The captain of England, Millie Brightsaid yesterday that not having VAR available for the party Women’s Nations League against Netherlands (2-1) was “spectacular” after television replays showed the locals’ first goal was clearly offside.
Substitute Renate Jansen scored the winning goal for the Dutch in the 90th minute after Alessia Russo equalized for Lieke Martens’ first goal in the first half. Danielle van de Donk appeared to be in an offside position before Martens’ goal and Bright said it was “disappointing” that VAR was not used in the match.
“I think we are pushing the level of women’s football to make it more and more professional, but sometimes we have VAR and sometimes we don’t,” Bright said after England suffered their third defeat in 41 games since when Dutch coach Sarina Wiegman was in charge. . in 2021. “This is international football and we don’t have VAR in a competitive international match, which is surprising.”
Wiegman clearly saw the anti-regulatory position
The VAR system is not mandatory in the group stage, and the hosts of each match will decide whether to use it or not, but it will be implemented for the finals of the Women’s Nations League.
Wiegman said it was “obvious” the first goal was offside and echoed Bright’s complaints about consistency in the use of VAR. “I think the whole stadium thought it was offside, so I’m really disappointed about that,” Wiegman said. “When you talk about VAR, of course that goal will be taken away from us. I think we need consistency with VAR. Either you have VAR or you don’t have VAR.”
The result left England third in their four-team Nations League group with three points from two games, one point behind leaders Belgium, who drew 1-1 with Scotland.
Source: La Verdad
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