Football shoes from players disappear from Champions League game

“If the farmer cannot swim, it is up to the swimming trunks, “is a saying. You could say that football could be applied to football: If the players cannot kick, it is due to the shoes.

For the women of the English first division club Manchester United Had the footwear almost almost fatal. But not because something was wrong with it, but because it was unexpected in the meantime. On the way to the qualification game for the Champions League, the shoes of some players were lost. The Reuters news agency first reported on it.

“A bag with some Football shoes Our player disappeared during the trip to Bergen, “the British quotes”“A source of Manchester United.”We examine how it came about. In the meantime, we have taken care of all affected players and they are ready to take part in as usual. “

However, the new shoes did not bring luck to the players. The Norwegian club SK Brann, in which the English guest appeared, won the game in the end with a header after a free kick 1-0 (76th minute, goal scorer: Ingrid Östervold Stenevik). Manchester United footballers must therefore worry about qualifying for the premier class.

“We were the better team, but we didn’t win the game,” coach Marc Skinner told the club station Mut. “We lost a standard and we just have to attack more aggressive in the penalty area.”

The coach was aggressive for the second leg: “But it is half -time. Brann is already celebrating as if they had won the game. Let’s see how it goes on when they return to Leigh.” The English women in Leigh next Thursday Manchester The possibility for a revenge – then hopefully without shoe chaos.