PLAY THE ADVANTAGE

Saturday’s games will feature two repeat referees and one we have only seen as a fourth official: New Zealand’s dreamy Peter O’Leary.

Argentina and Iran have Milorad Mazic. The Serb is very well thought-of around FIFA, though I thought his original outing (Germany v. Portugal) was rather hit or miss.

One of the best referees I’ve seen in the tournament so far – Sandro Ricci (above) of Brazil – takes  Germany v. Ghana.

Referee: Milorad Mazic (SRB)
Assistant: Milovan Ristic (SRB)
Assistant: Dalibor Djurdjevic (SRB)
Fourth Official: Norbert Hauata (TAH)

Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA)
Assistant: Emerson De Carvalho (BRA)
Assistant: Marcelo Van Gasse (BRA)
Fourth Official: Victor Carrillo (PER)

Referee: Peter O’Leary (NZL)
Assistant: Jan Hendrik Hintz (NZL)
Assistant: Mark Rule (NZL)
Fourth Official: Roberto Moreno (PAN)