The women’s football arena has always been harmonious, but this is not the case for a World Cup 1/8 final that ended in the early morning of the 24th. After losing to England from 0 to 3, the Cameroonian women’s football team was in a rage, spat, malicious stampede, pushing the referee and other behaviors caused great controversy after the game.
Comparing the results of the two teams in the group match, England was the first in Group D with 9 points, while Cameroon scored 3 points and broke through the siege as the third in the group. The huge strength gap also reflects that England scored 3 goals in 58 minutes to win.
However, what annoyed the Cameroonian players was not the defeat itself, and the two sentences of VAR in the match became the fuse.
First England scored the second goal. At first, the frontier officer was sentenced to offside, but after the VAR prompt, Qin Liang, the Chinese presiding officer, revised the goal effectively. In the 48th minute of the second half, Cameroon suffered losses again due to VAR. They once scored a goal, but VAR thought offside was ahead, and the referee canceled the goal.
The Cameroonian players obviously didn’t agree with such a penalty. They were excited and refused to kick off once. In the following matches, England players and referees became their targets for venting. First Tony Dugan was let by Cameroonian player aige spit in the back; Then Stephanie Horton was trampled maliciously by Takunda; The commander Qin Liang was not spared, yang Ge pushed him from behind during the competition. According to BBC reports, Cameroonian players protested to FIFA officials during the half-time break, saying that they had suffered racial discrimination.
“This is not football.” England coach Phil Neville attacked Cameroonian players after the game. “We saw the game report on the TV after the game and said it was a wonderful game, however, the behavior of those players is not worthy of the level of the 1/8 final, and the whole world will know.”
Neville looked very angry, and he continued: “I don’t enjoy the game at all, so do the players. My players remain focused, but these images will be spread all over the world, and young girls will see these behaviors, which is wrong.”