The referee who officiated the match between South Korea and Portugal, which secured South Korea's advancement to the knockout stage of the 2022 World Cup, has been assigned to the final group stage match for South Korea in the 2026 North America World Cup.
According to Yonhap News on June 22, FIFA announced that the match between South Korea and South Africa, part of Group A, will take place on June 25 at 10 a.m. Korean time at the Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, Mexico.
Referee Tayo officiated the group stage match between South Korea and Portugal on December 3, 2022, in Al Rayyan, Qatar.
Active in Argentina's Primera División since 2013, Tayo has been an international referee since 2019. He is known for his strict officiating, having issued ten red cards in the final of the Argentine Cup, the Trofeo de Campeones, just before the Qatar World Cup.
Earlier in this World Cup, he officiated the group stage match between Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto on June 13, where he issued three yellow cards to Bosnia and two to Canada.
Assisting Tayo in the South Korea vs. South Africa match will be fellow Argentine referees Juan Pablo Belatti and Gabriel Chaide, the latter of whom also served as an assistant referee during the South Korea-Portugal match at the Qatar World Cup.
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