Women's World Cup: England boss 'ashamed' by Cameroon's behaviour towards the English females

**♥ Lily ♥** · 06-24-2019, 07:31 PM

England won 3-0 to Cameroon.

The Cameroon players spat on the English female players, elbowed them, tripped them up, nearly broke an English player's ankle, etc. The Cameroonian players didn't even politely congratulate the English team after the English Lionesses won.

Full highlights from the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKoW...&frags=pl%2Cwn

England boss Phil Neville said he was "ashamed" by Cameroon's behaviour after a World Cup last-16 victory he said "didn't feel like football".

The Lionesses booked a quarter-final spot against Norway after a 3-0 win.

But the game was marred by Cameroon's extraordinary reaction to two video assistant referee decisions and several poor challenges on England's players.

"That wasn't a World Cup last-16 tie in terms of behaviour that I want to see from footballers," said Neville.

"I am completely and utterly ashamed of the opposition."

Fifa is 'looking into' Cameroon's behaviour.

The former Manchester United defender said ex-Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger had once told him "the team mirror the manager".

Neville added: "If that was my team - and it will never be any of my players - they would never play for England again.

"At times, we probably didn't know whether the game would continue. It didn't feel like football.

"This is going out worldwide. I didn't enjoy it, the players didn't enjoy it. My players kept their concentration fantastically, but those images are going out worldwide about how to act, the young girls playing all over the world that are seeing that behaviour. For me, it's not right.

"My daughter wants to be a footballer and if she watches that she will think: 'No, I want to play netball.'"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48738649

**Dick** · 06-24-2019, 07:32 PM

Snowflakes

**♥ Lily ♥** · 06-24-2019, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Dickski

Snowflakes

The English players themselves didn't complain about it, but their male manager Phil Neville complained after the game was over.

The Cameroonian players were the ones who kept persistently protesting against the referee and linesmen decisions throughout the game. They refused to kick-off and they stood and halted the game several times. The referee was lenient with them though.

A good sports player politely shakes hands with the winning players after losing a match... but the Cameroonian players just sulked and stormed off the field and the Cameroonian crowd booed at the referee after the game finished.