Key events<\/p>\n
57 min Corner kick to Norway<\/a>, and the referee has a word for Vassbakk Ajer, who laughs about the conversation with a considerably shorter Iraqi counterpart.l<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 54 min Norway get a free kick, though. On the other side of the field, we have a legitimately blown call by the AR \u2013 the ball went off S\u00f8rloth\u2019s thigh, five yards in front of the official with nothing blocking his view. Possession calls are usually inconsequential, but that\u2019s a horrible miss.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 53 min No free kick? Really? Iraq<\/a> continue to play with a man down on the ground, and Hussein gets a head to Bayesh\u2019s cross. It doesn\u2019t miss by much.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Very quick response to someone in the inbox asking why there\u2019s a match at midnight Eastern time tonight. Better European air times? No \u2013 that\u2019s a very early morning on most of the continent. That\u2019s a byproduct of having a 48-team tournament \u2013 and to be fair, the USA has a West Coast that usually has little to watch after 9 p.m. Pacific.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 50 min Passing stats notwithstanding, Norway<\/a> can\u2019t seem to hold the ball against the Iraqi press. That could Bod\u00f8\/Glimt, I mean, bode ill.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48 min Ryerson plays the ball out over the line. He continues playing it, as no official has made a signal. In fairness, I believe the AR was screened. Hate when that happens. But common sense and the laws of physics, along with the Laws of the Game, prevail, and it\u2019s a goal kick.<\/p>\n Ali al-Hamadi and Norway defender Torbjorn Heggem get the second half underway. Photograph: CJ Gunther\/UPI\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.21 EDT<\/p>\n 47 min Iraq have ramped up the pressure. They had the momentum in the last 10-15 minutes of the first half (including stoppage time), and they\u2019ll want to be sure the halftime break doesn\u2019t interrupt it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n As stadium rock anthems go, the Wolfmother song Joker and the Thief is top-shelf.<\/p>\n We have resumed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Last word from the mailbag, for now, goes to Martin Bolme:<\/p>\n double quotation markWhat it feels like now:<\/p>\n It\u2019s been so long now that every single Norwegian you meet will say the same thing.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been 26 years<\/p>\n We name every player and their club in one of the top five leagues.<\/p>\n We talk with passion about Bod\u00f8\/Glimt and the power of a collective.<\/p>\n We talk down the idiotic viking font on names and numbers.<\/p>\n We make you watch Ghostbusters 2 and Wilhelm von Hamburg.<\/p>\n I\u2019d say the quest to make people watch Ghostbusters 2 was less effective than Norway\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Halftime mailbag II:<\/p>\n K\u00e1ri Tulinius: \u201cMy preconception was that these two teams had competent, if not water-tight, defenses. I\u2019m ostensibly a neutral, though I like both teams, and I\u2019m stress-sweating every time either side tries to do the most basic of defensive tasks. Makes for an exciting match, though.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s part of the dilemma in a lot of competitions now, isn\u2019t it? World championship-level chess tends to be dull because everyone defends so well. MMA is less entertaining than it was back in the days in which a jiu-jitsu specialist could easily get a submission from someone who hadn\u2019t learned to counter the arsenal of Gracie-tested maneuvers.<\/p>\n Similar thought from Casiano Martinez: \u201cTwo very flawed teams making for a fun game. How did no one pick up the crosser for Iraq\u2019s goal, and then once he crossed, two of the three Norwegians didn\u2019t even jump?\u201d<\/p>\n Allan Castle: \u201cI was going to switch off, but you know what they say, it\u2019s a half of two quarters.\u201d<\/p>\n Hey, that\u2019s 50 cents. That\u2019ll buy you \u2026 well, nothing.<\/p>\n Andrew Hawkins: \u201cHi Beau, just landed at LAX en route to Seattle for the Socceroos\u2019 big match against the US on Friday. Left home in Sydney just after the full-time whistle yesterday in the Iran v New Zealand match – a long trip. The live blogs are brilliant to be able to see what I\u2019ve missed while in the air, the team is doing a great job. In my (mercifully) short time at LAX arrivals, counted 13 different countries and their World Cup<\/a> jerseys – among them a very vocal Uzbek group flying on to Mexico City for their match against Colombia. While there are plenty of well-documented problems with this World Cup, there are few events like it to connect people from all corners of the globe. Long may it continue!\u201d<\/p>\n The international interactions are indeed winning over cynics like me. Granted, I\u2019m not usually cynical.