At 17.00 tomorrow, Tess Olofsson will kick off the women’s football final. On the line, she has Swedish colleague and assistant referee Almira Spahic with her, among others.
The association: “Teary-eyed with joy”
FIFA is restrictive with referee interviews during the championship, but SVT Norrbotten has spoken with the Swedish Football Association’s Pernilla Larsson.
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– It is so powerful and very well deserved! That Tess and Almira get to judge the final makes me teary-eyed with joy, she says.
38-year-old Marta is playing for the gold
Brazilian Marta came to Sweden and Umeå IK as a teenager. Today she turned 38 and has been suspended for two games after a bout of insanity.
She was inconsolable afterwards but now gets the chance to play for the gold, which will probably be her last in an Olympic context.