A female referee will for the first time take charge of a UEFA men’s game tonight when Champions League holders Liverpool face their Europa League counterparts Chelsea in the Super Cup final tonight.

Frenchwoman Stephanie Frappart will officiate tonight’s all English affair as Jurgen Klopp and Frank Lampard’s charges battle for the season’s first major silverware.

History beckons in Instabul tonight, the football world waits to see the first female referee taking charge of a major UEFA men’s game.

Kick off is 21:00hrs.