France and Morocco will cross swords in the quarter-finals of the World Cup at the Boston Stadium on Thursday.
France arrive in the match having eliminated Paraguay in a horror 1-0 win, with a single Mbappe penalty tipping the balance.
Morocco meanwhile secured a comfortable 3-0 win thanks to Azzedini Ounahi’s brace as talisman Ismael Saibari was withdrawn early due to injury.
Who will be the referee in the France-Morocco quarter-final at the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
Argentinian Facundo Tello will be the referee for the quarter-final between France and Morocco.
Tello made his official debut in 2013 in the Argentine second division. He has officiated prominent finals including the 2023-24 Supercopa Argentina, 2024 Copa Libertadores and 2024 Copa Sudamericana.
The Argentinian led a high-profile quarter-final between Portugal and Morocco at the 2022 World Cup.
Thursday’s match marks the 44-year-old’s third in charge at this World Cup, having already overseen the Canada-Bosnia and South Korea-South Africa group stage matches respectively.
In 434 career matches, the Argentine has shown 2,032 yellow cards and 149 red cards, for an average of 4.7 bookings and 0.34 dismissals per match.
Full list of match officials in France vs Morocco in the 2026 FIFA World Cup quarter-final:
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Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
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Assistant referee 1: Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
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Assistant referee 2: Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
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Fourth official: Dario Herrera (Argentina)
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Reserve assistant referee: Cristian Navarro (Argentina)
Published on July 9, 2026
