You can wear the same bald head and the same attitudes towards the players, and stay far, far away, from the original.
Or not come close to him.
Presented by many as a clone of refereeing legend Pierluigi Collina, Szymon Marciniak missed his big date with history on Sunday.
However, the 41-year-old Pole lacked neither experience - he was already present at Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup - nor a certain aura.
But his reputation for letting the game play out a lot will have reached, and even greatly exceeded the limits during Argentina's victory over France (3-3, 4 shots on goal to 2).
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His errors will have been multiple, and unfortunately all, or almost, unfavorable to the Blues.
To the point of making him the main responsible for the failure of the France team?
Certainly not.
If Raphaël Varane and his little comrades lived through hell in the first period, they owe it mainly to themselves.
But he is sure...
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