Dutch national team’s match whistled for the first time by a woman

Frappart made his Champions League debut last year, in the Juventus – Dinamo Kiev game (3-0). She also refereed the 2019 Women’s World Cup final between the United States and the Netherlands.

Frappart has been a referee for the National Championship, the third division of men’s football in France, since 2011. She has also been active at the highest level in her native country for a few years now.

‘The time has come’

Orange captain Virgil van Dijk, currently injured, experienced Frappart in 2019. She then led the European Super Cup match between Liverpool and Chelsea. “If someone has quality, and she did it because otherwise she wouldn’t have been nominated for this game, then that’s fine,” Van Dijk said at the time. “I think she deserves this competition. Check out her CV. She has whistled so many great matches.” Coach Jürgen Klopp said at the time that “the time has come”.

The match with Latvia is part of the second round of the World Cup qualifying series. In the first round of play, the Dutch will meet Turkey next Wednesday and this match will be chaired by England’s Michael Oliver. João Pedro Silva Pinheiro of Portugal has been nominated for Gibraltar – Netherlands on March 30.