Match #63 Belgium : England Saturday, 14 July 2018 17:00 local time (10:00 EDT) Saint Petersburg Referee: Alireza Faghani (IRN) AR1: Reza Sokhandan (IRN) AR2: Mohammadreza Mansouri (IRN) Fourth Official: Malang Diedhiou (SEN) Reserve AR: Djibril Camara (SEN)
Video Assistant Referee: Mark Geiger (USA) AVAR 1: Bastian Dankert (GER) AVAR 2: Joe Fletcher (CAN) AVAR 3: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
I guess with Faghani the CR and Geiger the VAR assistant referee, FIFA is trying to do its part to keep more diplomatic communications between Iran and the US open
Blowing for half time before the corner kick. Very interesting. Now I can point to that when I do it.
One of the England players is wearing socks that, though the base color is the same, has a design not like his teammates.
Yes—though I don’t t Know that friendlies are always friendly or easy. Seems 3/4 games can take a variety of different paths. This one has taken the “just play” path.
Good point. It's like an American copy of an English vocalization of a French pronunciation that the player might not even use. I thought he pronounced the R. But what do I know...
Geiger flawless thus far. In all seriousness, I have a decent degree of confidence that we would have seen the first VAR intervention for a foul in the APP if Belgium had converted the counter in 76’. Clear foul that caused a change in possession and which led to a dissent card for England.