French referee François Letexier picked to handle Spain-England final of Euro 2024
The Hindu
François Letexier, youngest referee in Euro final, to officiate Spain vs. England on July 14 in Berlin.
French referee François Letexier was picked by UEFA to handle the European Championship final between Spain and England.
At 35, he's one of the youngest referees to take charge of a major final. The game is on July 14 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
The referees for the past three men's Euros finals were 48, 41 and 41 at the time.
Letexier has refereed three games at Euro 2024 including Spain's 4-1 win over Georgia in the round of 16.
In those games, he did not award a penalty kick and did not send off any player. He showed just 10 yellow cards, including one for Serbia forward Aleksandar Mitrovic, who was judged to have dived in the penalty area in a 0-0 draw against Denmark.
There was no video review controversy in any of Letexier's games, including the 2-2 draw between Albania and Croatia.
The VAR specialist for the final is also French, Jérôme Brisard.