Idman.biz
The referee of the match between the national teams of France and Azerbaijan, which will be held within the framework of the 2026 World Cup qualifying round, will be Norwegian FIFA referee Rohit Saggi. He has previously refereed a match involving the Azerbaijani national team, in which our team was left with a player less.
According to Idman.biz, the FIFA referee was the head referee in the UEFA Nations League match between Azerbaijan and Slovakia, which took place on October 14, 2024, at the Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium in Baku.
In that match, the team led by Fernandu Santosh lost with a score of 1:3. The only goal was scored by Toral Bayramov.
One of the football players who remembers the Norwegian referee well is Mahir Emreli, the striker of the Azerbaijani national team and the German club "Kaiserslautern". He was sent off the field in the 70th minute of that match after receiving a second yellow card.
Interestingly, Rohit Saggi has also been involved in a match involving the French national team, but not as the main referee. He served as the fourth referee in the first 1/4 final match of the UEFA Nations League between Croatia and France (2:0), which took place on March 20 this year.
In the return match in France on March 23, the home team scored two goals, leveling the overall score. Then, in the penalty shootout, they defeated the Croats with a score of 5:4 and advanced to the next stage. According to the draw, the winner of this pair fell into Group D together with Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Iceland. Thus, it can be said that Rohit Saggi indirectly "contributed" to the meeting of Aykhan Abbasov's players with France in Paris on October 10.
It should be reminded that the Azerbaijani national team will face France on October 10 in the qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup. The match will be held at the "Parc des Princes" stadium at 22:45 Baku time.
Teymur Tushiyev
