Francisco Oscar ''Pancho'' Lamolina (born October 25, 1950). is a former football (soccer)

referee A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titl ...

from Argentina. He was an official at

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

. He was known in Argentine First Division for his '' laissez-faire'' style into the field, completely opposed to the strictness of

Javier Castrilli Javier Castrilli (born May 22, 1957) is a former football referee from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He worked as a referee from 1980 to 1998, earning the nickname ''El Sheriff'' due to his character and decisions on the field by strictly imposing the ...

's. Even though he was highly regarded in the 1980s, towards the end of his career he was criticized for his style, that allowed much rudeness to go unpunished. His classic gesture was to simulate pushing a cart to suggest movement, sometimes (allegedly) accompanied by his saying ''siga, siga''Francisco Lamolina at WorldReferee.com
/ref> ("go on, go on"), which became a derogatory way of making allusion to this school of refereeing.

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* Argentine football referees Living people 1950 births FIFA World Cup referees Copa América referees Place of birth missing (living people) 1994 FIFA World Cup referees {{Argentina-footy-bio-stub