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    Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea: Women’s game needs more respect with officiating – Sonia Bompastor

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    Bompastor was visibly upset on the touchline as she approached the fourth official to question the decision.

    Chelsea’s players looked bemused and their frustrations grew, including Bompastor kicking a bottle, when Kadeisha Buchanan’s late effort was ruled out for a foul on goalkeeper Anneke Borbe, although replays showed that was the correct decision.

    Asked what feedback she received from the officials on their decisions, Bompastor said: “Nothing. It’s always the same. You go to them and ask them to check they made the right decision, they always say ‘yeah, we are checking.’

    “But they made the wrong decision. Nothing changes. When a human makes a mistake, you can understand a little more but when there is the VAR, it’s really difficult.

    “I don’t think it’s been the first time for us this season in the Champions League. When we played Barcelona, Catarina Macario’s goal was not offside. That changes a lot. I just think they need to be better.”

    Bompastor insisted she believes VAR is good for the women’s game but that the officials using it must be the “right people to check the situations”.

    Asked how the women’s game could be respected more, Bompastor said the solution would be to bring the “best” referees to the biggest games.

    “If that has to be coming from the men’s game, then maybe,” she said. “If it is coming from the women’s game, then [use] the best ones,” she added.

    “We need to make those decisions. It’s really frustrating. We need to bring competence which is the most important thing.”

    Pesu, 36, has officiated throughout this year’s Women’s Champions League and oversaw two games at last summer’s European Championship, including the opening match between hosts Switzerland and Norway.

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