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Content Editor. Sports lover. Stoke City season ticket holder
Jun 5 37 tweets 14 min read
🧵World Cup Refs Thread:

52 refs have been named to go to the #WorldCup. The belief is there’ll be 32 main + 16 support refs.

Tried to follow the most likely options from the chatter on Law5.

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ChatGPT has given some officials a glow-up. Image ABDULRAHMAN AL JASSIM
Country: Qatar 🇶🇦

Took charge of two matches at his home World Cup in 2022, including the third-place play-off. Overall, he showed 8 yellows & awarded 1 pen. Also refereed May’s AFC Champions League Elite final. Image