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Espen Eskås, thirty years old referee from Norway, will referee the Final of the 2019 UEFA U-17 Championship in Dublin on Sunday evening. Riku Vihreävuori and Raimonds Tatriks from Finland and Latvia respectively will run his lines, while Maltese Trustin Farrugia Cann will execute the role of Fourth Official. UEFA Referees Committee member Bo Karlsson will formally evaluate their performance.

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Eskås handled three group stage matches - Iceland vs Russia, Spain vs Germany and Sweden - England - before directly being appointed to the Final after working as fourth official in the Belgium - Netherlands game. Even more impressive, Eskås managed to convince the tournament committee despite not even originally being appointed for the championship; he replaced injured compatriot Kai Erik Steen. Entering the FIFA list in 2017, this surely counts to the most important inset of his international career. Both his assistant referees, Riku Vihreävuori and Raimonds Tatriks have officiated in six games in the Republic of Ireland this May, the Latvian collecting prior experience in Andris Treimanis' international sextet as fourth official and Vihreävuori accompanying Petri Viljanen in some UEFA matches, but this is the first time that either of them will work with the Norwegian. Trustin Farugia Cann led four games as referee in the competition, including the Hungary - Spain Quarterfinal game, and this the first appearance for the thirty-three year old controlling the technical areas.

On behalf of everyone at Law5 blog, we would like to wish the refereeing team good luck!

19 May 2019, 17:30 CET - Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
Netherlands - Italy
Referee: Espen Andreas Eskås (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Riku Vihreävuori (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Raimonds Tatriks (LVA)
Fourth Official: Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Lyon (GIB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)