Italian referee Daniele Orsato and VAR Massimiliano Irrati have been assigned to the World Cup semi-final between Argentina and Croatia.
It kicks off on Tuesday December 13 at 19.00 GMT in Qatar.
Orsato has emerged as one of the primary candidates to officiate the Final, especially as he already took control of the opening game in the tournament between hosts Qatar and Ecuador, then in Argentina’s 2-0 group stage win over Mexico.
He was rested for the entire Round of 16 and quarter-finals, but returns for the semi-final.
There will be plenty of familiar faces to the Serie A referee, as the two teams include Lautaro Martinez, Marcelo Brozovic, Angel Di Maria, Ivan Perisic, Leandro Paredes, Nikola Vlasic and Paulo Dybala.
Orsato only ever officiated Argentina in their 2-0 win over Mexico in this competition, while his record with Croatia is two wins and the 1-0 defeat to England at EURO 2020.
The pressure is on, especially after Portugal and the Netherlands both accused referees at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar of favouring Argentina.
Several officials have been criticised for their performances, not least in the quarter-finals.
See, Italy got further than England…
Hahhaa wow fifa isn’t even hiding it anymore how bad they trying to make Argentina win . Croatia have noooo chance
How can they give an italian referee this, after we all know MESSI and Argentina have won the finalissima against Italy. Goat 🐐.