The Brazilian Raphael Claus has been appointed by the Conmebol referee commission to direct the final of the Copa América that Argentina and Colombia will play next Sunday at the Hard Rock stadium in Miami. Both teams have reasons to be sad.
Claus, that in this Copa América he only directed the match between Venezuela and Mexico (1-0, with a penalty in favor of each team), in the first period, was the referee of the last game that the Colombian team lostcertainly against Argentina (1-0 in Córdoba in February 2022) in the qualifying phase for the World Cup in Qatar. Since then, the coffee growers have gone 28 games without losing.
Argentina did not lose to him
He also coached Colombia to a 3-2 victory over Peru in the match for third place in the 2021 Copa América and the draw against Paraguay (1-1) in September 2021 in the qualifying phase for the 2022 World Cup.
In addition to the match in Córdoba, he led Argentina to draws against Ecuador and Paraguay and a victory against Albirroja, always in the World Cup qualifiers. Although the precedents are not favorable, the albiceleste will not like the appointment of Claus because he is from Brazil, Argentina’s great rival.
In the last World Cup in Qatar 2022, he refereed two matches in the group stage of the competition: England-Iran (6-2) and Canada-Morocco (1-2).
Source: La Verdad
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