00:05it's always exciting when you when you line up and you walk out and you're like oh great
00:09good a good referee this this time football is nothing without referees
00:17while they try to avoid becoming the center of attention sometimes there is no escape
00:23it was a referee decision that influenced the game in 1966 swiss referee gottfried dienst
00:30consulted his soviet assistant tofik bakramov to award the most controversial goal in world cup
00:37final history the referee had to consult the russian linesman before awarding the goal
00:42it was strongly disputed on the grounds it hadn't crossed the line
00:48eight years later english whistleblower jack taylor was compelled to point to the spot in the opening
00:53minute of germany's triumph after johann kreif could mesmerize the home defense
01:02while few refereeing incidents have been as heavily scrutinized as ali bin nasser's inability to spot
01:08diego maradona punching the ball beyond peter schilton in the 1986 world cup quarter-final
01:14people still remember it and um yeah i've still not forgiven diego maradona but of all the men in
01:22the middle one stands out from the crowd uzbekistan's ravshan ermatov fifa registered referee between 2003
01:32and 2019 ermatov holds the record for officiating an unrivaled 11 world cup matches
01:40he was in charge of two fixtures in 2018 four in 2014 and a record equaling five in 2010
01:53during this south african odyssey ermatov was one of the most respected figures in the game
01:59and trusted with the tournament opener and a semi-final
02:05and it was also the youngest referee on the roster
02:11ermatov is one of 16 referees to have officiated at three tournaments
02:16a record that will grow to at least 17 in north america with the addition of iran-born australian
02:23alireza fargani while 2026 will be fargani's third world cup as a referee he will stand alone as the
02:34first to officiate in some capacity at four world cups having stood as a fourth official in 2014
02:42before being handed the whistle in russia and qatar
02:46the ghani has taken charge of some of the biggest fixtures in football including the 2015 afc asian cup
02:53final the 2016 summer olympics gold medal match and the 2025 fifa club world cup final
03:02well when uh when we decide uh the referee for a final we always take into consideration
03:08uh several factors of course the the performances delivered during the competition when when we
03:16started the fifa club world cup 2025 we we we told the referees that we hoped to be put in
03:25a difficult
03:25position because of the general standard of the performances delivered by every member of team one
03:33then they did it they really put out us in a very very difficult position because there were many
03:40referees who would have deserved to be in the final um we choose uh alireza fargani and and the rest
03:48of
03:48the team because we we think we are convinced that this is the best team for the final it was
03:58a great
03:58tournament every tournament is a privilege for us to be a part of the tournament as i said
04:03we have two the two weeks preparation we both in all aspects team tactics practical and also medical
04:12and we start the tournament the best way and hopefully most all of the referees they were in
04:17the same page and at the end of the day i think the team's also happy about the team the
04:21referees
04:22performance i'm like 47 years old uh this would be like one of my last tournaments and it's a
04:30a pleasure really a pleasure really be a part of the fifa tournament and i try to enjoy every moment
04:35of the
04:36tournament
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