International referees Jose Maria Garcia-Aranda Encinar and An Yan Lim Kee Chong have brought their experience to Japanese soccer this summer in order to try and help the standard of Japanese referees and the J. League.
"I'd like to show my experience and help the young referees in Japan," Spaniard Garcia-Aranda Encinar said in a joint press conference with Mauritian Lim Kee Chong on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Garcia-Aranda Encinar officiated in the opening match of the World Cup in France in 1998 and has taken part in 60 international matches, including Euro 2000 and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.