Striking criticism of Ajax from the Arsenal angle. The women’s teams of both clubs met in the preliminary round of the Champions League at De Toekomst tonight, and the London coach said that the goals were too small.
“It’s been a very strange experience to be here,” said Arsenal coach Jonas Eidevall after Vivianne Miedema her team to the Champions League. ,,We are at a big club like Ajax, but we had to measure the goals for the match and they were ten centimeters too small. To be honest, I’ve never experienced anything like it.”
The Swede was also unhappy about the arbitration. According to him, Lisa Doorn should have been sent off after a hard collision with Beth Mead. The England international was hit hard in the face and was unable to continue.
“If it’s not a red card if you go to someone’s head like that…”, sighed Eidevall, who had seen Thorn hit Mead’s cheekbone. “I know she didn’t do it on purpose, but it’s reckless. And in the end, that recklessness was very dangerous for Beth. I hope she’s okay.”
Arsenal thought they could replace Mead, because FIFA has a protocol that allows an extra substitution in the event of a head injury. ,,I think that has been abolished,” said Eindvall. ,,We first asked the fourth official and he said it was allowed. But when we then wanted to do that, she said it was not allowed. too difficult question and I really don’t understand how we got the wrong information.”
,,We were whistled a lot and we didn’t get free kicks for similar violations by Ajax. We have our emotions under control, but with what was allowed tonight, I’m not surprised we got two injuries.” In addition to Mead, defender Rafaelle also did not make it to the end of the match. She sustained an ankle injury.
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