No VAR in Women’s Champions League is down to ‘logistical issues’, Uefa says

Chelsea’s Jessie Fleming commits the foul outside the box on Athenea del Castillo that led to the award of a Real Madrid penalty. Photograph: Guillermo Martinez/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Uefa has insisted there are “significant technical, operational and logistical challenges” to implementing VAR at all Women’s Champions League games following calls for its more widespread use after refereeing mistakes marred Chelsea’s 2-2 draw at Real Madrid.

The Chelsea manager, Emma Hayes, said her side had been “robbed of a 3-1 victory” by “two humongous decisions” which she described as “embarrassing.”