Six women will be among the 105 referees for the next men’s soccer World Cup in Qatar for the first time, FIFA announced on Thursday.
Three of them – Frenchman Stéphanie Frappart, Rwandan Salima Mukansanga and Japanese Yoshimi Yamashita – have been appointed as 36 field referees, while Brazilian Neuza Back, Mexican Karen Diaz Medina and American Kathryn Nesbitt will lead along with 66 other assistants. referees.
Their appointment is the result of a long process that began several years ago, which began with the appointment of female referees for some of FIFA’s senior and youth men’s competitions.underlined in a press release Pierluigi Collina, the president of the Commission of referees of the global body.
Six were chosen several years of chaining high-flying performancesinsisted the Italian, hoping that in the future, having female referees at the highest level of men’s competitions (will) be considered the rule rather than the exception..
For all referees assigned within the six confederations, to which 24 video assistant referees have been added, preparation will begin at the beginning of the summer. through seminars in Asuncion, Madrid and Doha. It will focus primarily on player protection, uniformity in applying the terms, as well as in understanding the characteristics of teams and players.
There are definitely mistakeswarned Massimo Busacca, director of FIFA’s refereeing sub-division, but we will do everything to have as little as possible.
Source: Radio-Canada
