FIFA has spoken. A European referee, one of the highest rated by UEFA, will be in charge of the final between Spain and Argentina: the Slovenian Slavko Vincic (November 25, 1979). It will be his third game in the World Cup. Before he whistled Brazil-Morocco (1-1) and Mexico-Ecuador (2-0).
Argentina was whistled in the defeat in Qatar against Saudi Arabia (1-2, last World Cup defeat for the albiceleste). To Spain He has whistled it on five occasions: 2-2 against Colombia (2017), 0-0 against Sweden in the debut of Euro 2020, 2-1 against Italy in the semifinals of the 2023 Nations and twice in the last Euro Cup: 1-0 against Italy in Gelsenkirchen and the 2-1 victory against France in the semifinals. There are no defeats with the Slovenian.
Goals Spain – France (2-1)
In this World Cup, Vincic made headlines for expelling the Ecuadorian Emphasis by the ‘Vinicius law’, that of covering one’s mouth when addressing a rival. That history unites him with the Argentine Prestini, the origin of that decision. It goes back to the last Club World Cup. During the clash between Benfica and Chelsea. At the start of extra time, Gianluca Prestianni He was sent off for a double warning. His team paid dearly for this behavior, as they went from 1-1 to 4-1 for the Londoners.
In Vincic’s life There is a bizarre case that gave him a good scare. In the middle of the pandemic, in mid-May 2020, Vincic went to Suho Polje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the occasion of some private meetings. He was invited to eat at a ranch and went there with his partners. When they arrived, they occupied a table in a place where there were many people they did not know.
In the middle of the mealthe place was surrounded by Bosnian security forces. All the people who were at the ranch were detained. It was later learned that it was a raid linked to drug trafficking, prostitution and capital evasion.
Vincic was interrogated, but was immediately released and that night he slept at home, in Maribor. From there what happened did not happen for him, but what remained was that an elite UEFA referee had been involved in a police operation against mafia elements.