De Almeida in union – Super League Arsenal. She was also assistant referee in the Copa Libertadores. Photo José Almeida
The Professional Football League (LPF) has completed the refereeing appointments for the next date, which will have as its main attraction the match that Boca and River will play on Sunday 17th. The match will have another peculiarity: they added another member to the arbitration body and the responsibility will lie with Mariana De Almeida. The data is also very significant because it will be the first judge to be part of a male Superclásico.
The match will have as main referee Dario Herreraassisting on both sides Juan Pablo Belatti and Diego Bonfa, while the fourth will be Yael Falcón Pérez and Mariana De Almeida will complete the quintet. In the VAR it will be Mauro Vigliano and AVAR, Diego Abbal.
It is not De Almeida’s first time in a First Division match: he has been an assistant in several matches, including Unión – Arsenal in Superliga and in Copa Libertadores, in the match that Racing played in Avellaneda against Nacional de Uruguay.
In addition, last year she participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the match for the bronze, between the women’s teams of Australia and the United States.
What will be the role of De Almeida? In principle, some tasks will be shared with the fourth referee, but its inclusion has to do with the interest in being covered in the event of an injury to the main referee or his assistants.
The rest of the date’s appointments see other women among the arbitration bodies. Gisella Bosso will be assistant 2 in Officine – Defense; Laura Fortunato will be in charge of AVAR in Banfield – Colón and Salomé Di Iorio will occupy the same position at Patronato Platense.
Source: Clarin
