Officials prepare for semi-final duty

The officials have been appointed for Friday's UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship semi-finals, with referees from Bulgaria and Belgium taking charge of the matches.

First semiIlonka Djaleva, the 34-year-old Bulgarian, will be in the middle for the meeting of Group B winners Norway and Group A runners-up Sweden. She took charge of the Netherlands' 2-1 victory against Spain and Germany's 6-0 demolition of England, and acted as fourth official when Sweden beat Germany. Romanian Irina Mirt and Dilan Gökcek of Turkey are the assistant referees with Hungary's Gyöngyi Gaal providing support.

Second semiThe 37-year-old Belgian referee Carla De Boeck has been awarded the other semi, which pits England against France. De Boeck has also been in charge of two matches during this competition, Sweden's defeat of Germany and Norway's 2-1 success against Spain on Tuesday which won them the section. She was the fourth official for Germany's opening 2-0 loss to Italy. Emilia Parviainen of Finland and Slovakian Miroslava Migalova are the assistants and Snjezana Focic of Croatia the fourth official.

Source: http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WUnder19/news/Kind=1/newsId=87027.html