English referee Anthony Taylor barred from officiating at FIFA World Cup final. See why

Anthony Taylor, the English referee selected to officiate the FIFA World Cup final, is barred from officiating in the final. Taylor is banned due to the concern over national bias in the final match between Argentina and France. Polish referee Szymon Marciniak is replacing him in the final of the World Cup.

Anthony Taylor and Michael Oliver were the only two English referees officiating in the FIFA World Cup. FIFA sent Oliver home after the quarter-finals, but Taylor remained in Qatar as he was selected to officiate the final of the World Cup. Taylor's integrity as a referee is not under question; however, due to the FIFA policies of maintaining absolute neutrality, he is not qualified to officiate any match being played by Argentina.




The political tensions between Argentina and England due to the Falkland Islands are the primary reasons for barring Anthony Taylor. The Falkland Islands have been a British colony since 1841, and Argentina has claimed the territories for a long time. The tensions resulted in the Falkland War between Britain and Argentina in 1982. The tensions between the two nations remain hot as the Argentina Team sings the popular song Muchachos, which refers to the Falkland War, after their 3-0 win over Croatia.

While there is no apparent reason for suspecting that the referees are biased, FIFA doesn't want to take any chances where FIFA could be accused of such an incident by the managers or players. FIFA has taken such measures in the past, too, to avoid controversies.

The FIFA World Cup final will occur in Lusail stadium, where Argentina faces France. Szymon Marciniak will be the referee of the most awaited match of the world cup. Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz, also Polish nationals, are assisting him. Ismail Elfath will be the fourth official in the game.

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