Match #47 Serbia : Switzerland Friday, 2 December 2022 22:00 local time (14:00 EST) Doha Referee: Fernando RAPALLINI (ARG) AR1: Juan Pablo Belatti (ARG) AR2: Diego Bonfa (ARG) Fourth Official: Kevin Ortega (PER) Fifth Official: Jesus Sanchez (PER) VAR: Mauro Vigliano (ARG) AVAR (1): Julio Bascunan (CHI) Offside AVAR (2): Nicolas Taran (URU) Support AVAR (3): Leodan Gonzalez (URU) Stand-by Offside AVAR (4): Martin Soppi (URU)
But then there is the standard for send offs in the cup so far . . . Aside: has any player been suspended for YC accumulation?
Okay additional thought. On reflection, this is maybe one of the most politically charged games. Many Swiss players are ethnic Albanians, now playing against Serbia, and there's, uh, history there. Hope Rapallini is up for it.
Considering every game bar one has finished with 22 on the field and far more volatile match ups have finished with 22 on the field, I think the odds are this one will too.
Yeah, this was a whole.... thing at the last world cup, and one of the reasons why this game was always going to be a particular one for fifa to assign
Probably right. At a count of six YC but coming down to the last 10 minutes. Edit: but it looks like Serbia starting to lose their cool
Rapallini doing great here. No nonsense. He's booking those who deserve it and not trying to "negotiate" with players who don't want to cooperate.
Nearly a fistfight, I truly dodn't think there's a referee in the world who could have prevented this game from descending into chaos. This is reminding me of a certain Gremio vs Internacional!