Brazil referee in Argentina match, Argentina referee in Brazil match

Sports Desk: The fight for the quarter final of Copa America will start at 3 pm Bangladesh time on Friday. Peru and Paraguay will play in the first match. Later, Brazil and Chile will take the field at 6 in the morning. The Uruguay-Colombia and Argentina-Ecuador matches will be played on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, the organizing body Conmebol has finalized the list of referees for the quarter finals. Interestingly, the Brazilian referee will be in the quarter-final match of Argentina and the Argentine referee will manage the match in Brazil.

Wilton Sampaio, a 39-year-old Brazilian referee, will be the main referee in Argentina's match against Ecuador. In the Brazil-Chile match, 48-year-old Argentine referee Patricio Lustao will run on the field with a whistle. He has been refereing for almost 10 years.

Wilton has already played in the group stage match between Argentina and Uruguay in the current edition. Argentina won the match 1-0. Wilton showed a total of 5 yellow cards in the match. Uruguay's Edinson Cavani appealed for a penalty, but the referee did not respond.

Overall, Wilton has been Argentina's referee in three matches so far. In the match against Peru in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers for the first time. The game was drawn 0-0 on that day.

He later played in the 2019 Copa group stage match against Paraguay. That match was drawn 1-1. Wilton played the penalty whistle once for both teams that day.

There are also two linesmen from Brazil in the Argentina match with Wilton. They are Danilo Manis and Bruno Pierce. Victor Carillo of Paraguay will be the fourth official and Wagner Riowe of Brazil will be the video assistant referee.

Referee for four matches in the Copa America quarter

Peru-Paraguay: Esteban Ostojic (Uruguay)
Brazil-Chile: Patricio Lustao (Argentina)
Colombia-Uruguay: Jesus Gil Manzano (Spain)
Argentina-Ecuador: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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