For the first time in the 92-year history of the FIFA World Cup, three women will be in charge of a FIFA World Cup man’s game.
Stéphanie Frappart of France will officiate the Group E round three three encounter between Germany and Costa Rica and she will be assisted by Neuza Ines Back of Brazil and Karen Diaz of Mexico.
It will be the first in history to witness three females taking control of a FIFA Man’s World Cup match.
The 38-year-old Frappart won the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) World’s Best Woman Referee three times in her career in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
She has been listed as FIFA referee since 2009, the same year she made her debut in the French Ligue 1.
Germany are sitting at the bottom of the group, and anything less than a win would send them packing.
Meanwhile, Costa Rica are sitting third with three points and a win would definitely send the to the round of 16, while a draw could possibly be enough if Spain beat Japan.
