FIFA has announced the referee for the first 2014 FIFA World Cup semifinal between Brazil and Germany. The 40-year-old Mexican Marco Rodríguez will be in charge of the match at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte.

During this tournament he officiated the group-stage matches Belgium v Algeria and Italy v Uruguay. Brazil 2014 is the third FIFA World Cup for Rodríguez and he refereed two games at each of the last two editions. In 2010, one of his matches was Germany’s 4-0 victory over Australia.

During his career, Rodríguez has been selected for several international tournaments, including five editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013), the Copa América 2004, the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2009 and three FIFA U-17 World Cups (2003, 2005 and 2013).

At club level he has refereed three CONCACAF Champions League finals, and his most prestigious assignment was the final of the FIFA Club World Cup 2007 between Boca Juniors and AC Milan. He later oversaw Al Ahly v. Corinthians in the 2012 semifinals of the same competition.