FIFA World Cup 2022: Who is the referee for Argentina vs France final today?

The stage is ready for the FIFA World Cup 2022 last as Argentina takes on defending champion France on the Lusail Stadium on Sunday. The match will kick off at 8:30 Indian Standard Time (IST).

While Didier Deschamps’ France will look to turn out to be the one third facet in historical past to win the World Cup titles in two consecutive editions, Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina eyes its first title since profitable the grandest sporting occasion in 1986.

Both France and Argentina misplaced one match every on the group stage, however they’ve been excellent en path to the ultimate, with Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi inspiring their groups to magnificent wins.

Argentina certified for the ultimate after a complete 3-0 win towards Croatia within the semifinals, whereas France clinched a 2-0 win towards Morocco to achieve its second successive last.

Prior to Sunday’s last, the South American and European giants performed one another 12 instances, with Argentina holding a 6-3 head-to-head edge over France. The remaining three matches resulted in attracts. Their most up-to-date assembly got here within the Russia World Cup when France beat Argentina 4-3 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Szymon Marciniak shall be answerable for the proceedings tonight. In the ultimate, he shall be among the many acquainted faces as he has already officiated matches involving Argentina and France on this World Cup.

Who is Marciniak?

The 41-year-old is a Polish referee. He has expertise officiating the Euro Cup, UEFA Champions League, Ekstraklasa – Poland’s high division – and FIFA World Cup matches.

Marciniak joined the FIFA panel on the age of 30 in 2011 when he officiated Europa League matches. He officiated his first Champions League match in 2012 and made his worldwide debut on the Euro 2016.

This is Marciniak’s second World Cup, and he’s identified to be operating matches with an iron fist. In the 2018 World Cup, he officiated two video games. In the Qatar World Cup, this shall be his third match. He oversaw the Group D match between France and Denmark and Argentina vs Australia pre-quarterfinal conflict. In these two matches, he booked 5 gamers as each the finalists Argentina and France received 2-1.

In the Champions League this 12 months, he officiated three matches – Dinamo Zagreb vs AC Milan, Barcelona vs Inter Milan and Marseille vs Tottenham Hotspur – and booked 11 gamers.

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In the previous, he was criticised by former Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel after the Premier League facet misplaced to Real Madrid within the Champions League final season. Tuchel accused Marciniak of ‘having a good time’ with the Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti.

Marciniak shall be assisted by his Polish compatriots Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz, whereas Ismail Elfath of the USA would be the fourth official. The VAR official for this match Tomasz Kwiatkowski can also be a Polish nationwide.