Croatia and Canada meet on Sunday in a essential World Cup group stage match for each squads. The match kicks off at 11 a.m. ET on FS1 and can happen at Khalifa Worldwide Stadium in Ar-Rayyan.
The match can be officiated by an all-Uruguayan crew with Andrés Matonte serving because the referee. The 2 assistants can be Nicolas Taran and Martin Soppi. That is Matonte’s first World Cup, having grow to be a FIFA referee in 2019. His most in depth worldwide competitors is within the Copa Libertadores, the place he has refereed 15 matches. In that point, he’s given out 81 yellow playing cards, a second yellow card in a single occasion, 4 pink playing cards, and 4 penalty pictures.
Croatia is a +105 favourite to win Sunday’s match at DraftKings Sportsbook. Canada is +270 whereas a draw is +250. Croatia completed with a scoreless draw of their opener towards Morocco whereas Canada misplaced 1-0 to Canada. A winner on this match might discover themselves “accountable for their very own future” within the group to a point.
Right here’s a take a look at the complete officiating crew forward of Saturday morning’s motion (h/t Regulation 5 – The Referee):
Referee: Andrés Matonte (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Taran (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Soppi (URU)
Fourth Official: Kevin Ortega (PER)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Jesus Sanchez (PER)
Video Assistant Referee: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Leodan Gonzalez (URU)
Offside Video Assistant Referee: Gabriel Chade (ARG)
Assist Video Assistant Referee: Juliom Bascunan (CHI)
Standby Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Diego Bonfa (ARG)