The assistant referee of the final brings back the nightmare of Argentina '90

Mahmudul Hasan Farabi
Dec 16, 2022

Lionel Messi-Emiliano Martinez expressed his anger at the refereeing after the quarter-final match against the Netherlands. "FIFA should look into things," Messi said. Such a referee should not be given the responsibility of officiating the match in such an important match.'

Then in the face of anger, the Spanish referee Antonio Mateo Lahoz was sent home by FIFA. However, Messi has no chance to relax before the final with the referee. After looking at the list of referees who will officiate the match in the reverse final, a bitter memory has returned to the Argentines.  

Poland's Simon Marchiniak will be the main referee in Sunday's final. He will be assisted by compatriots Pavel Sokolnitsky and Tamas Listkiewicz. Basically, the name of Tamas took Argentina back to the 1990 World Cup final.

Diego Maradona's Argentina's dream of winning a second consecutive World Cup was dashed by a controversial refereeing decision in the final against Germany. The assistant referee in that match was Michael Listakievich, who is actually Tamas' father.

Simon Marchiniak was the referee in the France-Denmark match
Tamas was not responsible for the controversial decision that day. Mexican referee Edgardo Codesal was largely blamed for that match. who showed red cards to two Argentinian players that day.

Apart from this, there is also great controversy about the penalty that was given to Germany at the end of the match. After this match, Kodesal could never referee again.

Maradona had to leave the field crying after losing that match. Michael, who was on duty as an assistant referee, witnessed the entire incident from the field.

Michael's son Tamas will be on the sidelines this time. However, Argentina fans will sit to watch the game with this prayer that nothing controversial like that day will come back.

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