We must admit that FIFA has an unprecedented taste for entertainment that we did not expect. As the Albiceleste quietly prepared for the 2026 World Cup round of 16 against Egypt, scheduled for Tuesday (6 p.m.) in Atlanta, the team latest news The referee assigned to this match fell. It will be our confident Breton François Letexier, who is obviously tasty given the +++ rivalry between France and Argentina after the 2022 World Cup final.
So, in the midst of the conflict between the 25 Balogun-Infantino-Trump groups, FIFA decided on Sunday evening to blow the whistle for a decisive match for the title holder, one of two French referees chosen this summer (along with Clément Turpin) for the American adventure. With the same success, we can say that Argentine social networks are burning on all sides, there are already more than a thousand bloody messages on them.
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Letexier’s first decisive match at the World Championships
Apparently, in Spanish there is everything from rather subdued demands to “quickly appoint someone more neutral” to accusations of corruption and outright insults. François Letexier (37 years old) must be very strong in this context to best survive the first direct elimination match at the World Cup of his career.
Our case is about the 2026 World Cup.
The man who was voted Ligue 1’s best referee in 2023 and 2024 previously took charge of two group matches: Ivory Coast v Ecuador (1-0) and Cape Verde v Saudi Arabia (0-0). Given the 635 episodes of the France-Argentina rivalry over the past four years, from the repeated provocations of Dibu Martinez to the racist slogans of Enzo Fernandez, we wish François Letexier courage if he takes to social media before Tuesday evening.