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2019 Super Cup - Historical appointment!
By: Readingfan Date: August 2, 2019, 6:03 am
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After refereeing the women's World Cup final, Stephanie Frappart
will referee the Super Cup between Liverpool and Chelsea.
HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49206450
I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, it is certainly
a big development for female officiating and you always need
someone to be the first. On the other hand, the general
consensus seems to be that the standard of refereeing at the
women's World Cup wasn't that impressive and you'd have to ask
if she is better suited to the appointment than any of the male
officials who could have done the game?
I wonder if we will see more female referees officiating in the
Champions/Europa League this season and perhaps even at the
Euros next summer?
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Re: 2019 Super Cup - Historical appointment!
By: bmb Date: August 2, 2019, 6:48 am
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I think it is wonderful! I am however female and am likely to
view it with a degree of female emotion and pride thrown in.
Time will tell if it is the right call but as an example Bibiana
Steinhaus, a great referee in her own right, has proved that she
can referee perfectly well in the men's game. Some of the top
female referees are perfectly capable of doing so. I think some
of the female referees from the bigger nations where the women's
game is more developed are very capable, sadly the women's game
is still very undeveloped in many nations & I think this was
reflected in the world cup.
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Re: 2019 Super Cup - Historical appointment!
By: greeny Date: August 2, 2019, 7:56 am
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I worry that she doesn't have a great deal of top flight
experience in men's football. I read that she is in the pool of
referees for Ligue 1 this coming season, so she will get that
experience in time, and so maybe next year's Super Cup may have
been a better appointment. Bibiana Steinhaus, having done a
full season in the Bundesliga, may have been a better choice for
this particular match.
That said, I think it's great that women are getting
opportunities in men's football - and I really hope it goes well
for Stephanie and her team.
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Re: 2019 Super Cup - Historical appointment!
By: dtrv2 Date: August 2, 2019, 8:13 am
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I too think on the one hand it's a great inspiration for women
to get into refereeing, but on the other hand, find it slightly
worrying given that she's never done a men's UEFA match before
and yet her first will be the Super Cup. Hopefully she'll show
her class and do the game justice, it just seems an unnessary
risk by UEFA when giving her some exposure to UCL/EL football
this season and the Super Cup next season might have been
better?
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Re: 2019 Super Cup - Historical appointment!
By: Mackem ref Date: August 2, 2019, 10:13 am
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I think UEFA deserve a lot of credit for this appointment! Good
luck to Stephanie and her team!!!
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Re: 2019 Super Cup - Historical appointment!
By: RCG Date: August 2, 2019, 10:49 am
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I will start by saying congratulations and wish her (plus her
team) a wonderful night.
However, this is equivalent to appointing Andy Madley (first
year at top National level) - yes, a very competent referee,
bags of potential and in time a very good international referee
but not yet
UEFA has obviously decided the Super Cup is not as high on the
list as previously was.
I have concerns due to experience and not gender and I know she
has refereed the Womens World Cup final so has a level of
standing but I think it is a step too far, too early.
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Re: 2019 Super Cup - Historical appointment!
By: Readingfan Date: August 2, 2019, 10:53 am
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[quote author=RCG link=topic=912.msg9584#msg9584
date=1564760943]
I will start by saying congratulations and wish her (plus her
team) a wonderful night.
However, this is equivalent to appointing Andy Madley (first
year at top National level) - yes, a very competent referee,
bags of potential and in time a very good international referee
but not yet
UEFA has obviously decided the Super Cup is not as high on the
list as previously was.
I have concerns due to experience and not gender and I know she
has refereed the Womens World Cup final so has a level of
standing but I think it is a step too far, too early.
[/quote]
This is my concern too.
I think that Michael Oliver is an excellent referee but I
thought that it was right that he didn't go to the 2018 World
Cup because he did not have enough relevant games at that sort
of level and there were more suitable candidates for the
position.
Even amongst French referees, there seem to be more appropriate
candidates for this appointment who have built up experience
refereeing Champions League/Europa League games.
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Re: 2019 Super Cup - Historical appointment!
By: guest3 Date: August 2, 2019, 11:11 am
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Certainly this appointment is a surprise.
But UEFA takes a significant risk. I hope that Frappart will be
able to handle the match and manage the players. After all, it's
a final. And certainly there will be a lot of passion from both
teams. Also we shouldn't forget that we have 2 English sides.
Will she find a suitable approach to the match?
Too many questions to be answered.
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