JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Mexican referees Benito Archundia and Marco Rodriguez will take charge of the glamour games among the last World Cup group-stage matches.
FIFA has put Archundia in charge of the Brazil-Portugal match that closes Group G in Durban on Friday.
Rodriguez will officiate Spain against Chile in Pretoria the same day.
South Africa’s Jerome Damon will referee Japan-Denmark on Thursday at Rustenburg. The game decides who joins the Netherlands in advancing from Group H.
Howard Webb of England will take control of defending champion Italy against Slovakia in Group F at Johannesburg’s Ellis Park on Thursday. Japan’s Yuichi Nishimura has been awarded his third World Cup match with Group F leader Paraguay against New Zealand at Polokwane the same day.
