Four Argentine referees to take part in 2023 Australia-New Zealand Women’s World Cup

Argentinians Laura Fortunato, Mariana D’Almeida, Diana Milone and Salome D’Iorio They were appointed by FIFA this Monday to coordinate the refereeing staff for the next Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023, where the Albiceleste will once again participate.

Fortunato will go as the main judge; De Almeida and Milone will be assistants; And D’Iorio will be on the VAR team, the first time in history that a Christian event will have a female lead.

Four representatives are part of the Argentine jury The VAR panel consists of 33 referees, 55 assistant referees and a panel of 19 FIFA announced on Monday.

Fortunato is 37 years old and after taking part in France 2019, he will have his second World Cup experience, like de Almeida, 39, in Canada 2015 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

At that ecumenical event, Fortunato officiated one match (the USA’s 13-0 win over Thailand, in which he picked up a yellow card) and was the fourth referee in another three: Spain 3 – South Africa 1; China 0 – Spain 0; and Italy 2 – China 0.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in August 2021, he was a key player in Zambia 3 – Holland 10 (two yellow cards), New Zealand 0 – Sweden 2 (one caution) and Australia 3 – USA 4.

“The best thing about being a referee is, day-to-day, sharing with your teammates… It’s great to officiate a match with people you know. It’s to officiate matches that you play and they don’t play. Asking you for anything. It’s different when you watch two teams that are actually going to play football, they They are going to see the result in a professional way. To see a good game, the referee also enjoys something because he is a part of it. Play with a footballer who goes for five or six and it ends in a goal, or a free kick that is nailed at an angle, sometimes it happens too often, one says. But that won’t happen: they’re sending it to the fifth plate!”Promised ahead of World Cup controversy in France

In her development, Fortunado was the fourth referee in different tournaments of the Conmebol Recopa 2022, the Libertadores and the Sudamericana Men’s tournament, and also participated openly in the last two editions of the Women’s Libertadores.

She was also part of the women’s qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup and the Men’s Professional League.

MylonThe 29-year-old played at the 2016 Jordan Women’s Under-17 World Cup and has made more than 30 appearances for Argentina’s men’s first division. He also starred in a historical event while together with de Almeida First women to referee a men’s Copa Libertadores matchIn September 2020.

Di Iorio, 42, is the most experienced of the group She also made her international debut at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the 2015 Canada Women’s World Cup.

The list of six referees participating in the 2022 Qatar Men’s World Cup includes: French Stephanie FraubartRwandan Salima Mughansanga And the Japanese Yoshimi Yamashita The main referees and the Brazilian Newza againMexican Karen Diaz Medina And American Kathryn NesbittParticipants.

Fraparte, Karen Diaz and Nyusa Bagh made history in Qatar as they dominated the clash between Costa Rica and Germany for Group E’s third date to become the first women’s qualifiers for the men’s World Cup.

The World Cup will be held in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20 and Argentina will be part of Group G along with Sweden, Italy and South Africa.

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