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FIFA has appointed Slovenia\u2019s Slavko Vincic as the World Cup final referee, six years after he was arrested at a \u201csex party\u201d involving drugs and prostitution and later released without charge.<\/p>\n

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The biggest soccer match in the world will take place on Sunday afternoon as Argentina defend their crown against European champions Spain.<\/p>\n

And it has now been confirmed it will be officiated by ref Vincic, 46, who previously took charge of the 2024 Champions League final when Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n

However, in 2020, he was caught up in an off-field scandal when he was released by police after being arrested at a party which took place in the Bosnian city of Bijeljina.<\/p>\n

Police reportedly held nine women and 26 men after seizing four packets of cocaine, 10 pistols, three protective vests, and more than $11,400 from the party.<\/p>\n

Vincic was only held by authorities as a witness and not accused of being involved in the operation.<\/p>\n

One of the individuals arrested was Tijana Maksimovic \u2014 who later pleaded guilty to international enticement to prostitution.<\/p>\n

A one-year sentence was proposed for Maksimovic.<\/p>\n

Vincic told Slovenian newspaper Vecer: \u201cI found myself on this ranch by chance. I have my own company, I was in Bosnia and Herzegovina for a business meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI accepted an invitation to lunch, which turned out to be my biggest mistake. I regret it. I was sitting at a table with my company, all of a sudden the police came and what happened, happened.<\/p>\n

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Every match of the FIFA World Cup will air on either FOX or FOX Sports 1. If you don\u2019t have cable, you can take advantage of a DIRECTV free trial to stream it all.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have nothing to do with the group that was arrested and detained, nor do my business partners. Yes, they really took us to the police, asked [us] as witnesses, when it turned out that we didn\u2019t even know them, we were able to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Vlado Saijn, president of the Association of Football Referees of Slovenia, leapt to the defence of Vincic.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe found himself in this place at the wrong time. He was invited to a party where there was a large group of people \u2013 he did not know the vast majority,\u201d Saijn said. \u201cI consider this story to be a web of unfortunate circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vincic has taken charge of three games at this summer\u2019s World Cup \u2014 Brazil\u2019s draw with Morocco, Algeria\u2019s win over Jordan and Mexico\u2019s victory against Ecuador.<\/p>\n

His assistant referees will be fellow Slovenians Tomaz Klancnik and Andraz Kovacic, while the fourth official is Jordanian Adham Makhadmeh.<\/p>\n

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