Maybe that referee would have been good enough in the group stages of the Champions League but on a big stage, with a big game and big players, he simply wasn't good enough.
Los Angeles (CNN) -- As mobile games migrate to powerful smartphones and tablets that are becoming direct competition to portable gaming devices such as Nintendo 3DS and PS Vita, the E3 convention has become a prime stage for game publishers to showcase new titles.
Mr Mowatt-Larssen may be wrong to suspect that al-Qaeda is playing a long game to stage a spectacular attack on America.
While the fact that the manufacturing sector is growing in Europe is hardly a surprise at this stage of the game, the data seemed to put a nail in the coffin of those espousing the idea that global doom and gloom would emanate from the Eurozone.
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Or that a career body of work is a far more valuable predictor than a big game on the big stage.
Founded in 2001, AONE is not even close to turning a profit at this stage of the game, so any long side play of AONE is based purely on the technical read of the charts, and nothing more.
"Any additional precipitation at this stage in the game is not necessarily a good thing, " said Peter Rogers in Grand Forks.
Down most of the game, the Knicks did stage a minor comeback late, pulling within eight at 85-77 midway through the fourth.
Drogba almost completed his hat-trick late on when he hit the bar with a free-kick, but by that stage the game was won and Arsenal's misery was complete.
London has already hosted a stage of the Tour de France and an NFL game at Wembley, and will host the world gymnastics championships and the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup.
Brief cutscenes can work tremendously well at setting the stage or segueing from one part of a game to another, but the constant barrage of scenes rather than gameplay just kills a game for me.
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But when one plays the global financial markets a thorough economic analysis is only the first stage of the game.
At one stage the game was held up to find a new ball after Hussey sent a lofted off-drive into the trees outside the ground.
And, yes, that also means getting the occasional invite to DC to meet with others on a national stage, and using that moment to raise their game.
"I don't think any club is at a stage where they can use data comprehensively across every aspect of the game, " says Mr Green.
Zidane had emerged from international retirement to lead his country to the final, a fitting stage for the greatest player of his generation's final game.
They apparently missed a teachable moment about media relations before he took the standard post-game stage.
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To show off the game, Bach brought a young girl named "Sparrow" on stage to demo her most recent creation.
The pitch had been covered by a warm air blanket since Friday morning at which stage officials were confident that the game would go ahead.
Linton then brought a marvellous save out of Scott as he tried to squeeze the ball home from a tight angle, but the game had already been well won by that stage.
Despite the threat of sanctions looming over the club, Malaga have performed superbly this season under coach Manuel Pellegrini, winning Group C of the Champions League with a game to spare and earning a tie against Porto in the knockout stage.
The Cardiff-based QC was hugely influential in rugby's development as a professional game and kept close links with Welsh rugby after his elevation to the world stage.
Ever since the league agreed to stage Super Bowl XLVIII in a place where snow and freezing temperatures are a possibility for game day, there has been plenty of skepticism about the decision.
To move to the Collaborative stage, both groups need to understand and accept that their relationship is not a zero-sum game.
Atlanta native Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. (1902-71), who popularized golf on the international stage, merits a special section, full of portraits and photographs that illustrate his importance to the game.
Did you really think Hef was going to marry at this late stage of the game and risk some of his fortune and empire being handed down to a woman he hardly knows?
The victory not only advances Uruguay to four points and to top of the table ahead of their final group game with Mexico, but gives them their first World Cup finals victory since a group stage win over South Korea at Italia 90.
Having fought back from a goal down and with only 10 men in their first game against Poland, Greece looked set to stage another second-half revival.
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