Ref named for All Whites-Bahrain clash

Published: 1:58PM Tuesday October 27, 2009 Source: NZPA

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Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda is to control the World Cup football playoff between New Zealand and Bahrain in Wellington on November 14.

His appointment was announced on Tuesday by Fifa, world football's governing body.

Larrionda has been an international referee since 1998 and he was in the middle for the 2006 World Cup semifinal between France and Portugal, which was settled by a penalty to French captain Zinedine Zidane.

The 41-year-old will have two compatriots as his assistant referees in Wellington and the fourth official will also be from Uruguay.

The goalless first leg of the playoff in Manama on October 10 was officiated by a team of Hungarian officials.

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