Faghani nominated for best referee in the world

[kia]

Overall he and his assistants did pretty well today.

He did. No unnecessary whistles. Damesh garm.

[KeonKish]

Honesty faghani IMO is a world class ref. He's getting into more and more important matches.

Him and Irmatov are the best Asian refs


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[AIrani]

Proud of Faghani. Nice to see him in the Chile - Germany game.

[Hajik]

28.06.2017: Portugal vs Chile

Referee: Alireza Faghani

[Karimi_1]

28.06.2017: Portugal vs Chile

Referee: Alireza Faghani

Have a feeling he will have a very busy game, all the best to him!

[eerooni]

This trio are on fire!!! Kudos to the them and Kudos to all Iranians!!

Faghani to officiate FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 semi-final
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/ Jun 28 2017 /

Kazan: Islamic Republic of Iran’s Alireza Faghani has been chosen to officiate the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 semi-final clash between Portugal and Chile at the Kazan Arena on Wednesday, June 28.

The 39-year-old will be joined by Iranian assistant referees Reza Sokhandan and Mohammadreza Mansouri as well as fourth official Fahad Al Mirdasi of Saudi Arabia. Uzbekistan’s Ravshan Irmatov and Abdulah Alshalwai from Saudi Arabia have also been appointed as Video Assistant Referees (VAR) with Jair Marrufo from the U.S.A. completing the team as the Assistant VAR.

Faghani, Sokhandan and Mansouri, who oversaw the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 Group B match between Germany and Chile, made history in 2016 by becoming the first Asian trio to officiate the final of the Men's Olympic Football Tournament when they took charge of the Brazil versus Germany gold medal match in Rio de Janeiro.

In 2015, the trio officiated the FIFA Club World Cup final between Barcelona and River Plate in Tokyo. Faghani and Sokhandan were assigned to the final match between Korea Republic and host nation Australia during the hugely successful 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

[GolfePersique]

Top referee. Well deserved success and hope to see him in the world cup final.

[Nokhodi]

This is basically FIFA testing him for the World Cup next year.
If he does well don't be surprised if he is a candidate to ref the final next year.

[Bessos]

If TM doesn't reach the Final of the World Cup next year, at least we can take solace in the fact that Faghani might be the referee for the final.

[irani8perspolis]

He is doing well so far. In control of the game.

[Nariman]

Saudi referee was heavily bashed by German commentators, saying he comes from a place where he is not used to high quality football. However Alireza Faghani was praised several times - solid job so far.

[Sly]

However Alireza Faghani was praised several times

What did they say?

and what happened with the Saudi Referee?

[Abtin]

I think Danish commentators mentioned at least 5 times now that he is Iranian. Awesome exposure! 🇮🇷

[Abtin]

Chile should have had that penalty there. Maybe with video check.

[irani8perspolis]

He made a possible mistake on a penalty. But it is very debatable. Why do you guys think?