Former Arsenal and Manchester City striker Ellen White said 'it is shocking that player welfare is not Uefa's priority' after Women's Champions League scheduling led to Chelsea's Women's Super League match against Manchester United being postponed.
Former Arsenal and Manchester City striker Ellen White said "it is shocking that player welfare is not Uefa's priority" after Women's Champions League scheduling led to Chelsea's Women's Super League match against Manchester United beingThe match was called off with less than a week's notice because of a conflict with the Blues' European schedule.
Uefa defended the scheduling and said its match calendar was made available to clubs more than one year ago and that fixture principles have been "clearly communicated"."The group stage draw was only made on 27 September so I don't really understand how anybody would know the game they would be playing or when that game would have been.
Uefa regulations state clubs from the same national member associations cannot face each other in the group stage, while the two highest seeds must play on alternative evenings. Arsenal and City's WSL fixtures are taking place as planned on Sunday, with them both in Champions League action on Wednesday.
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