UEFA are the governing body they are in charge of euro 2004 and they review each ruling and say if it was good or bad it is a independent body, so no lackeys
Back on topic i think it is awful that the papers published his phone number and address. If he made the right choice is a matter open to debate but publishing his details is wrong people have been sending him abuse phoning the house every day and every night constantly. Even if the ref was wrong all he did was make a mistake. I hope they take the papers to court