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Esther Staubli referees Uefa Women’s CL
The referee of Uefa’s Women Champions League final is Esther Staubli. But who is the referee from Switzerland? She’s a former football player and “I am not proud of” the number of yellow and red cards I got in my career. Esther Staubli will lead an all-Swiss refereeing team at the #UWCLfinal in Berlin on 14 May http://t.co/TBSDlpAg94 pic.twitter.com/r2RKxXRGct — UEFA Women's CL (@UWCL) 30 april 2015 David Wiederkehr from the Sontags Zeitung, a newspaper in Switzerland visited the Women’ World Cup referees when they trained in Zurich last month. That’s where he talked to referee Esther Staubli. He describes the Swiss referee as a “hothead” while she was a…
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Ella de Vries never dreamt of World Cup at start career
Ella de Vries will visit Canada soon for a World Cup as assistant referee. In an interview with Dutch Referee Blog she talks about the upcoming tournament and starting as a women in the football world. Not everyone was so happy with a lady refereeing a men’s game. “But those situations gave me strength and faith for later challenges in my career”, says Ella de Vries. Congratulations with your appointment for the 2015 World Cup. How does that feel? Thank you very much. I am very happy and proud to have been selected for such a great event. It is a great honour. Of course one hopes to be selected,…
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Lucie Ratajova: “I love refereeing, I love football”
Lucie Ratajova is again appointed to the Women’s World Cup. After her tournament in 2015, she is now also appointed for the 2019 tournament in France. Before her first tournament I got a chance to speak with the female referee from the Czech Republic can’t describe her feelings. “And I did not expect the appointment.” In 2019 she is appointed for England vs Scotland and as AVAR in the game between Australia vs Brazil with referee Esther Staubli. In her 2015 interview you’ll also read why/how she started and there are lots of tips and insights for you. Enjoy! Congratulations with your appointment for the 2015 World Cup. How does…
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Ambitious referee Azzopardi from Malta goes for WC
Maltese referee Esther Azzopardi had recently been promoted to Uefa’s Elite Development list. She got the love from refereeing from her father, a former Fifa assistant referee. “I always trust in his advice.” An interview with Esther Azzopardi on the Dutch Referee Blog. When and why did you start refereeing? Azzopardi: “I wore the uniform and blew the whistle for the very first time in September 1998. Today, I am 30 years old and I have been refereeing since I was 17. Refereeing has been an integral part of my life as I have devoted my attention and passion to it since the very beginning. My father (Ronald Farrugia, ed.)…
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Hectic days for US team at Women’s World Cup
The team of referees from the United States at the Women’s World Cup in Germany had some pretty busy days before Wednesday’s match between England and Japan. “Monday has been very hectic”, writes assistant referee Veronica Perez on the US officials’ blog. “Sunday, immediately after we completed our match we heard the news about the appointments for the 3rd round of matches. Kari and Marlene will be joining Carol Ann (Canada) and Ivonne (El Salvador) to work the match on Wednesday between England and Japan, in Augsburg. Kari will be working as a 4th official.” On Monday they traveled back from Wolfsburg to the referee headquarters in Frankfurt for a…
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Curious hand ball situation in Women’s World Cup
It took at least three seconds. A player from Equatorial Guinea caught the ball in her hand after it bounced from the bar. Australian opponents during the Women’s World Cup matches protested, but the game went on. Referee Gyoengyi Gaal from Hungary completely missed the incident and let the game continue. “What a curious situation”, was the reaction of the German football commentator. Watch it yourself below: Fifa is blocking all video material about the match (not because of handball, but media rights). So if the link below doesn’t work, check the summary on Fifa’s website (embedding is impossible, as far as I know).