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German Steinhaus makes ref history
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GERMANY’S Bibiana Steinhaus made history yesterday by becoming the first female referee to officiate a match in a top European league.
The 38-year-old police officer became the first woman to referee a top-tier match in the German, English, French, Italian or Spanish leagues when she took charge of Hertha Berlin’s home Bundesliga match against Werder Bremen.
Having been named on the official list of Bundesliga referees for 2017/18, Steinhaus sat out the first two rounds of German league matches before making her top-tier debut at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.
She has been refereeing since 2007 and officiated the women’s Champions League final this year plus the 2012 women’s Olympic tournament final in London.
Steinhaus had already built up a wealth of experience by refereeing around 80 second division games and was the fourth official on numerous occasions in the German league, but this is her first time refereeing in Germany’s top flight.
On Saturday, Hoffenheim striker Mark Uth scored twice to hand champion Bayern Munich its first league defeat of the season while Borussia Dortmund dropped its first points against 10-man Freiburg.
Both games involved controversy as Bayern protested angrily about Uth’s first goal in Hoffenheim’s 2-0 win, claiming that two balls were on the pitch at the time, while Freiburg had Yoric Revet dismissed after 29 minutes of its 0-0 draw when the referee changed his mind on the advice of the video assistant.
Hoffenheim took the lead against the champion in the 27th minute when Andre Kramaric caught Bayern unawares with a quick throw-in to Uth who scored from the edge of the area.
Bayern protested that a second ball, which defender Mats Hummels had hoofed upfield after it went out of play for the throw-in, was on the pitch at the time, albeit down the other end.
Uth struck again early in the second half, firing a left-foot shot past Manuel Neuer from Steven Zuber’s pass to complete an unhappy evening for Bayern.
Dortmund looked set to chalk up its 13th successive win over Freiburg after the Black Forest team had attacking midfielder Ravet sent off 29 minutes into his debut for a tackle from behind on Marcel Schmelzer, who had to go off injured. Referee Benjamin Cortus initially gave Ravet a yellow card but changed it to a red after consulting video assistant referee Guenter Perl.
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