Who is Daniel Siebert, the referee who did not charge Uruguay two penalties and left him out of the World Cup?

Uruguay won 2-0 in a hot and spicy match against Ghana, but it was not enough because Korea surprised by beating an already classified Portugal 2-1 and left it out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup in the final minutes of the match. Match referee Daniel Siebert is in the eye of the storm for an uncollected penalty.

Darwin Nuñez fell in the rival area 58 minutes into the second half and despite the fact that the VAR called the main referee for a possible penalty, which he even went to review, for Siebert there was no fault to give the maximum sentence. As if this weren’t enough, in the extra minutes Cavani is knocked down inside the area and the judge doesn’t even take it into account.

Two controversial decisions that left out of this World Cup a Uruguay that rose from the ashes after two bad first performances. The annoyance and annoyance of the Uruguayan players is understandable in the face of two plays that could change their destiny in Qatar.

For German referee Daniel Siebert this was his second World Cup match. He had already directed the match between Australia and Tunisia a few days ago. For the 38-year-old referee Qatar 2022 is his first experience in a World Cup. He is one of the main referees in the Bundesliga and since 2015 he has been a FIFA referee.

He has directed in various international tournaments: European Under-19 Championship, Champions League, Europa League and Conference League. Up to today, he has played 460 games as main judge and perhaps this against Uruguay and Ghana will be the most remembered of his career. So much so that he had to be escorted off the field due to the strong claims of the light blue players who approached him at the end of the game.