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Stéphanie Frappart makes history at the 2022 World Cup

Stéphanie Frappart makes history at the 2022 World Cup

Stéphanie Frappart will make history this Thursday as the first woman to referee a men's soccer World Cup match. So she will be entrusted with the role of referee. Alongside assistants Neuza Back of Brazil and Karen Diaz of Mexico, the Frenchwoman will be part of an all-female trio that will referee Costa Rica against Germany in the Group E match.

Stéphanie Frappart makes history at the 2022 World Cup

In 2019, she was the first woman to take charge of a Ligue 1 match, in August 2019 the first to take charge of a major European men's match and in 2020, the first to take charge of a Champions League match UEFA for men.

This World Cup milestone definitely has tension, considering a country like Qatar where women's rights are limited.

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