Sonia Bompastor will remember this Champions League quarter-final between Chelsea and Arsenal for a long time. Eliminated by the Gunners, the former Lyon coach will ruminate for a long time on the arbitration of the two matches. Wednesday at Stamford Bridge, while the Blues had scored in added time and were only one goal away from extra time, an action irritated the technician.
As she went for goal, Alyssa Thompson was stopped by Katie McCabe, who simply pulled her hair. An action which could have earned the Gunners player a red card. In vain. This provoked the ire of Sonia Bompastor on the bench, who ended up being expelled. The former French international then came to the mixed zone, accompanied by her cell phone to show the action to journalists.
“We talk too much about referees”
“For me, it’s clearly a red card for the Arsenal player. She’s pulling Alyssa Thompson’s hair, Bompastor said on BBC Two. If VAR is not able to check this situation, I don’t know why we have VAR. It’s me who receives a red card when I think it’s the Arsenal player who should receive one. »
Already, in the first leg at the Emirates, Sonia Bompastor was angry with the level of refereeing. “Tonight (Wednesday), we talk too much about the referees, and that was already the case last week,” Bompastor continued. This is what makes the difference between qualifying and not qualifying. This has a huge impact on the players. My players do not deserve to undergo refereeing at this level again. »
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