Stéphanie Frappart, with the referee less protests. Juve-Dinamo that will go down in history- Corriere.it

It takes less than ten minutes, just the time of the first yellow card, to understand who is in charge at Madama’s house: “Mrs. Stéphanie Frappart”, as the announcer says when announcing the formations, the first woman to referee a Champions League match . He speaks little but is listened to and, above all, respected. Moral: I’ve never seen so few protests. First whistle for the ratification of an offside, at three minutes and 15 seconds; first offense after less than ten minutes. With Yellow card to Bentancur, guilty of knocking down a rival. A few words, a hand signal, and a warning: essential and lethal. The Uruguayan from Juve turns and clasps his hands, as if to say: “But think of you.” Referee or referee doesn’t really make any difference. A few fouls later came the second yellow card, in the 26th minute, for an alleged jolt by Zabarniy on Morata’s face. Which, perhaps, accentuates the blow a bit, but Ms Frappart has no doubts. With that look of the referees described by Jack Charlton in England in the fifties: “If you say something they warn you, if you don’t say anything they throw you out, because of the insolence of having been silent.”

Just before the start she is the last to appear in the tunnel, with that expectation that is usually offered to the stars: he arrives walking, between the teams already in line, exchanging punch with Bonucci, Juventus captain. During the Champions League melody, the gaze is obviously focused, the air vaguely aroused and the hair so well tied that even in the end she will not have a single rebellious one. Although then, the only thing that matters, as always in sport, is knowing how to do your job: «E we know it is very good », had said a few minutes before Fabio Paratici, head of the technical area of ​​Juventus. A welcome you had joined Pirlo: «She is good, as we saw in the final she refereed. And we are glad that there is no such difference between man and woman. In fact, on the lawn, he plays the role, without exaggeration, which is the best for the director. On social media, the Sports Minister, Vincenzo Spadafora, celebrated: “This match will go down in history.” She had sent a message: “I hope to be an example for girls.” To Kamala Harris: “To every little girl I say, she dreams with great ambition”.