The beginning of the 16th date of the Women´s Super League English had an unusual extra spice with the delay of half an hour in the start of the match between Chelsea y Arsenal. At Stamford Bridge, 32,970 fans were waiting for the players to enter and the referee’s whistle to blow, but The assistants of the visiting team were in the official store of the local team to buy the socks that the “Gunners” were going to use.
The Chelsea team arrived at the stadium and began warming up on the field wearing their traditional blue shirt and white socks. And the Arsenal footballers, who wore their renowned red shirt, also appeared with their usual color of socks, white ones. But they had to be red. In view of that regulatory error, which indicates that they cannot be equal, The visitors’ staff needed to solve the problem immediately. And the idea was to go to the store that was in their opponents’ own stadium to purchase some of the alternative variants that the “Blues” use.
What could be a quick procedure, without having to travel too much, found another obstacle when they had already paid the three dozen black stockings, to differentiate itself from rivals. Arsenal is dressed by Adidas and, then, the props had an extra task: covering the Nike logo with several turns of black adhesive tape on the garment to avoid problems with their sponsor.
“This is shameful. Ridiculous”, Ian Wright, a former soccer player who is now a commentator for one of the networks that broadcasts the matches, publicly criticized the situation. The wait seemed to anger the Chelsea players, who scored three goals in the first 32 minutes and took the duel 3-1, in a game that included two goals against.
One, from the visiting goalkeeper, Manuela Zinsberger, who tried to deflect a shot from Lauren James with her fists and the ball ended up taking a spin that went into her own goal. A blooper. The other, Arsenal’s discount, when the American Catarina Macario He wanted to head a clearance after a corner, but he made a mistake and put the ball next to a post.
The summary of Chelsea – Arsenal
For most fans, despite the cold, it was a funny topic. Even from the social networks of the winning team, and with the support of having won, they allowed themselves a joke after the victory and the celebration on the field: “We are ready to take off our socks.”
The victory allows Chelsea to continue as leader, with 40 points, six games from the end of the tournament and now leaves Arsenal, third, six points behind Manchester City (37), which has one game less. It is a moment of the tournament that they must go for everything. Half-assed things no longer work.
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