An American referee, Mark Geiger, has been appointed to take charge of the Super Eagles’ Round of 16 clash against their Les Bleus of France counterparts on Monday.
Geiger, 39, will officiate his third match in this competition after the Colombia-Greece and Spain-Chile. matches
Geiger has been an international referee since 2008 and he oversaw the finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2011 and the CONCACAF U-20 Championship that same year. In 2012, he was in charge of two matches at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament and in 2013, he refereed at the FIFA Club World Cup.
Meanwhile, Sandro Ricci, 39, from Brazil, will oversee the Germany-Algeria match.
The referee from the host country has already officiated France-Honduras and Germany-Ghana matches at this tournament.
In his career so far, Ricci has been in charge of four matches at the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 and two at the FIFA Club World Cup of the same year, including the final between Bayern Munich and Raja Casablanca.
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