A former player who suffered from health problems managed the World Cup final

Polish referee Simon Marchiniak.

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Polish Simon Marciniak, who has switched from playing the game to arbitration, will lead the final match of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, tomorrow, between defending champion France and Argentina, according to what was announced by the International Federation of Football Associations.

Marciniak, 41, has previously led a match for every national team in Qatar: Argentina's 2-1 victory over Australia in the final eight and France's victory by the same result over Denmark in the group stage.

The Pole has supervised matches in the European Champions League regularly since its inception in the continental championship in 2012, and led matches in the 2018 World Cup, before the Qatar World Cup. He previously led a match for France against Sweden (1-0 victory) in the group stage competitions of the European Nations League in 2020. Tomorrow, at Losail Stadium, he will be assisted by his compatriots Pavel Sokolnik and Tomas Leskevich.

The appointment of Marciniak constitutes a major turning point in the Pole's career, after he recently suffered from health problems. "The last year and a half has been very difficult for me.

I have an irregular heart rate.

It was hard for me at first, and I had to stop refereeing.

I missed the European Cup, which is disastrous for a referee in his prime.

Only my team and I know how hard this is for me.

Now life is smiling at me again and I can't stop smiling because it feels great.”

The referee, who participated in the Arab Cup in Qatar and supervised the last European Champions League semi-final between Liverpool, England, and Villarreal, Spain, recounted his beginnings when he was a player in his home town of Wisla Block and decided to move to arbitration after a conversation with a referee who expelled him. “We spoke after the match and he told me an important sentence: If you think this job is easy, try it yourself.

You'll see.

I said to myself, "Why not?"

I immediately went to take lessons and started arbitration.

I am grateful to him, because without that red card, I would never have been a referee in my life.

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