FIFA have not used one referee from a ‘OneLove nation’ at this World Cup, sparking accusations that officials including Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor are being snubbed.
The highly-rated Premier League pair are among those still awaiting their first assignments, with Germany’s Daniel Siebert and Danny Makkelie of the Netherlands also yet to officiate a game.
Seven nations put their names to last week’s statement about the banned OneLove armband. The associations of England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands jointly criticised FIFA for threatening their captains with sporting sanctions on the eve of the tournament.