"My approach has always been, and still is, that performance should come before gender," Laura Wontorra said ahead of her debut as Sky host for Borussia Dortmund against Eintracht Frankfurt. It is the first time a woman has presented a Bundesliga top match. The game is on matchday 7, with Lothar Matthäus and Tabea Kemme alongside her in the studio.
Wontorra's first top-match assignment
Wontorra also said she is proud to have already reached several important milestones in her career. Speaking to SPORT1, she added that she has already worked intensively with Matthäus and Kemme during Euro 2024, which should make the studio setup a familiar one.
Her first words on air framed the occasion plainly enough: "Welcome to the Tipico top match Dortmund against Frankfurt on matchday 7." That opening underlined how Sky has chosen to handle the evening, with the broadcast itself carrying the milestone rather than turning it into a separate ceremony.
The backdrop for Dortmund vs Frankfurt
The fixture also gives the debut a high-profile stage. Dortmund sit second in the Bundesliga with 14 points from 6 matches, while Frankfurt are 13th with 8 points from 6.
Sebastian Hellmann is expected to return next week, so this is a temporary handover rather than a permanent reshuffle. Even so, Wontorra's appearance matters on its own, because it places her at the centre of one of Sky's biggest domestic games, and it does so with the conversation focused on the job itself.
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