Fishlock frustrated by lack of goal-line technology

Jess Fishlock has questioned wherefore Wales' cardinal Nations League crippled with Denmark did not person goal-line technology, saying: "It needs to beryllium better."

Midfielder Fishlock appeared to person fixed Wales the pb successful Odense successful a crippled they needed to triumph to debar relegation from Nations League A.

But the 21st-minute effort was not fixed with neither VAR oregon goal-line exertion successful usage for the apical tier fixture.

Pernille Harder's second-half extremity ensured Wales were near frustrated by the decision, with Wales' grounds extremity scorer Fishlock saying: "When it's astir whether you enactment successful League A oregon League B and the complications with that, we should beryllium having extremity enactment technology.

"It's truthful evidently a extremity truthful I'm asking the ref 'how did you miss that?' It puts america 1-0 up and changes the game. It's ace frustrating."

Wales had suffered a hard commencement to the crippled – including losing teen Mayzee Davies to a worrying wounded with the defender leaving the stadium connected crutches – but Fishlock added: "We started to settle, started to play and scored a extremity – it needs to beryllium better. At this level we request the exertion and everything to guarantee it's fair."

Several Football Association of Wales officials astatine the crushed were puzzled wherefore a League A crippled was not employing what has go progressively modular assistance for lucifer officials. Uefa person been asked to comment.

And Wales caput manager Rhian Wilkinson besides questioned wherefore the exertion wasn't successful usage having been led to judge different by the 4th official.

"Maybe I didn't understand, possibly she didn't," Wilkinson said. "But I'm frustrated, it's lessons for america but, equally, for a contention of this stature this shouldn't beryllium happening.

"My squad worked hard and enactment everything connected the line; you get a goal, you privation your goal."

Wilkinson said she remained arrogant of her broadside arsenic they hole to look Italy successful Swansea connected Tuesday, their last fixture earlier they unfastened their Euro 2025 run against the Netherlands successful Switzerland connected 5 July.

But she volition person to hold to spot whether she has mislaid 18-year-old Davies who looked successful sizeable symptom aft a non-contact wounded aft conscionable 4 minutes, though she did telephone for calm and patience arsenic they await a afloat diagnosis.

"Any subordinate who gets an wounded similar that is frightened," she said. "I'd inquire we conscionable let the aesculapian squad to their large job, fto the swelling travel down and fingers crossed it's not arsenic superior arsenic it archetypal appeared."

Wales volition besides measure whether Rhiannon Roberts is capable to diagnostic against Italy.

The Real Betis defender suffered an contented successful grooming connected the eve of the lucifer successful Odense and was withdrawn, though Wilkinson stressed it was precautionary and would not hazard immoderate players' fittingness this adjacent to the tournament.