Wednesday, 17 June 2026

2026 FIFA World Cup Match 19: Argentina - Algeria (discussion)

2022 WC Final referee, Szymon Marciniak, will meet again Argentina. He will officiate the game between the South American national team and Algeria. 


Match #19
Group J
17 June 2026, 03:00 CET
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City
ARGENTINA - ALGERIA 
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL 
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL 
Fourth Official: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh NZL 
Reserve AR : Isaac Trevis NZL 
Vidéo Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : Dennis Johan Higler NED 
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : Mohammed Obaid Khadim UAE 



38 comments:

  1. Good offside call, don’t know if it was the on field decision or helped by the audio alert but quick decision.

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    1. Clip: https://streamable.com/4ie24s

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    2. Agree from I said it from the first replay but with SAOT 3D it was way different maybe a mistake from the director with a bad stop on the kick of the ball.
      BTW i’ve been really surprised by the difference between SAOT and basic replay.

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    3. The offside isn't symmetrical with 16m line

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  3. 8 min goal by Algeria its clear offside but the ar2 didn't raison the flag

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    1. I mean, it's inherently under 10cm since SAOT didn't kick in. So not sure about your definition of "clear."

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    2. It's obvious and if the ar2 relay on Saot to decide he don't deserve to be in the wc

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    1. 2nd big tackle, agree missed YC imo

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    2. Clip: https://streamable.com/r4kjqp

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    3. For me a reckless challenge, but this early and with what we have seen is the standard for YC at this tournament? Okay decision but would rather better player management been used

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    4. Appears that he didn’t give the foul because he was giving an earlier careless foul in the sequence. Bizarre decision.

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  5. Clear yc missed on montiel

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    1. Clip: https://streamable.com/zza7fh

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    2. Carbon copy of my comment above for the decision 1m earlier. Mmm…

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  6. ARG #7 throwing himself to the ground to catch the ball with his arms?

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  7. YC for ALG #2 ? Maybe too harsh

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    1. YC or maybe even RC?

      But that's ARG #10 so we know different criterium will be.

      Interesting to see if some other player was in question.

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  9. Argentina can be thrilled that they still haven't received any YC, could have been three

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  10. YC missed on Messi clear reckless foul, nearly SFP but not enough power imo.

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  11. As always in this WC refs have let far, far too much through.

    And yet it’s a relatively easy match.

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  12. Looking like another wc where argentina gets favored

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  13. Marciniak has left his cards at home

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  14. Simon forget his card at dressing room

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  15. Awful half technically. High respect on the FOP as always but there’s should have been 2 yellows each, Messi’s really close to red

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  16. A solid performance from Marciniak in the first half, proving that he is capable of going all the way in the tournament, with the exception of the yellow card shown to Messi for a reckless challenge.

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  17. Also reckless use of arm by Algeria player shortly before half, no caution

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