Liverpool has won again in Istanbul. But the female referee was the best of the game – Eurocup News – Football

The special feature of this UEFA Super Cup match is that for the first time in history, a match of this level has female referee. 35-year-old Frenchwoman Stephanie Frappar has been named the winner of the Liverpool Champions League with Europa League winner Chelsea in Istanbul. She had fallen on the international list of FIFA judges ten years ago. From 2011, she served the matches of the lower divisions of the championship of France and made its debut in April this year in Ligue 1.

When Jurgen Klopp was asked press conferences On the subject, the Liverpool head coach joked about not hurting anyone and angering the feminists: "I'll try to look good, otherwise my mother will get angry," said Klopp. – This is the first case, it is special, and I hope not the last one. I think the time has come for that. Bibiana Steinhaus worked in Germany. I am very happy that we are part of the historic moment. "

According to Stephanie herself, for the referees, there is not much difference between men's and women's football, but the UEFA Super Cup meeting has made it the club. the most popular in the world.

For Liverpool, it was only the third game of the new season and the second for the trophy. At the beginning of August, the Reds lost to the English Super Cup in Manchester City on penalties. Klopp in his speech pointed out that the team had to stay hungry. Naturally, he did not want to lose two cuts in ten days. Especially in Istanbul, where Liverpool made a fantastic comeback in 2005 in the Champions League final and where red fans came back with particular emotion.

Lampard Trainer made his debut in European competitions. And immediately in the final! After the defeat at Old Trafford, Frank placed on the bench the young Mason Mount and Tammy Abraham, as well as Ross Barkley. From the first minutes, the only new member of the team, Christian Pulisic, signed in winter, N'Golo Kante and the best sniper of the last Europa League, Olivier Giroud, played. The appearance at the base of Kant was a surprise, as the midfielder would have received new damage.

The first half was left in Chelsea. Despite the fact that at the beginning of 15 minutes, Liverpool's pressure worked effectively and at the break, the Reds had a statistical advantage (shots – 9: 7, goal – 4: 2), the score looked correct. Blue has managed to rebuild quickly and put the game in the right direction due to the use of long gears. The players of the offensive group of the Lampard team, led by Olivier Giroud, who moved perfectly, hooked well to the ball. Liverpool was therefore at risk of staying in defense at four to four. Chelsea made smart combinations and used cutting equipment without much haste. The winner of the Champions League has had many problems, including: because of action Virgil van Dyck. The Balloon candidate has not yet marked the desired form.

Of course, Kante's return has significantly strengthened Chelsea's midline. The French had time everywhere, closed areas for the development of Liverpool attacks and sharpened. Probably finally the questions should be dropped on why N'Golo is playing over Jorginho By the way, the Brazilian also felt the freedom, since Sadio Mane, like Mo Salah, was not always working under pressure. As a result, Chelsea created moments: Pedro hit the crossbar, Christian Pulisic offside mark and Gira – an honest goal.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool, injured, activated his space speed. As a result, the Klopp team organized several moments in front of Kepa's goal. Chelsea was late for the opponent. Alex's replacement also played a role. Oxlade-Chamberlain who lacks tone after a long break because of injury by Roberto Firmino.

With the Brazilian, the Reds had more opportunities to get the ball between the lines of defense and the midfielder Blue, he largely made a goal to Manet. Moreover, Cesar Aspilicueta was late – because of he was not offside.

However, the entire second half, Liverpool, of course, could not play with such intensity. After all it's the beginning of the season. Although the match looked. In the future, Chelsea would generally be able to avoid dangerous penetrating pbades from the opponent, as the Red Forwards were opening up less and less actively. Admittedly, the Van Dyck meeting almost scored after a corner – Kepa made a crazy stop! It is funny to note that during the defense of the area, he kept Kante a bit on the field as a "great" Dutchman. "Chelsea" in the end also had the chance to win at the expense of the corner, but had to play more time.

This half-hour did not give less goals than the previous 90 minutes. The defenders of both teams began to make more and more simple mistakes because of very tired. The episode Mane Goal is a loss of collective concentration. He was now late in creating Kurt Zuma's offside, but, worse than that, no one reacted as required the situation to Sadio's breakthrough himself. The Senegalese, although not in the best conditions after the African Cup, a great master, have performed perfectly well.

Pedro played surprisingly well when Chelsea got a penalty kick. Amazing jerk on the bottom of fatigue! The Spaniard kept the ball and the new Tammy Abraham beat goalkeeper Adrian to replace the injured Alisson. Judge Frappar made the right decision by emphasizing the "point". In general, the French worked well with her team: she let me play, she did not cheat more often than she would have been wrong in her place male referee withstood high football speeds higher level.

A draw seemed like a good result of this fun game. Everything was decided during a penalty shootout. Adrian repulsed a shot of Abraham – Liverpool won the UEFA Super Cup.