<\/p>\n Pete Leihy: \u201cWhich is more imperiously intimidating of FIFA – calling the Azteca \u2018Mexico City Stadium\u2019 or calling Erling Haaland \u2018Erling Braut Haaland\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n We\u2019re watching a game in Foxborough in a stadium called \u201cBoston Stadium.\u201d That\u2019s like placing \u201cLondon Stadium\u201d in Reading. Or Swindon. Or Dublin.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Halftime mailbag:<\/p>\n Tony Hughes: \u201cIt\u2019s still odd – for me at least – to see Alexander S\u00f8rloth partnering Erling Haaland. He\u2019s had such a peripatetic career, I don\u2019t think of him in the same league as Haaland, let alone bracket.\u201d<\/p>\n But is anyone in the same league as Haaland these days?<\/p>\n Roger Kirkby: \u201cFoxborough must be a long way from Boston, the train fare is $100.\u201d<\/p>\n How much to get from Cornwall to Glasgow? For the record, I can get from Washington to New York for less than that, though not on the Acela.<\/p>\n Christian Svanes Kolding: \u201cThough he\u2019s not THAT old, Solbakken is old-school. When he coached at Copenhagen, which is where I\u2019m from (though I\u2019m writing from Los Angeles), he knew how to stifle the game, making it as joyless for supporters as it was for his opponents. He\u2019s a dour blunt tool kind of manager so how he orchestrates a side with so much attacking talent is a mystery to me.\u201d<\/p>\n Maybe he focuses on tightening the defense (which, we\u2019ve seen here, is a work in progress) and just lets the attacking talent attack?<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Halftime: Iraq 1-2 Norway<\/p>\n As expected, Norway<\/a> have the lead, but it\u2019s only because a couple of Iraqi shots missed by inches and a goalkeeper with more than 100 caps switched off momentarily with the world\u2019s best striker bearing down on him.<\/p>\n If you thought this one would be dull, you should doubt your judgment about all things. Maybe pull a George Costanza and start doing the opposite of your instincts.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min +5 ANOTHER CHANCE! It\u2019s a through ball that cleanly beats the Norwegian back line, and Al-Hamadi goes 1v1 vs. the keeper. He waits a tick too long, though, and his shot is deflected for a corner.<\/p>\n The corner bounds out, and Hashim hits a scorcher from 25 yards that rips into the back supports of the goal. The shot was so convincing that the score bug on the broadcast momentarily switched from 1 to 2 for Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min +3 CHANCE FOR IRAQ! Hussein flicks on for Al-Hamadi, it\u2019s played back, there\u2019s a shot that HITS THE FAR POST and caroms out for another shot. There\u2019s a shout for a handball at close range, but replays shows it hit a knee, not an arm.<\/p>\n Corner kick to Iraq<\/a>, and it\u2019s not a bad effort.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019ll have five minutes of stoppage time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Iraq 1-2 Norway (Haaland 43)<\/p>\n It\u2019s a lazy backpass to the keeper, Hassan hesitates and then watches in horror as the onrushing Haaland taps the ball past him into the net.<\/p>\n Worst defensive calamity in the matches I\u2019ve seen, which is about two-thirds of them.<\/p>\n Erling Haaland scores his second goal past Iraq goalkeeper Jalal Hassan. What a mistake! Photograph: Mark Stockwell\/AP Photograph: Peter Cziborra\/Reuters Photograph: Peter Cziborra\/Reuters Photograph: Peter Cziborra\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.51 EDT<\/p>\n 43 min Things were all smiles earlier, but as Ryerson tries to shield the ball out of play, Doski bundles into him \u2026 hold that thought \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n That was a thing of beauty. Jasim squares up one-on-one against Ryerson, then spots Al-Ammari dashing toward the end line. He lofts it in the air, and Hussein rises to head it past Nyland.<\/p>\n One scoring champion answers another.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Iraq 1-1 Norway (Hussein 39)<\/p>\n Game on!!!<\/p>\n Aymen Hussein scores a brilliant header and Iraq are level! Photograph: Brian Snyder\/Reuters Photograph: Winslow Townson\/IMAGN IMAGES\/Reuters Photograph: Maddie Meyer\/FIFA\/Getty ImagesIraq fans celebrate! Photograph: Patrick Smith\/FIFA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.46 EDT<\/p>\n The referee forum I frequent was amused by the referee\u2019s insistence on placing the ball a few millimeters away from where it was on a free kick earlier in the game.<\/p>\n They also would like to pass along that their view of the no-call in the France-Senegal match turned out not to be unanimous.<\/p>\n (I\u2019m still saying no-call, which I say with a modicum of fear.)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min Norway win possession with their press, but \u00d8degaard drags a shot wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 36 min Phew! We have a few moments of short passes oh never mind Norway<\/a> just went long again. But it\u2019s out of play. <\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 34 min Foul is given on the corner kick \u2013 looks like someone has a grasp on the goalkeeper\u2019s jersey. For the moment, that\u2019s still not allowed on corner kicks. Everything else seems to be just fine these days.