The first judgment of the permanent referee of derbies in derby!
The names of the refereeing team for the first match between Esteghlal and Persepolis in the history of women's football have been announced, while this match will be judged by a video assistant referee.
According to "Varzesh Se", Iranian women's football will pass one of its most special and historic days on Friday, November 1, 1405; Where Tehran's Shahid Kazemi Stadium will host the first match between Persepolis and Esteghlal women's teams. A match that, regardless of the sensitivities of the ranking table, is of interest to football fans and fans of the two teams due to the first official confrontation between the two big clubs of the capital in the women's section.
In this regard, the judgment of this sensitive and high-profile match was entrusted to Mahnaz Zakai as one of the most experienced referees of women's football. Also, Athena Leshni along with Rihana Shirazi will help him in judging and Aban Nasiri has been chosen as the fourth referee for this match.
As mentioned before, the special thing about this match is the use of video assistant referee technology. The Football Federation, which opened VAR to the Women's Premier League matches yesterday, will also use the video system for this big derby so that there are as few refereeing errors as possible in this game.
In addition, Mouad Doanifard, one of the international and veteran referees of our country's football, will be stationed as a VAR referee in the video room, and Bahare Seifi will be his assistant.