Romualdo Arppi Filho
Born |
Santos, São Paulo, Brazil | 7 January 1939||
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Died |
4 March 2023 Santos, São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 84)||
Other occupation |
Realtor | ||
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
1963–1989 | FIFA-listed | Referee |
Romualdo Arppi Filho (7 January 1939 – 4 March 2023). Argentina eventually won the game 3–2. He was the second successive Brazilian to referee a World Cup final.
During the CONMEBOL qualifiers to Mexico the year prior, Arppi Filho allowed a brutal tackle by defender Julian Camino [2] against Peruvian forward Franco Navarro during the 1st minute of the second leg match in Buenos Aires.[3] Arppi Filho only drew a Yellow Card when in fact it had to be a direct Red Card. This was the only match Camino was called up for raising suspicion that Bilardo had ordered this flagrant unsportsmanlike act.[4] Argentina barely qualified with an agonizing 2-2 draw against a strong Peruvian side that had beat Argentina 1-0 in Lima a week prior.[5][6] Argentina went on to win the World Cup in Mexico the following year. Ironically Arppi Filho was chosen as the referee of the Mexico 1986 Final.
References
- ^ Romualdo Arppi Filho, árbitro da final da Copa do Mundo de 1986, morre no litoral de São Paulo (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Patada de Julián Camino a Franco Navarro – DE FÚTBOL SOMOS".
- ^ "Julián Camino lesiona a Franco Navarro". YouTube.
- ^ "Historias de futbolistas Franco Navarro y el día que Julián Camino lo fracturó por pedido de Pasarella selección peruana relato míster chipi IMP | DEPORTES". 10 April 2023.
- ^ "El día que Argentina casi se queda afuera del Mundial 1986".
- ^ "Argentina-Perú: A 35 años de una clasificación sufrida y dramática". 30 June 2020.