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 33 min While awaiting a corner kick, Haaland puts an arm around an Iraqi player \u2013 pity I can\u2019t see who it is \u2013 and they have a good conversation while laughing about something. Maybe the rowing thing amused them.<\/p>\n It is pretty strange. Photograph: Mark Stockwell\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.39 EDT<\/p>\n 31 min A bright response from Iraq<\/a>, with a couple of angles opening neatly in the retreating Norwegian defense, but the chance is squandered.<\/p>\n And then immediately, the ball goes back up to Haaland, who dinks it aside to a teammate whose shot is blocked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Iraq 0-1 Norway (Haaland 29)<\/p>\n Who else? It\u2019s a quick sequence of passes up the field, M\u00f8ller Wolfe crosses, and the Manchester City man slides to escort the ball into the net.<\/p>\n Erling Haaland scores for Norway! Photograph: Peter Cziborra\/Reuters Photograph: Peter Cziborra\/Reuters Photograph: Buda Mendes\/Getty ImagesThe Norway fans go wild in the stands. Photograph: Maddie Meyer\/FIFA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.37 EDT<\/p>\n 28 min Norway have allegedly completed 130 of 148 passes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hydration break mailbag:<\/p>\n Justin Kavanagh: \u201cI\u2019m now old enough and far enough away in exile to make the following confession on this MBM, Beau: I had a ticket for that famously sweltering goalless draw against Jack Charlton\u2019s team at Giants Stadium in 1994 that you mentioned. And, shamefully, for an Irishman, I sold it. I reckoned it\u2019d be a dreadful vollleyball-like imitation of a football match. And it was. So I went to see Brazil instead. I have never regretted that youthful decision.\u201d<\/p>\n Bon Jovi\u2019s Living on a Prayer is blasting through the stadium during the break.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Everybody hydrate!<\/p>\n Sit down, drink water, relax! Photograph: Brian Snyder\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.29 EDT<\/p>\n 23 min Free kick to Norway<\/a> from an angle about 25 yards from the end line. Ryerson fusses with the referee about the placement of the ball. His delivery finds S\u00f8rloth, but his tame header is easily saved.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 22 min We have our first keeper-to-keeper play in this battle of teams that aren\u2019t afraid to go direct. Nyland overhits his teammates to send it straight to Hassan.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 21 min Haaland gets a head to the corner kick, but it bounds harmlessly up and over.<\/p>\n The possession stats are weighed heavily in Norway\u2019s favor, but it doesn\u2019t seem that way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 20 min As our team guide predicted, Norwegian supporters are rowing in the stands. Appropriate for the Boston region, which has a lot of colleges known to lift an oar or two.<\/p>\n Yes, I\u2019m aware that Spinal Tap manager Ian Faith referred to Boston as \u201cnot a big college town.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.21 EDT<\/p>\n 19 min To the consternation of many in the crowd, Iraq continue to play the ball while Aursnes is down. Possible foul there but not seen as such by the man in green. (Norway\u2019s in red. Iraq is sort of an off-white.)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 18 min Harsh tackle from Tahseen on Berge \u2013 far too late, smashing into the Norwegian\u2019s leg. And yet it\u2019s Tahseen who comes away from the incident in some pain. Free kick to Norway<\/a> at midfield, but again, it\u2019s remarkably ineffective.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 15 min Now it\u2019s Norway\u2019s turn to slow things down at the back, but Iraq won\u2019t let them do that for long. They press ahead and win it back.<\/p>\n Which team\u2019s starting lineup is composed almost entirely of players in elite European clubs?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 13 min CHANCE FOR IRAQ! Al-Hamadi turns on Heggem, but the Norwegian defender applies enough pressure to make him rush the shot and send it high.<\/p>\n Still \u2013 the balance of play so far would slightly favor the team that was last here 40 years ago over the team that was last here 28 years ago.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 11 min Ryerson takes the ball far down the right flank. The referee is unsympathetic as he writhes on the ground, but Norway<\/a> have a throw-in deep. Not much comes of it, though.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 9 min The ball is tangled in Al-Hamadi\u2019s feet and goes out for a goal kick.<\/p>\n Norwegian defenders are keeping strong hands on the Iraqi attackers, which may be a bad idea against a team that has already shown a propensity for hitting the ground and drawing a call.