CRISTIANO RONALDO reached a magnificent 750 career goals as Juve’s 3-0 cruise was marked by Stephanie Frappart becoming the first female Champions League referee.
And in fact one of the few issues on a mostly-comfortable night for Frenchwoman Frappart was when VAR made Ronaldo wait a few seconds before confirming his latest landmark strike.
Cristiano Ronaldo tucks home his 132nd Champions League goal and the 750th strike of his career in all competitions in a 3-0 winCredit: EPA
Stephanie Frappart ignored Kiev shouts for a penalty and saw Ronaldo’s goal only allowed on VAR but generally had few contentious issues Credit: Getty Images – Getty
Juve’s three scorers celebrate as Federico Chiesa, Alvaro Morata and Cristiano Ronaldo saw off the UkrainiansCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Juventus had already sailed into the KO stages and this dispatching of Dynamo Kiev surely won’t stop Barcelona winning the group.
Italy winger Federico Chiesa nodded his first goal on loan from Fiorentina, while Alvaro Morata rounded off Juve’s triumph with his sixth Champions League goal this season.
And it was almost as easy an evening night for Frappart as it was for Juve.
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The 36-year-old has been hotly tipped to be the trailblazer for women to finally break into Europe’s top club competition for men’s football since 2011.
That was when she took charge of games in the men’s French third division.
Since then Frappart reffed the Women’s World Cup final in 2019, when she also became the first woman to oversee a Ligue 1 match.
She took charge of Liverpools 5-4 defeat of Chelsea on penalties in the 2019 Uefa Super Cup.
And her first Europa League tie was Leicester against Zorya Luhansk in October.
Chiesa nodded home Alex Sandro’s cross on 21 minutes as Frappart reffed her biggest game so far.
PENALTY APPEAL
Kiev did have penalty appeals ignored when Leonardo Bonucci had his arms around Slovenia wideman Benjamin Verbic.
And Juve’s former Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny twice brilliantly foiled Viktor Tsygankov.
But Ronaldo pounced for the second on 57 minutes, nudging home after Georgi Bushchan’s attempted block deflected off Morata.
That was the Real Madrid and Manchester United legend’s 132nd Champions League goal,- 14 more than second-placed Lionel Messi in a distinguished scoring table
And ex-Chelsea frontman Morata, shining on loan from Atletico Madrid, snapped up another simple goal nine minutes later.
Weston McKennie and Chiesa combined well on the right for Morata to boost his chances of a permanent return to Juve.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
