Qatar 2022 World Cup, LIVE: the first female referee makes her debut in a men’s World Cup

The first female referee of a men’s World Cup makes her debut

the referee Stephanie Frappartwho today will become the first woman to officiate a match in a men’s World Cup, assured that she will feel “a great emotion”, but that she will have to “channel” it in order to referee well.

“When I found out, the emotion was enormous, I didn’t expect it, I’m very proud to represent France at the World Cup,” said the judge who will deal with Germany-Costa Rica today.

“I’ll have to control the emotion to focus on the match. I will feel a lot of emotion entering a World Cup stadium which will certainly be full and where there will be many expectations,” said the Frenchwoman, in statements released by FIFA.

“But we will have to focus on the match right away because we will have to make good decisions. You perform well when you focus on the fundamental objective, the pitch,” he added.

At 38, Frappart was the first woman to referee a match in the French league, Champions League and Eurocup and will now add a new milestone by officiating a match in the men’s World Cup.

Germany plays the last card against Costa Rica, who still dreams

Germany will play its last card to qualify for the round of 16 of the World Cup, against a Costa Rican team that still dreams of advancing in the tournament and continuing with the possibility of repeating the performance of Brazil 2014, when it was among the best eight equipment.

The Costa Rican team (3 units) will reach its goal if it adds three more units, as it did in the last match against Japan (3), while Germany (1) must win and hope for a favorable result in the match between Spain ( 4) and that Asian team.

Starting at 16:00 (Argentina time), the Al Bayt stadium in the municipality of Jor will host a match that will go down in history as it will be the first World Cup match to be led by a woman, the Frenchwoman Stephanie Frappart.

Spain and Japan do not want to depend on anyone to continue in Qatar 2022

The teams of Spain and Japan will clash this Thursday with the aim of winning to access the round of 16 of Qatar 2022 without depending on third parties.

The European Championship comes from a draw with Germany, they have 4 points and it is enough to obtain a new parity to advance, while Japan, with one unit less, only serves to win so as not to have to pay attention to the duel between Costa Rica (3) and Germany (1).

The clash is scheduled for 16:00 (Argentina time), at the Khalifa International Stadium. The main judge will be South African Victor Gomes.

Morocco seek historic qualification against eliminated Canadian team

Morocco will try to reach the round of 16 of a World Cup for the first time since Mexico 1986, against a Canadian team that has already been eliminated and which, at most, aspires to score its first point in a World Cup.

After surprising Belgium, Morocco (4 points) will be looking for another victory against Canada (0 points), not only to qualify regardless of what happens in the duel between Croatia (4) and Belgium (3), but also to try to finish in the first position of Group F.

The match will be played from 12 in our country at the Al Zumama stadium, with the refereeing of the Brazilian Raphael Claus.

Belgium is forced to win against a Croatia who will advance with one point

After a surprise loss against Morocco, the Belgian national team, embroiled in internal problems, is forced to win if it wants to reach the round of 16 in Qatar 2022. Up front will be Croatia, the last runners-up in the world, who are just one tip away to continue the race, even if he will certainly aim for victory to finish first in group F.

The match will be played at the Áhmad bin Ali stadium from 12 noon (Argentine time), with English refereeing by Anthony Taylor.

Croatia reaches the third and last date of the group stage with 4 points, while Belgium has 3 units.

FIFA is pleased with the increase in stoppage time in the World Cup

The chairman of Fifa’s refereeing committee, Italian Pierluigi Collina, indicated that Fifa “are very happy with the result” that duels regularly extend from the regulation 90 minutes to more than 100 in total.

Adding more time to the end of World Cup matches to compensate for disruptions increased active playing time to 59 minutes, Collina said. The ball now remains active between 55 and 67 minutes, specified the former Italian referee.

Active playing time was up to 52 minutes per game at Worlds 2018 when VAR debuted, with some checks taking more than two minutes.

France files FIFA complaint over disallowed goal against Tunisia

The French Football Federation (FFF) will file an official complaint with FIFA over Antoine Griezmann’s disallowed goal in Wednesday’s 1-0 defeat by Tunisia at the World Cup.

Griezmann fired in the eighth and final minute of stoppage time at Education City Stadium. Referee Matthew Conger overturned the tie after reviewing the video.

In a statement, the FFF said on Thursday that the goal “was unfairly disallowed” but did not delve into reports centered on Conger restarting the game and then blowing the final whistle: it later checked the VAR and the ‘he cancelled. .