The organization confirmed Piero Maza to deliver justice on the field of play. For its part, the VAR will have the Spanish Alejandro Hernández at the head
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The Chilean will be in charge of directing the Finalissima (Photo: Gettyimages)
Preparation for the World Cup to be held in Qatar in November and December 2022 is entering its final stretch. The main date of the most important commitment of the Argentine team in the previous journey is June 1 at Wembley Stadium, where it will face Italy at the opening of the Finalissima< /b>, trophy disputed by the Copa América champion against the Eurocopa champion. Finalizing details for the duel, FIFA revealed who will be in charge of refereeing the historic match.
Chilean Piero Maza will be the voice of justice when Lionel Messi and company take to the pitch in England to clash with the Azzurra. The judge will be accompanied by referees Christian Schiemann and Claudio Ríos while the fourth referee will be the Spaniard Jesús Gil who will be accompanied by his compatriots in the VAR: Alejandro Hernández, Juan Martínezand the Portuguese Tiago Lopes.
It should be noted that this will be the third time that the South American champion faces his European namesake: in 1985 France defeated Uruguay 2-0 in Paris and eight years later Argentina beat Denmark on penalties in Sea of the Silver. The Albiceleste won their right to appear in the Finalissima by beating Brazil 1-0 at the Maracana stadium with a historic goal from Ángel Di María who ended a drought of 28 without titles in the senior team.
The Argentine team is already preparing for the match against Italy in Bilbao (Photo: EFE)
For its part, Italy conquered the continent by beating the host England from twelve steps with a stellar performance by Gianluigi Donnarumma both in regular time and in the final kicks. As a celebration of the opening of the Conmebol-Uefa offices in London, FIFA took advantage of the occasion to revive an old confrontation that will be very useful for those led by Lionel Scaloni since they will have a clash against one of the European powers in the World Cup preview.
In addition, it was confirmed that Argentina will play against Estonia on Sunday June 5 in San Sebastian . The duel will be played at the Real Sociedad stadium, the Reale Arena. It must be remembered that once the Albiceleste squad leaves England after the match with the Azzurra, they will return to their place of concentration in Bilbao. The venue for the second friendly of the National Team in this FIFA window is about 100 kilometers from the light blue and white bunker.