American referee Ismail Elfat rejected the assignment for one of the current matches of the World Championship - a semi-final competition between the teams of England and Argentina, which will happen in the middle. Help the 44-year head referee of your team - linesmen Corey Parker and Kyle Atkins.
Elfat has already become another representative of the CONCACAF zone, which was performed at the stage of the playoffs of this World Cup. Previously, Salvadoran Ivan Barton withdrew from the second match between France and Spain in Arlington.
For Ismail Elfat this will be the fourth match in the streaming tournament. Previously, we officiated the following fights: Japan - Netherlands, Uruguay - Spain and Brazil - Norway. In the first three games, the American referee showed six yellow cards and one red (having won Uruguayan Agustin Canobbio).
The best of England and Argentina - it's more than just football. The teams have been playing against each other since 2005, and within the framework of the World Championships their teams have not fought each other since 2002.. The previous duels of these teams went down in history through great scandals: from the legendary “Hand of God” by Diego Maradoni in 1986 to the suspension of David Beckham for a foul against Diego Simeone.
What additional tension is added to the Argentina national team's march to the finals, which is accompanied by low, super-sensitive refereeing decisions and the delivery of the VAR system: Lionel Messi was left alone in the first match of the tournament.
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Head coach of the Egyptian national team Hossam Hassan complained about the injustice after VAR ruled out his team's goal (the Egyptians lost 2:3). In the match against Switzerland (Argentina beat Argentina 3:1 in the final hour), the VAR system again played a key role - the referees awarded the Argentine Leandro Paredes a lead, then showed the card to the Swiss Breel Embolo.
We will be able to do without super glasses once again, when the starting whistle of Ismail Elfat blows on Wednesday.