👟 Bizarre blunder for United women: boots vanish before qualifier | OneFootball

Something quite curious happened to the Manchester United women's team before their Champions League qualifying match in Norway: Several pairs of the players' football boots disappeared on the way to Bergen. The team only noticed the mishap on the day of the match and had to quickly purchase 15 new pairs at a local sports store.

"There was a bit of chaos," reported United's midfielder Lisa Naalsund, who hails from Bergen. "It's not ideal when someone has to play in new shoes. We would have liked to avoid that."

Despite the improvisation, coach Marc Skinner's team lost the first leg against SK Brann 0-1 and is now under pressure for the return leg in Leigh. United is currently investigating how the equipment could have been lost.

Not all players were affected, but the incident caused quite a bit of unrest ahead of the game.

Nevertheless, the match had a positive side note - at least on a broader scale for women's football: With over 15,700 tickets sold, the match became the best-attended women's football game in Norwegian history.

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