First World Cup game for French referee
Monday, 14 June 2010
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The referee at the first World
Cup game of the Netherlands, today against Denmark (13h30
CET) will be Frenchman Stéphane Laurent Lannoy.
He will be assisted by linesmen Eric Dansault and Laurent
Ugo.
It will be the first World Cup
game for the French referee, who works as a distributor
of video games and lives in the town of Sailly-sur-la-Lys,
in the north of France, close to the Belgian border.
Although it is his first appearance
at the World Cup he has been a FIFA referee since 2006.
Lannoy has refereed games at the 2008 Olympics, in the
UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and qualifiers for Euro
2008 and 2010 World Cup.
Italian Roberto Rosetti, the man
who led the Euro 2008 final will be the fourth official.
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