England captain Millie Vivid slams VAR’s absence in Girls’s Nations League as ‘mind-blowing’ after Lionesses concede offside opener in loss to the Netherlands

England captain Millie Bright bemoaned the absence of VAR for final evening’s ladies’s Nations League defeat against the Netherlands, labeling it as ‘mind-blowing’.

The incident that provoked her feedback got here within the build-up to the hosts’ first purpose, the place Danielle van de Donk acquired the ball in an off-side place earlier than laying on Lieke Martens to attain. 

The Netherlands went on to win the sport 2-1.

Vivid admits England ought to have defended the state of affairs higher however pleaded for better consistency within the deployment of know-how throughout the ladies’s recreation.

‘It’s at all times irritating [to not have VAR],’ mentioned the 30-year-old. 

England captain Millie Vivid bemoaned the absence of VAR for the Lionesses’ 2-1 defeat towards the Netherlands within the ladies’s UEFA Nations League on Tuesday evening 

Lieke Martens (proper) scored the opener for the hosts, which Danielle van de Donk (left) arrange from an offside place 

‘I believe we push the extent of the sport to be so excessive {and professional}, but we typically have VAR and typically we don’t.

‘There isn’t a consistency. However in no way is that an excuse. 

‘We put ourselves in that place – not clearing the ball, not getting out of stress.

‘However they’re the variations in video games as properly and it’s actually unlucky that these are nonetheless big choices which might be incorrect. 

‘That is worldwide soccer and we should not have VAR in a aggressive worldwide recreation, which is mind-blowing.’

The usage of VAR is on the host nation’s discretion up till the semi-final stage of the ladies’s Nations League.

Stadion Galgenwaard, house to Eredivisie facet Utrecht, is supplied with the infrastructure for VAR provided that it has been used within the Dutch high flight for the reason that 2018-19 season.

There was no VAR out there for England’s win towards Scotland final Friday on the Stadium of Gentle, house to Championship facet Sunderland, both. 

That was as a result of the bottom just isn’t geared up for the know-how provided that VAR just isn’t used within the English second-tier.