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Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has called for underfloor heating to be installed at all grounds in the Women’s Super League after a home game against Liverpool was called off after just minutes due to an icy pitch. The pitch was deemed playable by the referee, but it soon became apparent that the players were having trouble maintaining their balance and the match was abandoned.
“The game should never have started,” Hayes told the BBC. You can stretch it, but it’s not enough.”
Former England international Hope Powell, who stepped down as coach of WSL side Brighton & Hove Albion last October, was similarly critical. “They should have canceled it before. I just realized, I think too many guys were skating, it’s so embarrassing,” she said.
“It doesn’t look good and it’s a shame for everyone here today… This is a worst case scenario. It’s an embarrassment for the league, the players and everyone involved.” It wasn’t just Chelsea’s game. Arsenal’s Brighton & Hove trip to Albion and Leicester City at home to Tottenham Hotspur have also been postponed.
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