On 2 July 2010, during the first quarterfinal game between Brazil and Netherlands at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, he sent off Felipe Melo of Brazil in the 73rd minute of the game.
Felipe González | Felipe, Prince of Asturias | Felipe Colombo | San Felipe | Felipe Massa | Felipe Calderón | Unión San Felipe | San Felipe, Texas | Felipe Gonzalez | San Felipe, Belize | João Cabral de Melo Neto | Felipe Solá | Felipe II | Felipe Gozon | Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop | San Felipe Plaza | Francisco Melo | Felipe Paulino | Felipe Fernández-Armesto | Felipe de Neve | Temple of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa" | Melo, Uruguay | Melo | Luis Felipe Noé | Jose Melo | Felipe Nasr | Felipe Melo | Felipe de Guevara | Felipe Bigarny | Bernardo Vieira de Melo |
Made team captain and wearing jersey number 10, he led his team (which also had other remarkable players, such as Deivid, Edu Dracena, Luisão, Maicon, Aristizábal, Zinho, Felipe Melo, Gomes and Cris) to winning the Brazilian triple crown (that is the State Championship, the Brasileirão and the Brazilian Cup).