According to Arbitro Internacional, referee Andres Cunha (Uruguay) has torn his meniscus and will be out of action for at least one month. The injury happened before the World Cup referee seminar in Qatar. FIFA said that the final list will be released following this seminar, so Cunha (photo) is in danger of missing the 2018 World Cup in Russia due to this unfortunate injury.
In 2014, South African referee Daniel Bennett missed the World Cup due to an injury suffered at a training session right before the final tournament in Brazil. Assistant referee Ravinesh Kumar (FIJ) got injured two months before the 2014 World Cup and was replaced with Mark Rule (NZL) in the OFC referee trio led by Peter O’Leary.
