The Roman race director makes his debut in the USA: he will wear pink as a tribute to the city of Miami
Pink jersey also at the World Cup. After Ancelotti and Montella, another Italian makes his debut: Maurizio Mariani will be the referee of Saudi Arabia-Uruguay today in Miami. The Italian number one will wear pink by choice of FIFA: a tribute to Miami and Inter Miami, the team of the city where the base camp of the referees under Pierluigi Collina, FIFA designator, is located. Roman, IT consultant, 42 years old, Mariani has been international since 2019. He will be supported by linesmen Bindoni and Tegoni, while Di Bello will be at VAR. In his first major tournament, he refereed matches in the 2024 Copa America, guest of Conmebol, and in the last qualifiers he refereed the playoff final Czechia-Denmark 3-1.
the favorites for the final
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Three Italians have directed world finals. The first was Gonella, Argentina-Holland 3-1 in 1978. Then Collina, in 2002, Brazil-Germany 2-0. The last Rizzoli at Brazil 2014: Germany-Argentina 1-0. In Qatar our representative was Orsato, at Russia 2018 it was Rocchi. Collina is the one who has participated in the most editions (1998 and 2002) like Rosetti, now head of European referees (2006 and 2010). In this giant World Cup there are 52 referees. The favorites for the final are four Europeans, Vincic (Slovenia), Turpin and Letexier (France), Kovacs (Romania), the Iranian Faghani, the Argentine Tello, the Brazilian Sampaio who, however, got a little carried away with the “reds” at the opening match. The Uzbek Tantashev is spoken well of. But the road from here to the final is long and, as for the teams, involves elimination.