The old and the new. Very pleased for Dean who thoroughly deserves it and proof, were it needed, that Kavanagh is now ahead of all the other FIFA ( non Elite ) referees.
That may well be true about Kavanagh although Pawson could still be appointed for the Final. Nevertheless, I agree that a SF appointment at 36 in this case is probably more telling than a Final appointment at 42 for a FIFA referee perhaps expected to get it after 8 years as an SG1.