César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos, originally from Culiacán, will become the Mexican referee with the most World Cup matches officiated. The record will come when he delivers justice in the match between Scotland and Brazil in Group C. This will be his ninth game as a center back in World Cups.
The whistler had already participated in three World Cup editions. In Russia 2018 he whistled three games, in Qatar 2022 he added four and in the current edition he has two. With this match, he surpasses fellow Mexican Armando Archundia, who had established the mark with eight games in two World Cups (five in Germany 2006 and three in South Africa 2010).
For this historic match, Ramos will be accompanied by Mexican assistants Alberto Morín and Marco Bisguerra. The refereeing team is completed with the Norwegians Espen Eskas as fourth referee and Jan Erik Engan as reserve.
This second match in the current World Cup follows the controversial duel between Iran and New Zealand that Ramos previously directed. His career includes a decade covering high-level sporting events, although his work as a central judge now places him in a prominent place in the history of Mexican arbitration.
