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Sexist!The Dutch get a third 3-1 but watching City you appreciate the way we play that one touch without thinking whereas the Woman sometimes take that extra touch or don’t pass to a better player
Sexist!The Dutch get a third 3-1 but watching City you appreciate the way we play that one touch without thinking whereas the Woman sometimes take that extra touch or don’t pass to a better player
Sexist!
Well they have to get a grip somehow.
Coupled with the farce at the CAF Champions League (Off Topic Thread) where a game was abandoned after one side walked off refusing to accept a VAR referral decision, the behaviour of the Cameroon players risks setting a further dangerous precedent. VAR was supposed to aid the on field officials but it just seems to have undermined them. There have always been (& will be) contentious decisions and the officials being swarmed by players arguing their case, but teams effectively going on strike and refusing to play on? Ridiculous.
FIFA need to act quickly and visibly (not two things they are renowned for) - such as issuing a massive fine and a suspended ban from tournaments (e.g. a reoccurrence in any fixture will result in automatic elimination, the forfeit of the game it occurs in etc).
But questions need to be asked about the standard Of refereeing- just witnessed a Cameroon player blatantly and needlessly shove the referee with both hands to “get her out of the way” but it appeared unnecessary and simply because the player was ill tempered. No idea if any action was taken but if not - another bottling by the officials. Should have been a red card.
Oh, and just as an aside, I wonder........the word “emotion” has been in frequent use to describe the reactions of the Cameroon players - “it was very emotional out there”, “hugely emotional “, “heightened emotions of World Cup” etc as they showed scenes of the Cameroon players in tears, consoling one another, angrily gesticulating on the sidelines.......and it just got me wondering that for all the attempts to raise the commentary of the games to a more equal footing with the men’s game, that they still lurch back into stereotyping when it suits them, almost unknowingly. Anyone else find that?
This from Hope Solo, former US goalkeeper and presumably Han Solo’s long lost daughter......
“So your heart has to go out a little bit to this Cameroon side. They played with emotions and brought this emotion to the tournament.As much as we want to see a little bit more class from Cameroon, they did bring that beautiful emotion and packed this entire stadium.”
That’s three times in three short sentences.
Sorry Hope, they were unprofessional, childish and immature. If you want to be judged on the same level as the men’s game then call out bad behaviour and don’t hide behind the cloak of ‘emotion’.