On Thursday at 8 p.m., the team of national coach Hansi Flick is doomed to win against Costa Rica in order to even have a chance of making it into the round of 16.
At the same time there will be a World Cup premiere!
Hosts as bad as ever Holland makes Qatar disaster perfect
It’s historical! For the first time in the WMstory, Frenchwoman Stéphanie Frappart (38) is officiating a game at a men’s World Cup.
Ironically, at the desert World Cup in Qatar, a woman whistles for us in the important third group game in the preliminary round. This was announced by Fifa on Tuesday evening.
In total, Frappart has played 235 games. The referee has been used 13 times this season. Most recently, she officiated Real Madrid’s 5-1 win over Celtic Glasgow in the premier class in early November.
Your seventh game in a men’s senior international match is a tough one.
Her assistants for our game against Costa Rica are Neuza Back (Brazil) and Karen Diaz Medina (Mexico). The fourth official is Said Martinez (Honduras) male.
The video referees are Drew Fischer (Canada), Jerome Brisard (France), Kathryn Nesbitt (USA) and Massimiliano Irrati (Italy).
So there are four women in total…
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