Bompastor Demands ‘More Respect’ for Women’s Game Officiating After Controversial Chelsea VAR Decisions in Champions League Loss to Arsenal
Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor has voiced strong criticism regarding the standard of officiating in women’s football following her team’s 3-1 Women’s Champions League defeat to Arsenal. She asserted that the women’s game deserves “more respect” after two Chelsea goals were controversially disallowed, one of which was widely disputed by pundits despite VAR review. Bompastor called for more competent referees, potentially even from the men’s game, to be assigned to high-profile women’s matches.