Guatemala: Mario Escobar representing the chapines will be back at the Club World Cup

Guatemala will be a representative in the World cup for clubs with the cooperation of the referee Mario Alberto Escobar plays, who have been given a second appointment in this tournament being played Qatar already in the last phase. On the other hand, Humberto Panjoj will have his third participation in this edition which will have the grand final next Thursday and the meeting for third place.

Let’s emphasize that for the Guatemalan Mario Escobar It will be his second participation in Qatar after the match between Al Duhail SC and Al Ahly SC, where he was the central judge and now he will be on the refereeing body in the match for third place. While Humberto Panjoj will be his third presentation after the nomination he received on February 7 for the game between Al Duhail and Ulsan Hyundai for fifth place.

The match between Palmeiras and Al Ahly SC determines third place and three hours later the game between Bayern Munich and Tigres begins for the grand final of the Club World Cup. Let’s not forget that the Mexican team will represent first Concacaf in a final and will try to make history against the mighty Bayer Munich.

But this is not the first time Guatemala has a representative in the Club World Cup, during other editions the Central Americans had the presence of Carlos Batres and Walter López, so the appointments of Mario Escobar and Humberto Panjoj represent the third participation for the national whistlers in this tournament.