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Stephanie Frappart set to make history as the first female referee to officiate men’s Champions League

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French referee, Stephanie Frappart who is set to oversee Juventus vs Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday, December 2 will become the first-ever female official to referee a men’s Champions League game.

36-year-old Stephanie Frappart became the first woman to referee a major men’s European match when she took charge of the UEFA Super Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea in Istanbul last year.

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She also officiated the 2019 Women’s World Cup final between the United States and Holland and became the first female referee to take charge of a French Ligue 1 match when Amiens played Strasbourg in April last year.

She oversaw her first Europa League game in October when Leicester City hosted Zorya Luhansk.

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Juventus, who have already qualified for the last-16, are second in Group G with nine points from four games, eight points clear of Dynamo Kiev, and three behind Barcelona, who face Ferencvaros on Wednesday.

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