2018 FIFA WORLD CUP Final: Argentinian Nestor PITANA to Referee FRANCE v CROATIA on Sunday

Slesel Haziran 23, 2022

By Lucio MENIN

MOSCOW, Russia. The FIFA Referee Committee, chaired by Pierluigi Collina e directed by Massimo Busacca, has appointed Argentinian referee Nestor Pitana (below /picture: FIFA.com)along with his assistants Hernan Maidana and Juan Pablo Belatti, will officiate the Final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ between France and Croatia on Sunday at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

Argentinian referee Nestor Pitana will be in charge for the World Cup 2018 Final on Sunday / Picture: FIFA.com

In this World Cup, Pitana, a 43-year-old physical education teacher, has already officiated four matches, taking charge of the Opening game Russia v Saudi Arabia and of Mexico v Sweden in the group stages, then he officiated the Round of 16 fixture between Croatia and Denmark, as well as the quarter-final between Uruguay and France.

Profile

Pitana has been an international referee since 2010. He is the second Argentinian referee to participate in two World Cups after Norberto Coerezza, who oversaw two games in 1970 and one in 1978. After Horacio Elizondo in 2006, he becomes the second Argentinian referee to officiate a World Cup Final.

Pitana is one of South America’s most experienced referees and also has playing experience at youth level. As a referee, he belted three games and the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 that was followed by a FIFA call-up the following year for the World Cup in Brazil, where Pitana supervised four fixtures, including France v Germany in the quarter-finals. In 2015, he was called up for his first, and so far only, Copa America, in addition to handling River Plate v Huracan in the final of the Supercopa Argentina.

Pitana returned to Brazil in 2016 for the Olympic Football Tournament, where he was the man in the middle for the semi-final between Germany and Nigeria. In 2017 he took charge of the Confederations Cup semi-final between Germany and Mexico.

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SATURDAY 14-July

17:00 St Petersburg 63 BEL v ENG

FAGHANI Alireza/ IRN
SOKHANDAN Reza/ IRN
MANSOURI Mohammadreza/ IRN
DIEDHIOU Malang/ SEN
CAMARA Djibril/ SEN
GEIGER Mark/ USA
DANKERT Bastian/ GER
FLETCHER Joe/ CAN
VALERI Paolo/ ITA
HALL Brian/ USA

SUNDAY 15-July

18:00 Moscow/Luz. 64 FRA v CRO

PITANA Nestor/ ARG
MAIDANA Hernan/ ARG
BELATTI Juan Pablo/ ARG
KUIPERS Bjorn/ NED
ZEINSTRA Erwin/ NED
IRRATI Massimiliano/ ITA
VIGLIANO Mauro/ ARG
ASTROZA Carlos/ CHI
MAKKELIE Danny/ NED
AL RAESSI Hany QAT

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