Fans In Disbelief As FIFA Names All-Argentine Referee Panel For France Vs Morocco World Cup Quarter-final

Published 8 July 2026 · sports

Fans In Disbelief As FIFA Names All-Argentine Referee Panel For France Vs Morocco World Cup Quarter-final Published By, Last Updated: July 08, 2026, 13:23 IST

Fans In Disbelief As FIFA Names All-Argentine Referee Panel For France Vs Morocco World Cup Quarter-final Published By, Last Updated: July 08, 2026, 13:23 IST Two-time winners France will take on Morocco in the first quarter-final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Facundo Tello has experience of officiating in a world cup quarterfinal before. (AFP Photo) FIFA has named an all-Argentine panel of match officials, led by Facundo Tello, to oversee the first quarter-final clash of the 2026 World Cup between two-time champions France and Morocco. It appears that FIFA has again gone with experience in naming Tello as the referee for the match slated to be played on July 9 (July 10 in India) in Boston. Incidentally, Tello also officiated Morocco’s quarter-final match against Portugal during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which the Atlas Lions won.Tello will be assisted by Juan Pablo Belatti, Gabriel Chade, with Dario Herrera to serve as fourth official.

Cristian Navarro has been named as the reserve assistant referee. Fans on social media aren’t happy with the appointment, though. The match officials for @FIFAWorldCup match 97 have been appointed. 🤝— FIFA (@FIFAcom) July 7, 2026 All Argentina referees for a france match, FIFA trying everything to rig the World Cup for Argentina once again— DrewS🇫🇷🇵🇹 (@XnzyDrewS) July 7, 2026 FIFA doesnt hide it anymore 😂😂😂😂 All Argentinian why dont you bring Messi to check the VAR too— Elin Ghadimian (@elin_ghadimian) July 7, 2026 Need a new sport to watch, this isn’t hitting the same anymore— Qrazee (@xQrazee) July 7, 2026 France Not Focusing On Referees French defender Dayot Upamecano said they aren’t concerned about who will be refereeing their match. “I’m not going to focus on who the referee will be," Upamecano told L’Equipe.

“We’ve never done that before. We’re going to focus on Morocco. What we want is to win this match. That’s the most important thing." The development comes amidst Egypt expressing their displeasure at the decisions that went against them during their pre-quarter-finals defeat to Argentina on Tuesday. A report claims that their football association has approached FIFA demanding an investigation into the decisions, which they claim proved pivotal in their elimination from the World Cup. Defending champions Argentina were trailing 0-2 before launching a remarkable comeback to win 3-2 and keep their hopes of retaining the title alive. They will next face Switzerland. News18 Newsletter Handpicked stories, in your inbox A newsletter with the best of our journalism submit About the Author Feroz Khan Feroz Khan has been covering sports for over 12 years now and is currently working with Network18 as Principal Correspondent.