Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is pleased to confirm the FIFA-appointed match officials for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ second leg play-off match between New Zealand and Bahrain in Wellington on 14 November.
Urguay’s Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafesa will referee the match at Westpac Stadium with compatriats Pablo Javier Fandino Abate and Mauricio Espinosa Rodriguez as his assistants plus Roberto Carlos Silvera Calcerrada, also from Uruguay, as the fourth official.
Larrionda has been an international referee since 1998 and has officiated at a number of FIFA tournaments including the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™.
The referee assessor will be Carlos Alberto Alarcon Rios from Paraguay while USA’s Joseph Machnik will serve as the match commissioner.
2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA™ – PRELIMINARY COMPETITION
Intercontinental Play-off Matches – Second leg
New Zealand vs. Bahrain
14 November 2009
Westpac Stadium
Wellington
Local kick-off: 20H00
Referee: LARRIONDA PIETRAFESA Jorge Luis [Uruguay]
Assistant Referee 1: FANDINO ABATE Pablo Javier [Uruguay]
Assistant Referee 2: ESPINOSA RODRIGUEZ Mauricio [Uruguay]
Fourth Official: SILVERA CALCERRADA Roberto Carlos [Uruguay]
Referee Assessor: ALARCON RIOS Carlos Alberto [Paraguay]
Commissioner: MACHNIK Joseph [USA]
Photo courtesy FIFA.com