Piccinato suggests Arsenal spied on Corinthians before the final | OneFootball

After Corinthians' defeat to Arsenal in the final of the Women's Club World Cup, coach Lucas Piccinato commented on the allegation of possible espionage by the London team. Arsenal's youth team trained on the field next to the Brabas'.

The team took an accusation of espionage to FIFA, recorded during the players' activity at Barnet FC's The Hive stadium, on the eve of the decision.

“We asked the FIFA staff involved to ensure that no one was watching the training, and our staff ended up seeing athletes and some members of the commission watching. It shouldn't happen, there could have been a little more care from FIFA so that we wouldn't have anyone at the training center, so that we could be clear that no one would spy or watch,” he said.

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Piccinato also expressed concern about a possible penalty shootout decision.

“Yesterday, for example, we practiced penalties, and even if it's a youth player or a youth coach, watching a penalty training, taking a photo of where the athlete takes the penalty, we would probably have a bad situation in a shootout. It's a strangeness we had, we filed a process with FIFA,” Piccinato pointed out.

Corinthians lost 3-2 to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in London and finished as runners-up in the Women's Champions Cup.

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