The Creole Jesús Valenzuela was appointed as the primary referee within the inaugural match of the Copa America 2024between Canada and Argentina, scheduled for this Thursday, June 20, beginning at 8:00 p.m., Venezuelan time.
Together with Valenzuela, the opposite Creoles Lubin Torrealba and Jorge Urrego shall be assistants.
And to finish the referees assigned for that match, there are the Salvadorans Iván Bartón (fourth referee), David Morán (fifth referee). Whereas, within the Video Help Referee (VAR) the Uruguayans Leodán González would be the essential participant and Richard Trinidad would be the assistant.
This would be the sixth time that Jesús Valenzuela is the primary choose in an Argentina match, and the stability is constructive for the Albiceleste workforce.
The primary time he did it was in 2016, within the playoffs. On that event Argentina beat Bolivia 2-0.
Then in 2021, he whistled at them 4 instances. Two for the Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers (1-1 in opposition to Chile and the suspension following 5 minutes of the match in opposition to Brazil) and two for the Copa América that was performed in Brazil (Argentina’s 0-1 victory in opposition to Paraguay and within the semifinals in opposition to Colombia that ended with a 1-1 draw and was determined by penalty kicks 3-2).
In the meantime, the latest time he whistled on the present world champions was within the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. And naturally, the workforce led by Scaloni ended up successful 2-0 in opposition to Peru.
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2024-06-21 07:03:44
