Updated
Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jun 14
Yael Falcon to Referee Sweden-Tunisia World Cup Match With 3 Argentine Officials
Updated
Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jun 14

Yael Falcon to Referee Sweden-Tunisia World Cup Match With 3 Argentine Officials

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jun 14

Summary

  • Yael Falcon of Argentina will take charge of Sweden’s Group F meeting with Tunisia in Guadalupe, Mexico, with Maximiliano Del Yesso and Facundo Rodriguez appointed as his assistant referees.
  • The assignment extends Falcon’s recent rise after he handled last month’s Primera Division final between River Plate and Belgrano and worked World Cup qualifiers and the latest Copa America.
  • Juan Gabriel Calderon of Costa Rica will serve as fourth official, with Juan Carlos Mora as reserve assistant referee.
  • Juan Lara of Chile will lead the VAR team, assisted by Uruguay’s Antonio Garcia and FIFA-listed official Hernan Mastrangelo, who has worked the Copa Libertadores final and 2025 Club World Cup.

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