Turkish referee to officiate World Cup semifinal match
by AA
ISTANBULJul 08, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by AA
Jul 08, 2014 12:00 am
Turkey's Cüneyt Çakir will referee the FIFA World Cup semifinal match between the Netherlands and Argentina on July 9th, FIFA announced on its website on Tuesday.
The 37-year-old Turkish referee will officiate his third game of the tournament, after Brazil - Mexico and Algeria - Russia in the group stages.
Forty years after Doğan Babacan represented Turkey in 1974 in Germany, Cüneyt Çakir became the second Turkish referee to participate in a FIFA World Cup.
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