The female referee will be present in the final and in the third and fourth place of the World Cup

Single Stephanie Frappart He left Qatar with the pride of having directed a World Cup match. The French referee was appointed as the main referee for the match between Costa Rica and Germany on the third day of the group stage. The only one of the three referees to reach the quarterfinals where he went home.

Before they got home in the previous cut, both Rwandans Salima Mukasanga and the Japanese Yoshimi Yamashita. The two returned without blowing the whistle as the main referees for a World Cup match. Both have done it as fourth referees. The only debutant was the French Frappart with two of the three assistants selected for the World Cup: the Brazilian Neiza Back and the Mexican Karen Díaz. Certainly the latter was decided by FIFA in the quarterfinals.

Both the Brazilian and the American Kathryn Nesbitt continued until the end. And both, who alternated their roles as assistant assistants and offside VAR, and both will attend the two big events that remain to be held at the World Cup in Qatar. And they both perform the same function.

Tomorrow, Saturday, Neuza Back will be a substitute assistant in the battle for third and fourth place in case the two assistants of Qatari referee Abdulrahman Al Jassim get injured. This is Taleb Al Marri or Saoud Almaqaleh. If for any reason they have to leave the match, they will be replaced by the Brazilian assistant.

American assistant Kathryn Nesbitt did the same the next day in the final led by Marciniak at Lusail Stadium. This will be the replacement in case of injury or other reasons for the two starting assistants. Also Poles Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewwicz.

Undoubtedly, even if they only blew the whistle for one match, FIFA tried to show its support for the role of women in refereeing.