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Neuza Back, Stéphanie Frappart and the Mexican Karen Díaz will make history in the match between Germany and Costa Rica of the Qatar World Cup
French Frappart will be the main referee of the match where the future of Germany and Costa Rica will be defined, while the Brazilian Neuza Black and Karen Díaz will be her assistants.
This Thursday, an all-female refereeing trio will take charge of a men’s @FIFAWorldCup match for the first time.
Stéphanie Frappart will be joined by assistants Neuza Back and Karen Diaz in overseeing @fedefutbolcrc against @DFB_Team.
History in the making! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/KusT7SOUn9— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) November 129,
It is worth noting that for the World Cup in Qatar, FIFA appointed six female referees among the 129 whistlers hired for the tournament.
“We will not tire of repeating that what is important is quality and not gender. I hope that, in the future, the fact that there are elite women referees in big men’s competitions will be understood as something normal and stop being news. They deserve to be in the World Cup”, assured Pierluigi Collina, president of the FIFA Referees Committee.
Frappart had already participated in the World Cup for the match between Mexico and Poland, in which she served as fourth collegiate. That day she became the first woman to form part of a refereeing quartet in a men’s World Cup.
Meanwhile, the Mexican Karen Díaz has been listed as part of the designated referees for Mexican soccer since
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