Referee for Ghana-Germany Sandro Meira Ricci (born 19 November 1974) is a Brazilian football referee. He refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[1] beginning with the match between Ecuador and Paraguay on 26 March 2013.[2] In March 2013, FIFA added Ricci to its list of candidate referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[3] Ricci was confirmed as the Brazilian referee for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, along with assistant referees Emerson de Carvalho and Marcelo Van Gasse. During his debut match France-Honduras, which was played on 15 June 2014, he was the first referee in the world to validate a goal by means of the newly introduced goal line technology.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:53:51 +0000
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