The Polish Szymon Marciniak has found the prize he has been looking for for a long time in being appointed as the main referee of the final of World Cup Qatar 2022to argue Argentina Y France in Lusail, a year after overcoming a heart problem.
“I had a very difficult time in the last year and a half. I had tachycardia, it was a heart disease. In the beginning it was very difficult for me and I had to stop refereeing,” he explained. Marciniak in media statements FIFA.
“I missed the Eurocup, which for a referee in his prime, is a terrible feeling,” he continued, “only me and my team know how difficult it was for me. Now, back this is my life and I can’t even stop smiling because it’s a great feeling”, pointed out the 41-year-old Polish referee.
“Being the referee in the final of World Cup It’s amazing, honestly. I’m very proud of myself and my team because of course it’s not the only one Szymon MarciniakIt’s a great team,” he said.
“We have always worked and we are like a family: we win together, sometimes we lose together,” he said. Marciniak about his assistant referees on Sunday, Pawel Sokolnick Y Tomasz Listkiewicz.
Marciniak will lead his third match on Sunday at Qatar World Cup 2022 after referring the success of France in Denmark (2-1) in the group stage and the Argentina in Australia in the round of 16 (2-1).
This is his second participation in a world after Russia 2018where he led the meetings Argentina-Iceland (1-1) and Germany-Sweden (2-1).
A France He also referred her to two friendships. One in October 2014, at Saint Denis in the view of Portugal with a 2-1 victory with goals from Karim Benzema Y Paul Pogba and another one at Solna in the view of Sweden in 2020 where the France team won 0-1 with a goal from Kylian Mbappé.
He is a regular Champions League -last year he officiated the first leg of the semifinal in between Liverpool and the villarreal-, of European qualifying matches, he was refereed in Euro 2016as well as to FIFA Arab Cup 2021 also played in Qatar.
His last game before reaching the World Cup was the Marseille-Tottenham of Champions League. The London team prevailed 1-2 with the Dane’s goal in extra time Pierre Emile Hojbjerg.
The Polish referee, originally a footballer and member of Wisla Plock from his hometown, he went to arbitration after being sent off and spoke to the referee who showed him a red card.
Source: La Verdad
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