Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- According to Xinhua, Qatar will be involved in the
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Japanese female referee Yamashita Yoshimi, who is a member of the law, said in an interview in Tokyo that she will be "legal".
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There's a sense of a wish coming true.
Ryoomi Yamashita, 36, is one of only three female referees among the 36 head referees released by FIFA. Over the past few years, she has officiated in the J-League (Japan's professional soccer league) as well as the AFC Champions League, in addition to the 2019
women's soccer
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and Tokyo in 2021
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on to serve as a referee.
I don't see any difference between the women's game and the men's game," she said. Of course improving the speed of judgment is something that Qatar
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The biggest topic in preparation, which involves improving the speed of the run, will help in regards to improving the speed of the judging."
How to improve running speed, she said, when she was a player, she was a defender, and she was not fast, but after she engaged in refereeing, she began to specialize in speed practice. Especially after becoming a registered referee of FIFA in 2015, she specifically invited a private tutor, and until now, she still follows the private tutor to carry out speed exercises, and over the years, the running talent has made great progress.
Yoshimi Yamashita is also from Qatar.
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The only referee from Japan, she said.
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Getting closer and closer, "every day I was apprehensive", but she was met with a lot of encouragement every day to take her mind off of that apprehension. She said that when she was a player, she thought
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It was an unattainable aspiration, and after starting to engage in refereeing, I also felt that the
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are unattainable aspirations that can now be legally
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, there is a sense of a wish coming true.
Reflecting on her refereeing livelihood, Ryoomi Yamashita said, "There has not been a single satisfying refereeing experience so far, and the most difficult part of being a soccer referee is the lonely solitary practice every day and the self-blame and remorse that follows a mistake."
Regarding the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), which has been introduced on the field in recent years, she said that VAR is a product of the development of the times, and that it is a good adjunct for referees to rely on it to make more accurate determinations. However, she also indicated that if the 1986
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With VAR on it, there would have been no Maradona to score that England goal with his hand. "It's not without regret when I think about it, but as a referee I don't know if it's a good idea to say that."
"I think the human touch is also very important as a referee, a good game needs forgetful players, forgetful spectators and the referee should help the game to accomplish that. I didn't do special practice for VAR maybe due to it feel pressure."
