The international referee will touch the ceiling of her career in refereeing a World Cup match
He will star in the arbitration triplet that will go down in history after directing the Costa Rica – Germany
Referee Stephanie Frappart, that tonight the Costa Rica-Germany will become the first woman to lead a men’s World Cup match, He assured that he will feel “great emotion”, but that he will have to “channel” it to make a good arbitration.
The French will touch the ceiling of her career. She will be the first woman to direct a men’s World Cup event together with two assistant referees (Neuza Back from Brazil, Karen Díaz Medina from Mexico). She will be part of the first women’s referee triplet for a match between men.
“When I found out, the emotion was enormous. I did not expect it, I am very proud to represent France in the World Cup,” said the referee in statements distributed by FIFA.
“I feel a lot of pride and a lot of honour.”
Stéphanie Frappart will become the first woman in history to refer a men’s #FIFAWorldCup match tonight when @fedefutbolcrc take on @DFB_Team ?
Earlier this year, she explained how much it means to her: pic.twitter.com/4E4QLWBQFA
—FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) December 1, 2022
Frappart was a player, “but also I wanted to learn about the laws of the game, so I started refereeing and continued playing and refereeing until I was 20 years old.” She decided to choose refereeing because “the structures of women’s football were still developing, so I felt it would be better for me to continue as a referee.”
Since then, her career as a referee has been full of success being the first woman to referee a match in the French league, the Champions League and the Eurocup. Now, at 38, after more than a decade being international, will add a new milestone by being in charge of a men’s World Cup match.
Beyond making history, his main objective is “to play a good game”. He will have to put emotions aside when entering a large stadium like the ones for the World Cup in Qatar, since “it will be full and there will be many expectations.”
is aware that “You will have to make good decisions”and that happens by focusing on the essential objective, the pitch.