had been booed by the crowd at Soccer City stadium when he went onto the pitch before Sunday's match, which Spain won by a solitary goal.<br />"The only thing I was aware of was that there were less vuvuzelas," he said. <br />"I don't know about this. In this country and everywhere I have been, I have always been received as a friend, as an African. <br /><br />"Yesterday, it was the same, we went on the field of play and I can say it was a great moment."</p>