Argentines Laura Fortunato, Mariana De Almeida, Daiana Milone and Salomé Di Iorio were appointed by the FIFA Referees Committee to lead the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. August.
After assessing the quality of his work and the performance shown in FIFA tournaments, as well as in other national and international competitions, 33 referees, 55 assistant referees and 19 members of the video refereeing team have been chosen, who will form FIFA Team One. Furthermore, for the first time in the history of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, six women have been selected to join the video refereeing teameither
Fortunato will go as the main referee; De Almeida and Milone will be assistants; and Di Iorio will be in the VAR team.
Fortunato is 37 years old and will have his second World Cup experience after his participation in France 2019like De Almeida, who was also in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.
Milone, 29, performed in the Women’s Under 17 World Cup in Jordan 2016 yearrecords more than 30 games in the first division of Argentine men’s soccer.
Di Iorio is the most experienced of the group since her first international presence was in the JLondon 2012 Olympic Games and also participated in Women’s World Cup Canada 2015.
Source: AFA and Telam.
The groups of the 2023 World Cup:
Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines and Switzerland
B Group: Australia, Nigeria, Ireland and Canada
Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan
Group D: England, playoff team, Denmark and China
Group E: United States, Vietnam, Netherlands and playoffs
Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil and playoffs
Group G: ArgentinaSweden, Italy and South Africa
Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia and South Korea
Argentina’s fixture in the World Cup
Argentina is part of Group G together with: Italy (July 24 at 6:00 p.m.), South Africa (July 28 at 12 noon) and Sweden (August 2 at 7:00 p.m.).
Argentina’s history with their World Cup rivals
Sweden
An official showdown: 1-0 loss at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Italy
First confrontation with the Albiceleste in official FIFA competitions. The only precedent dates from the unofficial World Cup in 1971, in which Argentina fell 4-0.
South Africa
First confrontation with the Albiceleste.
