The carefully contested Ajax-Arsenal qualifier tie for the Ladies’s Champions League 2022/23 staff level at Sportcomplex De Toekomst was once marred via the visiting facet’s a hit declare that the goalposts installed position had been 10cm brief. The incident occured in a while prior to kick off and resulted within the alternate of posts forward of the event.
Within the post-match interview, Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall mentioned that they found out the variation within the goalpost measurement all over the nice and cozy up forward of the event and referred to as for it to be modified again.
“It’s been a peculiar enjoy coming right here and enjoying a large membership like Ajax and we need to measure the objectives and it became out they had been 10cm too small. I’ve by no means skilled anything else adore it,” Eidevall was once quoted via Arselblog put up event.
Arsenal supervisor Jonas Eidevall shouts from the touchline all over the Arsenal-Ajax tie at Sportcomplex De Toekomst. (Photograph: Arsenal Ladies/Twitter)
With the tie calmly poised after a 2-2 in London, Ajax had the chance to stun the crew who completed 2nd within the 2022/23 FA Ladies’s Tremendous League. Alternatively, a function from Vivianne Miedema simply after part time sealed the deal for the North London membership lately on most sensible of the WSL issues desk.
The event, as obtrusive via the scoreline, brought about a flare within the temperatures on more than one events over the 2 legs and the incident forward of the kickoff in Ajax didn’t lend a hand to it.
Case of the concussion sub
Within the ultimate mins of the event, Arsenal had been compelled to complete the sport with 10 avid gamers at the pitch with ahead Beth Mead taken off after a blow to her head. It’s right here that Arsenal made up our minds to make use of Lina Hurtig as a concussion sub which was once disallowed via the fourth reputable, leaving the Swedish supervisor fuming.
I feel UEFA got rid of the concussion sub, they nonetheless have the concussion protocol however the physician makes the verdict,” Eidevall mentioned.
“There’s no doubt that Beth Mead must be taken off. The issue that I’ve is that I requested the fourth reputable if we will do a concussion sub and he or she says ‘sure.’ Then after we are making ready Lina and after we are about to do it she says ‘no.’ We had a destroy for 2-3 mins whilst Beth was once handled, we might were speaking about learn how to play with ten. That incorrect information from the referee… I don’t are aware of it. It’s this kind of easy query to respond to sure or no.”