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Here about the officiating at the World Cup.
Here's a list of the countries that got jobbed by the refs, going by that article:
Argentina - Brazil - US - Switzerland - Ivory Coast - France - Italy - Australia - England
Don't really see a pattern there.  If there was a systematic effort to exert influence on the cup, it doesn't seem to be showing up.
It's possible that in all of these instances, bias or malice was the culprit.  It's possible that it was the cuprit in some but not all of the instances.  If bias or malice is the source in some, the most likely would be the most egregious calls, of which the England call is probably the worst, followed by the US, followed by the others - some of which were pretty awful.
More likely, IMO, is this is further evidence that refs are human, that they don't see everything that happens on the pitch, and that the system of refereeing in this sport needs to change.