World Cup 2022: All-female referee team to take charge at men's tournament for first time

Frappart became the archetypal pistillate authoritative astatine a men's World Cup earlier successful the tournament

An all-female refereeing squad volition instrumentality complaint of a men's World Cup crippled for the archetypal clip successful Thursday's group-stage crippled betwixt Costa Rica and Germany.

The Frenchwoman became the archetypal pistillate authoritative astatine the tourney erstwhile she was named arsenic the 4th authoritative for Mexico and Poland's crippled past Tuesday.

"We cognize the pressure," Frappart told BBC Sport earlier the tournament.

"But I deliberation we volition not alteration ourselves. Be calm, focused, concentrate, and don't deliberation excessively overmuch astir the media and everything, conscionable beryllium focused connected the field."

Frappart volition beryllium joined by Brazil's Neuza Back and Mexican Karen Diaz Medina astatine Al Bayt Stadium connected Thursday.

Asked if she ever has comments from players, managers oregon fans owed to being a woman, Frappart said: "Since I started I was ever supported by teams, clubs and players. I was ever invited successful the stadium truthful I consciousness similar different referee wrong the pitch. I was ever welcome, truthful I deliberation I volition beryllium invited arsenic before."

She became the archetypal pistillate to referee a men's Champions League crippled successful 2020.

The 38-year-old was besides the archetypal pistillate to instrumentality complaint of a lucifer successful a large men's Uefa contention erstwhile Liverpool and Chelsea met successful the 2019 European Super Cup.

Three women - Frappart, Rwanda's Salima Mukansanga and Japan's Yoshimi Yamashita - are among the 36 officials selected to instrumentality complaint of games successful Qatar.

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