Brazilian Lopes To Officiate Sweden-Nigeria Semis
Written By sportsweight.blogspot.com on Monday, November 4, 2013 | 5:51 AM
FIFA has appointed Referee Heber Roberto Lopes to handle the semi final between Nigeria's Golden Eaglets and Sweden at the Rashid Stadium in Dubai.
Lopes, was in charge of the round of sixteen match between Eaglets and Iran where the Golden Eaglets’ thrashed Iran 4- 1 .
He will be assisted by Allesandro Rocha and Marcelo Van Grasse who incidentally served as first and second assistants the last time. Norbert Hauata
from Tahiti and Tevita Makasini from Tonga would serve as fourth and
reserve assistant referee.
Lopes is one of the elite referees in the South American Confederation
(CONMEBOL) and a Brazil 2014 World Cup designated official.
He was at the 2003 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Finland and was named as Brazil
Referee of the Year in 2009.
The Golden Eaglets would be wearing their white jerseys while the Swedes
would be on yellow top with blue short.
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