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Referee Hussein honoured at Gothenburg date Friday 14 May 2021
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German referee Riem Hussein is determined to produce a performance to match the occasion when she takes charge of Sunday’s UEFA Women’s Champions League final between Chelsea and Barcelona in Gothenburg.
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“If no one speaks about me, then I’m happy….” Riem Hussein confirms one of refereeing’s golden rules – namely, that if a referee’s match performance isn’t being debated, then the official has done a good job.
“I’m extremely proud,” the 40-year old pharmacist from the town of Bad Harzburg in Lower Saxony says of her first assignment to referee a major international final. “There are a lot of great UEFA referees who would also have deserved the appointment for this match. I feel honoured to have UEFA’s trust – I hope that I can pay back this trust with my performance. I’d like people to think that I was the right c
Berlin (AFP) – Germany’s Bibiana Steinhaus, the first woman to referee in one of Europe’s top leagues, has married 2010 World Cup final ref Howard Webb.
In 2017, the 42-year-old made football history when she became the first woman to referee in the Bundesliga. She is now known as Steinhaus-Webb after the couple tied the knot last month.
“We are incredibly happy,” Steinhaus-Webb told website sport1.de.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the couple married without witnesses or a honeymoon, she told German daily Bild.
After refereeing 23 Bundesliga matches Steinhaus-Webb retired after the German Super Cup match last September, but is still active as a video assistant referee in Bundesliga matches.