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Karboubi made historical past when she stepped onto the pitch within the sport between Nigeria and Guinea-Bissau
Moroccan referee Bouchra Karboubi has acknowledged officiating the sport between Nigeria and Guinea-Bissau was a proud second for her, Soccernet.ng studies.
It was a historic day in African soccer when Nigeria took on Guinea-Bissau of their ultimate group-stage sport of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Though the gamers had been the centre of attraction, the people who officiated the sport had been additionally a part of the attraction.
All three referees had been ladies, and the girl within the centre- Karboubi, was solely the second lady to take cost of an AFCON sport after Rwanda’s Salma Mukansanga grew to become the primary to take action on the final AFCON in 2021.
Kharboubi had a good efficiency. There have been a couple of questionable calls, however she stayed in cost for a lot of the competitors.
In a latest growth, the 36-year-old Moroccan referee has revealed that taking cost of Nigeria’s sport was a proud second for her.
“I used to be joyful to get the appointment to grow to be the second feminine referee and first Arabic referee to officiate on the AFCON. I used to be proud, and I did my finest,” Karboubi informed Soccernet.ng.
Nigeria finally received the sport 1-0, and that outcome sealed their place within the spherical of 16 of the AFCON.
