Lina Lehtovaara condemned the draw between Nigeria and Canada.
Lina Lehtovaara made two tough VAR decisions in her World Cup debut. PDO
The World Cup football tournament continues on Friday with three matches.
The first of them was played in Melbourne, where Nigeria and Canada shared the group B series points with a 0–0 draw.
The hero of the match was the goalkeeper of Nigeria Chiamaka Nnadoziewho rejected by Christine Sinclair a comma.
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Rankkar was sentenced by a Finn Lina Lehtovaara, who was called to the VAR video right at the beginning of the second period. Lehtvaara saw Francisca Ordegan mistake and showed the ball to the spot.
It was the first VAR decision by a Finnish judge.
Lehtovaara didn’t shy away from tough decisions anyway, because at the very end of the match he got tougher thanks to the VAR video For Deborah Abioduní the warning he gave. Abioduin became the first player of the tournament sent to the shower with a straight red.
In Group A, Switzerland beat the Philippines 2–0 with two second period goals.