" It's official !
Ultra smiling, Shona Shukrula receives a kiss full of tenderness from her companion in the middle of a Roman square bathed in a lovely winter sun.
A beautiful photo of a little romantic trip as thousands have been taken on this holiday, with one detail: the 30-year-old is a referee, while her boyfriend, Jeff Hardeveld, is a footballer. FC Emmen, Dutch second division club.
The couple, who took advantage of their trip to Italy to formalize their relationship on social networks, did not detail the circumstances of the meeting. De Telegraaf newspaper, which devoted an article on Saturday to the romance revelation, explains that Shona Shukrula served as fourth referee in a match between Emmen and FC Eindhoven in August, where the 26-year-old left-back had been sent off and where his team lost 1-0.
Shukrula, who has refereed for more than ten years in the Netherlands and has been a FIFA referee since 2017, has informed the Dutch federation (KNVB) of the relationship to avoid any future conflict of interest in the second division matches for which she will be responsible. .
“Shona Shukrula will not be assigned to games in which Jeff Hardeveld is participating.
That's all, explained to the daily Algemeen Dagblad, a spokesperson for the federation.
Their relationship is not a problem for us.
We wish them all the best in the world.
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The newspaper also recalls that this is not the first time that the KNVB has had to manage matters of the heart.
She must have taken into account the relationship between referee Joey Kooy and one of the daughters of former Ajax Amsterdam coach Frank de Boer.
