It’s a joke, but it’s not: The French Stephanie Frappart, the Rwandan Salima Mukasanga and the Japanese Yoshimi Yamashitawith attendees in Brazil Neuza returnedthe Mexican Karen Diaz Medina and the American Kathryn Nesbittwill make history in Qatar 2022. And that’s it This is the first time there have been female referees at a men’s World Cup, according to the list of referees announced by FIFA.
Frappart, 38 years old and international since 2011, is the most reputable and recognized college. After directing the biggest women’s tournament, including the World Cup finals, in 2019 she became the first woman to referee the men’s Super Cup final (Liverpool-Chelsea) and in 2020 she was the first to direct a Champions League match. (Juventus-Dinamo kyiv).
She was also the first female referee in a match at the Men’s European Championship, being appointed as Dutchman Danny Makkelie’s assistant in the match against Turkey-Italy that opened the tournament.
For its part, Mukasanga She was the first woman to officiate in a match at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations (Zimbabwe-Guinea) after becoming the fourth referee for the match against Guinea-Malawi, and Yamashita officiated this April in Melbourne City-Jeonnam Dragons match in the Asian Champions League.
“We are pleased to look forward to referees Stéphanie Frappart, Salima Mukansanga and Yoshimi Yamashita, along with assistants Neuza Back, Karen Díaz Medina and Kathryn Nesbitt, for the first time in World Cup history. These appointments is ending a long time. process that began several years ago. years in the appointment of female referees in the junior and senior male FIFA tournaments, “said the Italian. Pierluigi CollinaChairman of the FIFA Referees Committee.
“In this sense, we will never tire of repeating that what matters is quality and not gender. In the future, the fact that there are elite referees in major men’s competitions will be understood as something normal and will no longer be news. FIFA World Championship because his performance is always great, and that’s the defining factor for us ”, he concludes.
Source: La Verdad
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