Alireza Faghani will take cost of ’s blockbuster last-16 tie in opposition to on the Azteca Stadium on Sunday night time.
The 48-year-old official, who migrated from in 2019 and has refereed underneath the Australian flag since 2023, is officiating in his third Fifa World Cup this summer time.
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He took cost of 4 matches in Russia in 2018, most notably ’s 4-3 win over within the last-16 and England’s defeat to within the third-place play-off. Faghani additionally officiated Mexico’s 1-0 win over in that event.
Alireza Faghani will take cost of England vs Mexico (Reuters)
Faghani solely took cost of two group-stage matches on the final World Cup in however has already courted controversy this summer time, after he of their opening sport in opposition to regardless of a VAR assessment exhibiting contact on . He additionally took cost of the goalless draw between and .
Different profession highlights embody refereeing the 2016 Olympic males’s gold medal match and final yr’s Membership World Cup ultimate between and . See beneath for the officiating group in full for England vs Mexico:
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Who’re the officers for England vs Mexico?
Referee: Alireza Faghani ()
Assistant Referees: George Lakrindis and Andrew Lindsay (each Australia)
Fourth official: Jalal Jayed ()
Reserve Assistant Referee: Zakaria Brinsi (Morocco)
Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Gallo (Colombia)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Juan Lara (Chile)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2: Juan Soto (Venezuela)
What TV channel is it on?
England vs Mexico will probably be broadcast stay on BBC One and will be streamed by way of BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport web site.
Protection begins at midnight. Kick-off is at 1pm (BST) on the morning of Monday, 6 July.