Not expected as main referee, but Omar Al Ali from UAE managed to get a game at 2026 World Cup: New Zealand - Egypt.
Match #40
Group G
22 June 2026, 03:00 CET
BC Place, Vancouver
NEW ZEALAND - EGYPT
Referee: Omar Al Ali UAE
Assistant Referee 1: Mohamed Al-Hammadi UAE
Assistant Referee 2: Taleb Al-Marri QAT
Fourth Official: Kevin Ortega PER
Reserve AR: Michael Orue PER
Video Assistant Referee: Mohammed Khamid UAE
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1 : Shaun Evans AUS
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2 : Armando Villarreal USA

Very bad mouvements from ali
ReplyDeletepotential foul before ball is in play i think
ReplyDeleteMaybe offside
ReplyDeleteCorrect yc
ReplyDeleteCorrect yc again
ReplyDeleteAmateur ref this guy. Nowhere near good enough. The YC for Singh he was still showing when Egypt restarted the game
ReplyDeleteYep he didn't stop the game
DeleteYou can't let Egypt start an attack when you're still stowing a NZ player a yellow.
ReplyDeleteWrong corner given corrected by var
ReplyDeleteFrom the replay for me there is a foul before the ball is in play and with new VAR protocol that should have been reviewed imo.
ReplyDeleteThere cannot be a.foul if the ball is not in play
ReplyDeleteWith the new protocol if there is a foul before the ball is in play and a team score then VAR can review it and the decision is to retake the CK, or i didn't understand the new protocol.
DeleteNot the case here.
DeleteOn the first goal there is not a foul for you ?
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