https://resources.fifa.com/image/up...up-france-20.pdf?cloudid=n8eqnjfvnrfpvqt0msyx mariscal and nesbitt from the u.s.a. the insistence on using still developing female refs can lead to devastating results. even experienced refs have made abominable mistakes. players & feds should be insisting on var - at the minimum.
I should probably also add that those listed under "referee" are both center referees and fourth officials. Usually each confederation has at least one official who serves only as a 4th. I am hoping that Koroleva gets a whistle, but I would not be surprised if she was the CONCACAF referee who only served as a 4th official. Looking at the CONCACAF list, I think its either her or Beaudoin who'll be in that role. However, Mariscal made it who is normally part of Koroleva's crew; her other AR did not though. Hmm, maybe I'm overanalyzing...
I for one hope Koroleva is only a 4th official, although she doesn't deserve to go at all after her mistakes in the Chile game this year.