REFEREE IS A WOMAN: please log in to view this image France's Stephanie Frappart will be in charge and the 35-year-old said: "I'm very happy, and it was really a surprise. In total seven Super Cup finals have been between domestic rivals - five involving Spanish teams, including four since 2014, and two all-Italian ones. Super Cup finals between domestic rivals 1990 Milan v Sampdoria Milan won 3-1 on aggregate 1993 Parma v Milan Parma won 2-1 on aggregate 2006 Sevilla v Barcelona Sevilla won 3-0 2014 Real Madrid v Sevilla Real Madrid won 2-0 2015 Barcelona v Sevilla Barcelona won 5-4 after extra-time 2016 Real Madrid v Sevilla Real Madrid won 3-2 after extra-time 2018 Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid Atletico Madrid won 4-2 after extra-time
Lmao There is an article on BBC why you should take super cup seriously To the right todays fixtures does not include which game ?
He’s becoming our very own sicknote. Sturridge has gone now and passed the ‘made of glass’ mantra on to him.
Stats: Reds out to equal Real Madrid in UEFA Super Cup Liverpool will aim to move level with Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup roll of honour as they meet Chelsea for the 11th time in European competition tonight. The Champions League holders face last season's Europa League victors in the annual showpiece, to be played at Besiktas Park in Istanbul. Winners previously in 1977, 2001 and 2005, a fourth Super Cup triumph for the Reds would see them equal Real and move one behind AC Milan and Barcelona in the tournament's history. For more pre-match facts and figures, courtesy of club statistician Ged Rea, read on… This is the 44th edition of the European Super Cup but the first to be held in Turkey and the first featuring two English teams. Liverpool were the last English club to win the Super Cup, in 2005. Premier League teams have lost in the fixture four times since - Manchester United (in 2008 and 2017) and Chelsea (in 2012 and 2013). The Reds will contest a sixth Super Cup final having won in 1977 and 2005 as European Cup winners, plus in 2001 as UEFA Cup holders. They lost in 1978 and 1984. Liverpool's history with the UEFA Super Cup Only Barcelona (nine), AC Milan and Real Madrid (seven each) have appeared more times in this showpiece occasion than Liverpool. Liverpool and Chelsea are meeting for the 11th time in European competition. Five of the previous encounters have ended in draws, with the Reds winning two, one fewer than the Londoners. Both of the Reds' successes were by a 1-0 scoreline - in the Anfield legs of the Champions League semi-finals in 2005 and 2007. Joel Matip's next appearance for Liverpool will be his 100th in all competitions for the club. please log in to view this image This will be Chelsea's fourth Super Cup final; they won it for the only time in 1998 when a goal from substitute Gus Poyet defeated Real Madrid 1-0. Last season, Blues striker Olivier Giroud became the first player to score 11 goals for an English club in major European competition since Alan Shearer in 2004-05. Frank Lampard played 39 times against Liverpool in his career - as did John Terry - the most by any man from Stamford Bridge. He was the last Chelsea player to be sent off in a clash with the Reds, at Anfield in February 2009. https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/360577-stats-liverpool-chelsea-uefa-super-cup-history
Surely if she isn't the best referee ever, it shouldn't be allowed. The rules of equality clearly state any bird getting a bloke's job has to be better than any bloke ever was at it. The players won't even be allowed to flirt with her cos of all that #MeToo melodrama. It's PC gone mad!
Liverpool train with amputee children. https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/11785040/liverpool-train-with-amputee-children
The female ref will be interesting in the sense that the female game is very different to the male game: less physical, not as a quick and far far far less diving. Will also be interesting to see how much backchat goes on given that the male refs are typically very weak at dealing with it and players get away will murder at times.
I might have used this one before, but - who better than a woman to berate a man when he's done something wrong?