The last set of referee appointments for group stage has been published. Facundo Tello gets his second appointment, being in charge of South Korea - Portugal in group H. Elfath returns in Cameroon - Brazil, Siebert with the deciding tie Ghana - Uruguay and Rapallini to officiate the hot game involving Serbia and Switzerland.
The first 2022 FIFA WC game with a referee breaking confederations rule is Poland - Argentina. Danny Makkelie will oversee this clash. On the other hand, English referee Michael Oliver will control Saudi Arabia - Mexico. Let's follow everything about group C deciding games here.
Group D ends with the last two games. Let's follow the officiating crews in this discussion.
Stéphanie Frappart the first woman to officiate at WC: she has been assigned to Costa Rica - Germany, decisive game for qualification. Anthony Taylor gets a crucial game involving two European sides as second appearance, the same for Raphael Claus in the other game of group F. Victor Gomes from South Africa will be the man in the middle for Japan - Spain.
Antonio Mateu Lahoz in Iran - USA and Slavko Vincic in Wales - England are about to officiate decisive games of group B. Let's comment their performance here.
We start with a single discussion for all paired games from the same group on MD3. First stage is Group A with Turpin and Gassama in charge.
FIFA has decided to break the confederations rule by appointing Danny Makkelie in Poland - Argentina, decisive game in group C. The Dutch will officiate his second game at WC only a few days after his first appearance. The complex scenario in the group was probably the reason for this delay of appointments. To follow, Conger from NZL will have his debut in Tunisia - France, game that can be important only for African side, but the challenge for qualifying is extremely difficult for them. Ghorbal at this second appointment in Australia - Denmark, while Oliver will do the same in Saudi Arabia - Mexico.
Alireza Faghani gets a second assignment, being the referee in charge of Portugal - Uruguay. Let's see how he will perform.
After Germany - Japan, El Salvador's referee Iván Barton is in charge of Brazil - Switzerland. Let's see how he will perform.
Anthony Taylor is among the last referees making their debut in the competition. He is about to officiate South Korea - Ghana, let's follow closely his performance.
