Bompastor slams VAR after Chelsea’s UWCL exit to Arsenal
Bompastor slams VAR after Chelsea’s UWCL exit to Arsenal Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor has slammed VAR after her side were knocked out of the Women’s Champions League, with Arsenal escaping a red card in the match. The Blues won 1-0 on the night at Stamford Bridge but it was not enough to overturn the deficit from the first leg. Chelsea were eliminated after a 3-2 aggregate defeat to their London rivals.
However, Bompastor was left furious after Katie McCabe escaped a late red card. With Chelsea chasing an equaliser in injury time, the Arsenal defender pulled the hair of Alyssa Thompson. A free-kick was awarded but no card was shown to McCabe.
“I’m more calm now, but you need to understand in the moment, yeah, I was emotional,” said Bompastor. “Because I think it’s clear for everyone and I think everyone could see the video. I had one of my players pulled by her hair.
“And I can probably understand the referee sometimes can’t see that. But I don’t understand and it’s not been the first time now. It was one week ago .
Why the VAR is not checking that situation? Why are they not going back to that? Just checking and having a clear call on that.