Released with Ukrainian flag: Kateryna Monzul sues over-match women's Serie A match

20.03.2022 20:35

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Ukrainian referee Kateryna Monzul worked on the match of the Italian women's Serie A. 

Today, in the match of the 17th round of the women's Serie A, Inter hosted Sampdoria in Milan. Kateryna Monzul from Ukraine became the main referee of this match. It happened on the initiative Italian Football Federation.

Before the meeting, Kateryna went to the field with the flag of Ukraine, once again drawing the attention of the world community to the terrible war in our country. 

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Among the honored guests at the stadium were the chairman of the UAF Referees Committee Luciano Luci and the chief arbitration expert of the Ukrainian Football Association Nikola Rizzoli. Another Ukrainian arbitrator received a special invitation - Sergei Becker, who recently lost his father. 

It will be recalled that in November 2018, Becker was to work on the League of Nations match between Greece and Estonia in Athens. Unfortunately, he had a stroke on the eve of the meeting. Fortunately, doctors managed to save the Kharkiv resident, and UAF made every effort to restore it. Serhiy is currently working as an observer in the first league of the PFL.

As for the match in Serie A, it turned out to be very productive, but at the same time correct. Inter won 4: 3, and Kateryna Monzul used the yellow card only once.