Finally tomorrow I will debut Mateu Lahoz here in Qatar World Cup and on his second World Cup date. And it does so at the start of the second day of group A and the clash between the host team Qatar against Senegal. Both are coming off first-day defeats against Ecuador and the Netherlands respectively.
This is Mateu’s third match in a World Cup after the two he already whistled in the past held in Russia in 2018. To these two matches, we must add the three more he made the fourth referee.
This is also their third match in a group stage, as the previous two were also in this stage. His debut was on 21 June 2018 in the Denmark-Australia match which ended in a draw to one. Five days later, he officiated his second and to date his last game as the main referee at the World Cup. It was Iceland 1 Croatia 2. Three others were added as a fourth referee. It will also be Croatia-Nigeria in the group stage with Brazil-Mexico in the round of 16 and Sweden-England in the quarterfinals.
Almost four and a half years later, Mateu will once again take the whistle in a World Cup match and where he will once again be joined by his assistants Pau Cebrian and Roberto Díaz, who are already in Russia.
But Mateu will also be joined by three other Spaniards from the arbitration group appointed by FIFA for Qatar. Starting with the canary Alexander Hernandez Hernandez, who will act as VAR, and will also be his first assignment and debut at a World Cup event. In addition, Ricardo de Burgos will act as AVAR and Martínez Munuera as AVAR’s assistant. Argentine Juan Pablo Belatti was selected as the offside VAR
Source: La Verdad
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