Chelsea supervisor Sonia Bompastor questioned the dearth of use of goal-line know-how within the girls’s sport following her aspect’s 5-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur within the Ladies’s Tremendous League (WSL).
Regardless of taking an early lead by Maika Hamano, Chelsea had been pulled again when a ‘ghost aim’ from Tottenham’s Amanda Nildén levelled the tie. Chelsea goalkeeper Hannah Hampton insisted that the ball didn’t cross the road. Nonetheless, referee Emily Heaslip allowed the aim to face, reserving Hampton for contesting the aim.
Bompastor believes that implementing know-how within the girls’s sport is crucial to supporting referees with decision-making whereas questioning the dearth of use of know-how.
“I simply assume in this sort of state of affairs, we simply want to assist the referees,” she mentioned, following her aspect’s victory.
“From what I used to be watching, it is all troublesome to say if the ball was in or out. I simply really feel like if the know-how [is there] for the lads’s sport why do not we have now the identical?
“I feel it can assist the referees, and for the assistant referee, I feel that is a tough name to make. In case you are very certain 100% the ball was in, yeah you can also make the decision. When you’re not sure, it is actually troublesome, however that is the way in which it’s. The referee comes to a decision; we have now to just accept that.
“If the know-how is on, we should always use it. It is about having a funds – it prices cash. If we wish to look skilled, we simply should have the identical factor as the lads’s sport.”
At the moment, Purpose-Line Know-how and VAR will not be obligatory within the WSL as a result of many groups host their fixtures at non-league grounds the place the know-how is just not available. A number of golf equipment beforehand instructed ESPN paying for instillation is an added value that groups can’t add to their stringent budgets.
Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Robert Vilahamn echoed Bompastor’s feedback, including: “VAR or goal-line know-how, if we will get it proper and never lose the momentum of the sport, carry it proper in – simply ensure we do not disrupt the video games an excessive amount of,” he mentioned.
“However goal-line know-how is an effective factor, it is a fast resolution, so why not?”
After the questionable aim stood, a Tottenham own-goal gave Chelsea the lead once more earlier than Guro Reiten missed her penalty. Nonetheless, summer time signing Sandy Baltimore was available to internet the rebound. Tottenham’s Eveliina Summanen scored from a set piece, hoping to provide her aspect a approach again into the sport; nonetheless, it was not sufficient to overturn Chelsea’s medical show,
Johanna Rytting Kaneryd secured a brace to finish the night, taking her to the highest of the Golden Boot race with three objectives and two assists from 4 video games.
The Blues head into the worldwide break with 4 wins in as many video games, sitting second within the WSL desk, whereas Spurs, who’ve solely picked up a win and a draw up to now, sit in eighth.