American referee Ismail Elfath has been named in charge of this match, along with assistant referees Corey Parker and Kyle Atkins.
This will be Elfath’s second match at this World Cup, after he already played in the Group F match between the Netherlands and Japan two weeks ago.
Elfath was born in Morocco, but emigrated to the United States at the age of 18. He has been a FIFA accredited referee since 2014 and has officiated matches at the FIFA Club World Cup, the Olympic Games and the Copa America.
The 44-year-old has played 332 matches and given 1263 yellow and 42 red cards.