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 8 min Now Norway<\/a> call off the press and let Iraq knock the ball about a bit. Iraq draw another foul at midfield, and that may have been dramatized.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6 min S\u00f8rloth, the Atl\u00e9tico Madrid man with the stylish line through the number 7 on his back, has a few words with the AR after being whistled for pushing an Iraqi defender. On the bench, his coach goes apoplectic. Hate to see what\u2019ll happen on a call of any consequence.<\/p>\n Akam Hashim is fouled by Alexander S\u00f8rloth. Photograph: Patrick Smith\/FIFA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.15 EDT<\/p>\n 5 min A long free kick for Iraq leads to a bit of head tennis in the penalty area. Norway<\/a> may be a bit lucky there.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4 min It\u2019s a deceptive and effective Norwegian press here. They give goalkeeper Hassan time to stand with the ball at his feet, and it\u2019s only a half-hearted few steps forward to press him into passing the ball. But once he dumps it to the defender on his left, Norwegian forwards spring to life, and Iraq<\/a> turn it ove.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 3 min Haaland has his first touch on the ball and doesn\u2019t score. Slacker.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2 min And another long ball \u2013 Iraq<\/a> are making no secret of their intent here.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 1 min Iraq go direct to start, with Amir Al-Ammari hammering a ball from midfield, but his target is surrounded by Norwegian defenders, and Nyland easily collects.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Peep!<\/p>\n Atcho blows his whistle, and there\u2019s a sea of red in the stands.<\/p>\n Photograph: Brian Snyder\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.14 EDT<\/p>\n The on-field officials are from Gabon.<\/p>\n Referee: Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon) Share<\/a><\/p>\n You have just a few minutes before kickoff to read this piece about coach Graham Arnold and Iraq\u2019s journey to this stage. Well worth it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Daniel Stauss is first in the inbox for this session: \u201cJoin me in dying on that hill – the World Cup<\/a> does in fact include the qualifiers, we\u2019re currently watching the finals of the World Cup, thank you for giving voice to my silent screams.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking of screams, if you\u2019re watching in the USA, be prepared for multiple references to the fact that Tom Brady played football in this stadium. It\u2019s in Boston. Well, not really. Foxborough, site of this stadium, is somewhere in the vicinity of Boston in the same sense that Cornwall is somewhere in the vicinity of Glasgow.<\/p>\n Our sources tell us that Tom Brady once played in this stadium in \u2018Boston\u2019 and had quite a successful time of it. Photograph: Greg M Cooper\/USA Today SportsShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.54 EDT<\/p>\n Norway guide and starting lineup<\/p>\n Our guide to Norway starts as follows:<\/p>\n double quotation markSt\u00e5le Solbakken\u2019s journey to becoming Norway manager arguably started at the 1998 World Cup<\/a> when he sat as an unused substitute shouting suggestions to the coach, Egil Olsen, when Norway turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 victory against Brazil. Like his mentor Olsen, Solbakken has never been a naive or particularly romantic manager. He is a product of the northern European football school, where the result always holds the most weight. His style largely consists of tight zonal defending and aggressive attacking play focused on breaking through the lines \u2013 football that is as effective as possible.<\/p>\n My love of romantic soccer has dimmed through the years. If you can effectively bang the ball 50 yards up the field, go for it. Maybe it\u2019s just because US youth development philosophy for a while shunned any kick of the ball longer than five yards.<\/p>\n Worth noting on Solbakken: His playing career ended when he collapsed on the field during a training session with Copenhagen in 2001 and was clinically dead for seven minutes.<\/p>\n On the field, Haaland is far from the only player who\u2019ll be familiar to Premier League viewers. There\u2019s captain Martin \u00d8degaard (Arsenal), fellow midfielder Sander Berge (Fulham) and defenders David M\u00f8ller Wolfe (Wolves) and Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (Brentford). Goalkeeper \u00d8rjan Nyland plays with Sevilla. The other clubs represented: Bologna, Borussia Dortmund, Benfica, RB Leipzig and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.<\/p>\n Starters are:<\/p>\n Nyland; M\u00f8ller Wolfe, Heggem, Vassbakk Ajer, Ryerson; Aursnes, Berge, \u00d8degaard; Nusa, Haaland, S\u00f8rloth.