‘I do not appreciate the lies’: Cambage hits out as Opals move on | rpjward
Liz Cambage says opting out of the Tokyo Olympics is “like a weight off her shoulders” and has hit out at “the lies” and “fake news” surrounding her departure from the Opals, saying she had been at breaking point for a month.Credit:Earlier on Friday, reports emerged alleging Cambage had been in a physical and verbal altercation with players from Nigeria during a closed-door scrimmage against the Opals earlier this week which raised doubts about Cambage’s future with the team.
“Yeah, things got heated in the Nigeria game, there was a physical altercation and there was words exchanged,” Cambage said.“But I’m hearing things that aren’t true at all. Things flying around from people in Australia and America, which is crazy, but everything that happened and everything that was said is on film.
“Yesterday was literally one of the hardest decisions of my life, but it had been coming,” Cambage said.“I’ve been having breakdowns in the car park at Whole Foods [a US supermarket], like non-stop panic attacks, hyperventilating at the thought of going into one of the most pressure situations in the world, which is already in a bubble.
“It hasn’t been easy,” Brondello said. “But it shows the character of this team and it’s been tough. I wasn’t quite sure what the game would look like today to be quite honest, not just taking into account what happened there but also we hadn’t played together as a team for 18 months.“Liz has made a statement, I don’t want to divulge too much into that but she made a statement that was the right decision for her. And we’re gonna respect that decision, and definitely going to support her.
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