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Vincic raised the optimism of the Spaniards
The International Football Federation (FIFA) has decided the identity of the referee for next Sunday’s 2026 World Cup final at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, USA, assigning one of the most famous referees in Europe and the highest rated Slovenian Slavko Vincic by the European Football Association.
The final will be Vincic’s third match of the current World Cup campaign, as he officiated Brazil-Morocco, which ended in a draw (1-1) and Mexico-Ecuador, which ended in a CONCACAF side’s victory (2-0).
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The Slovenian referee has previously officiated one match for Argentina, when the Albiceleste lost 2-1 to Saudi Arabia at the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the tango dancers’ last defeat at the World Cup so far.
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Vincic, on the other hand, has played 5 matches for Spain without a loss since they drew (2-2) with Colombia in 2017, then drew with Sweden (2-1) at the start of their Euro 2020 campaign before winning (2-1) against Italy in the Europa League 2022 semi-final.
He also waited for two matches of the Spanish national team in the last European Championship, the first against Italy, which also ended with Spain’s victory (1-0), and the second against France in the semi-finals, where the Spaniards won (2-1), the newspaper writes. “Marca“ Spanish.
Raid and arrest
Outside the green rectangle, Vincici faced one of the strangest incidents of his career.
At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, in mid-May 2020, he traveled to the Soho Polje area of Bosnia and Herzegovina for a private meeting where he was invited to dine at a farm with a number of his acquaintances, and they sat at a table among strangers.
While they were at the farm, Bosnian security forces suddenly raided the place and arrested everyone present, after it became clear that the operation was targeting a drug-trafficking, prostitution and money-laundering network.
The Slovenian referee was questioned before being quickly released, returning to his home in the city of Maribor that night.
The incident did not lead to legal consequences against him after authorities confirmed he had nothing to do with the case, but it remains one of the strangest episodes in the life of an elite European Union leader who accidentally found himself caught up in a security operation targeting members of the mafia.