<\/p>\n Martin Odegaard<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n Iraq guide and starting lineup<\/p>\n In the year of the Geopolitical Cup, which includes one country\u2019s team playing within the borders of a country with which it\u2019s at war, Iraq\u2019s road has been difficult. The U.S. military action of the 2000s is a not-too-distant memory, and the combat next door in Iran affected their final steps in a long journey back to the Big Dance, as explained in our team guide (\u201cArnold\u201d is Graham Arnold, the team\u2019s Australian head coach):<\/p>\n double quotation markIraq were a game away from qualifying for their first World Cup in 40 years, with a final against Bolivia in Monterrey, their 21st qualifier, but things didn\u2019t go smoothly. War broke out in the Middle East, with airspace closed and flights grounded. Unable to gather his squad, Arnold, stuck in a hotel in the UAE, demanded Fifa postpone the playoff<\/a>, but the clouds cleared and after a 12-hour drive from Baghdad to Amman and a 17-hour flight to Mexico, Iraq reached their destination, 10 days before the game.<\/p>\n The teams were tied at the half, but Aymen Hussein (most definitely not related to Saddam or Uday) became his country\u2019s answer to Paul Caligiuri, scoring the goal that ended his country\u2019s 40-year wait in the wilderness.<\/p>\n Hussein (Al-Karma, Iraq), by far the leading scorer on the team, starts up front alongside Ipswich Town\u2019s Ali Al-Hamadi. Three other players, including goalkeeper and captain Jalal Hassan, play domestically. The other starters play in the Czech Republic, Uzbekistan, Poland (2), Saudi Arabia and the UAE. On the bench is Ahmed Qasam, who plays in the USA with Nashville SC.<\/p>\n Starters are:<\/p>\n Hassan; Doski, Tahseen, Hashim, Ali; Jasim, Ismail, Al-Ammari, Bayesh; Al-Hamadi, Hussein.<\/p>\n Jalal Hassan<\/a>Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n My, that was an action-packed conclusion to France v Senegal, wasn\u2019t it? We can only hope for half the excitement in the other half of Group I between two teams that have not played in the World Cup* this century.<\/p>\n Norway last played in the World Cup* in 1998 and upset Brazil to reach the knockout rounds. They also appeared the last time the Cup was held in the USA in 1994, missing out on the knockout rounds in peculiar fashion \u2013 four teams tied with four points and an even goal difference. Norway<\/a> only scored once; therefore, they were the odd team out. Italy opened that group with a loss to Ireland and scraped into the knockout rounds as one of the third-place teams. Heard they made a bit of a run after that.<\/p>\n Iraq last played in the World Cup* in 1986, before any of the current players were born. (I was a rising senior in high school, but it\u2019s safe to say their appearance isn\u2019t something I recall, as I was mostly fretting about calculus and my lack of dating options.) They\u2019re seeking their first World Cup point, having dropped all three matches in 1986, though only by one goal each. They\u2019ve fared relatively well in Asian Cup play since the unlamented demise of the Hussein family, including the 2007 championship.<\/p>\n (* \u2013 technically, at least in ancient parlance, the \u201cWorld Cup\u201d includes the qualifiers, and the final 32, er, 48 teams are participating in the \u201cWorld Cup finals.\u201d So it\u2019s not quite correct to say they haven\u2019t played in the World Cup recently. I pledge to be less pedantic the rest of this session.)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hello all, and I hope you\u2019re all enjoying the debate over the no-call in the France-Senegal match (unanimous view in the referees\u2019 message board I frequent: correct no-call) and also the goal that followed.<\/p>\n Follow along with Daniel Harris, and I\u2019ll be back with a proper preamble when that one has ended.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Beau will be here shortly. In the meantime, here\u2019s Nick Ames on Norway\u2019s return to the World Cup:<\/p>\n If Norway\u2019s highly fancied generation need a warning from history they need only look back 32 years and study the lessons from another searing, suspenseful American summer. They had raced through qualifying at England\u2019s expense to reach their first World Cup<\/a> since 1938; their top players were starting to make it in the Premier League and through the euphoria shone a confidence that a place in the knockout stage, at least, was there to be seized.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we got there we didn\u2019t manage to even get close to the quality of play we had produced in qualification,\u201d remembers Lars Bohinen, one of the silkier elements in a side that, under Egil Olsen, became renowned for an uncompromising and no-frills approach. \u201cThat\u2019s the biggest disappointment when I talk now to my old teammates. We never got near to performing at the level we needed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Assistant Referee 1: Boris Ditsoga (Gabon)
Assistant Referee 2: Amos Abeigne Ndong (Gabon)
Fourth Official: Amin Mohamed (Egypt)
Fifth Official: Mahmoud Abouelregal (Egypt)
VAR: Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)
AVAR: Hamza El Fariq (Morocco)
SVAR: Jarred Gillett (Australia)<\/p>\n