The president of the Polish Football Association was present in Qatar for Sunday’s final. Hours earlier, he had posted a photo of himself with the Polish judges on social media, writing at the time:
“Our excellent team of referees led by Szymon Marciniak is ready for the Grand Final of the World Cup! It will be a historic day for the Polish referee community and for the whole PZPN. Gentlemen, do your job and show your class again! We’re proud of you!”
After the last game of the World Cup, the work of the Polish team was also positively assessed by the representative of Poland 46 times – Jacek Ziober. Pa Marciniak – because that’s the way to talk about him – showed that he deserved a “whistle blow” in such a meeting. He didn’t make any mistakes, he didn’t need VAR for anything today. What I like about him is that he can feel when a player tries to force a foul, which he confirmed in the 87th minute when Marcus Thuram tried to deceive him from a penalty. he argued.
Almost 42-year-old Marciniak, who confidently led the most important game of the tournament at the Lusajl stadium, was helped that day as assistants: the son of a well-known former referee and president of the Association polish football Michal Listkiewicz -Thomas and Pawel Sokolnicki. Tomasz Kwiatkowski was in charge of the VAR team.
Argentinian players have become world champions for the third time in history. They beat defending champions France 4-2 on penalties on Sunday. After 90 minutes it was 2-2 and after extra time it was 3-3.
Before the match, Marciniak admitted that refereeing the final would be something “incredible” for him. To be a referee in a World Cup final… It’s amazing, to be honest. I’m very proud of myself and my team, because of course it’s not just Szymon Marciniak, it’s a great team– said the Polish referee in an interview for fifa.com.
We have always worked and we are like a family: we win together, sometimes we lose together – added.
By the way, it was recalled that the Pole had some health problems which – as it was pointed out – ‘belongs to the past’.
For a year and a half, I have been going through a very difficult period. I had tachycardia – it’s heart disease. At first it was very hard for me and I had to give up refereeing. I missed the European Championships (last year – PAP), which was a terrible feeling for a referee who is at his prime. Only my team and I know how difficult this period has been for me. Now life returns the favor and I can’t help but smile because it feels good Marciniak admitted.
As FIFA recalled, Płock’s referee was a local Wisła player. He decided to try his hand at refereeing after being… expelled during a match. The inspiration was conversation with the referee who showed him the red card at the time.
We spoke after the match and he told me a very important sentence: “If you think it’s an easy job, then go ahead and try it. You’ll see.” I thought why not? So I went straight to class and started judging. I am grateful to him, because without this red card, I probably would never have become a referee Marciniak admitted.
