This Thursday the International Federation of History and Statistics (IFFHS) announced the list of 20 referees eligible to be selected as the best in the year 2024. List where none of the 10 will appear Spanish referees which now has international status according to FIFA.
Starting from Extremaduran Jesus Gil Manzanorepresented our football in the Euro Cup last summer in Germany, and is also included in the list of nominees for the final edition of 2023. Another great referee in Spain who just whistled a classic, the Murcian, also does not appear. Sánchez Martínezand also in the ELITE group of UEFA arbitration. Among the nominees is the Polish Symon Marciniak which was awarded the 2023 edition and after a year in which he whistled everything an international referee wanted.
The Spain-Germany referee among the candidates
English is also included in the list of candidates Anthony Taylor which was the subject of controversy at last summer’s Euro Cup. It was in the quarterfinal duel between Spain and Germany in the tough game of the German team, which means the damage of Peteras well as the hand of Cucurella which he did not consider to be a reason for the maximum penalty. Something that caused a lot of criticism in Germany. In fact, UEFA conveyed to its international referees at its meeting in September that this type of situation should be considered handball even though it is against the rules of the International Board.
The The list made public by IFFHS is as follows: François Letexier (France), Felix Zwayer (Germany), Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia), Clément Turpin (France), Daniele Orsato (Italy), Michael Oliver (England) Anthony Taylor (England), Szymon Marciniak (Poland), István Kovács (Romania), Rafael Claus (Brazil), Darío Herrera (Argentina), Wilton Sampaio (Brazil), Andrés Matonte (Uruguay), Facundo Tello (Argentina), César Arturo Ramos (Mexico), Iván Barton (El Salvador), Beida de Dahane (Mauritania), Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria), Ma Ning (China), Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands). Two months from now the winner of this edition will be announced.
Source: La Verdad
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