The game between Aston Villa Women and West Ham United Women in the English Women’s Super League got out of hand yesterday. It went wrong in stoppage time.
With a 1-2 score in favor of West Ham, Villas Sarah Mayling and West Hams Hawa Cissoko clashed. The first shoved, then the second swung. That blow resulted in a red card for the French defender.
When leaving the field, it then became particularly unfriendly along the line. Cissoko got into a fight with some people on Villa’s bench, including substitute Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah. At this, West Ham staffers began to interfere, resulting in two red cards. One was for West Ham manager Paul Konchesky. The game was still played, but no more goals were scored.
,,I’ve never seen anything like it during a game”, said Villa manager Carla Ward afterwards. ,,That punch in the face is unacceptable. The pushing and pulling along the line is also not okay. The frustrating thing is that our players were great and deserved more.”
,,I don’t know exactly what happened on the field,” said former international Konchesky. ,,How it happened. I saw Hawa raise her hands, but so did her opponent. And he was allowed to stay on the field. stand.”
,,As Hawa walked towards the tunnel, there were some shouts to her from the Villa bench. Of course I didn’t appreciate that and that’s why I stood up for my player. That’s what happened.”
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