Why Stéphanie Frappart was not chosen to referee at Euro 2024 raises gender bias concerns

François Letexier and Clément Turpin have been chosen to referee at Euro 2024, but not Stéphanie Frappart. This worries those who think it is just because he is a woman.

Stéphanie Frappart was the first woman to referee a World Cup match for men, it was a meeting between Costa Rica and Germany in December 2022 in Qatar, but also the first to managed a final of the Coupe de France, a game of the Champions League, but the fact remains that UEFA did not select the French for Euro 2024. It is true that Stéphanie Frappart is coming off a very average season, giving her -into the famous semi-final of the Coupe de France between Olympique Lyonnais and Valenciennes when she made some absurd decisions. The day after this meeting, L’Equipe gave a rating of 1 out of 10 to Stéphanie Frappart, which caused a great stir. Questioned this Sunday on Beinsport regarding this choice of UEFA, the president of the French Football Federation tried to defend the French referee.

Frappart is not in the top 24 Europeans

Euro 2024: Letexier and Turpin will represent France https://t.co/4jjZiLQPVe

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For Philippe Diallo, this choice of the European football organization is difficult to understand. ” Stéphanie Frappart, she is the one who broke all the glass ceilings, and it is a shame that she cannot participate in Euro 2024 (…) She had a rating of 1 out of 10 in L’Equipe after OL-VA a bit too much (… ) This decision was made by UEFA, I’m sorry that a woman can’t participate since she made the World Cup 2022, she made a referee in the Champions League, so she showed her qualities at the highest level. UEFA did not want to keep her, but we can hope tomorrow that Stéphanie Frappart will be able to reach this level tomorrow. », explained the president of the FFF, which does not go so far as to say that UEFA is macho. In addition, the group has already announced that they had chosen the 24 best European referees, without any difference, and that Stéphanie Frappart was not in the top 4.