FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Paraguay’s Guarani v Colombia’s Junior - Copa Libertadores - Defensores del Chaco stadium, Asuncion, Paraguay - February 22, 2018 Referee Nestor Pitana of Argentina with the ball before the match. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Argentine referee Nestor Pitana will take charge of Thursday's opening World Cup match between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia in Moscow, FIFA said on Tuesday.
Assisting him at the Luzhniki Stadium will be compatriots Juan Pablo Bellati and Hernan Maidana, with Sandro Ricci from Brazil designated as the fourth official.
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