‘I’ll never understand how people truly think that is OK.’
“Carpenter, she doesn’t deal with this. She doesn’t get her body in front. Or even just look to clear and hook the ball away,” Grace Gill said in commentary for Channel 7.The contest was settled when England striker Alessia Russo added a clinical third against a makeshift defensive unit, taking the pressure off Carpenter’s earlier error.But the Australian remained devastated after the full-time whistle.
Veteran goalkeeper Lydia Williams, who sees herself as the ‘mother of the group’, was quick to embrace the tearful Carpenter.Tameka Yallop and Steph Catley also wrapped their arms around the 23-year-old. It later emerged Carpenter turned off comments on her personal Instagram due to a flood of abuse, although she had plenty of fans voicing their support.
“Did she stuff up defensively costing a goal? Yes. Does she deserve abuse on her social media platform or at all? No. I’ll never understand how people truly think that is okay,” one fan said on Twitter“Twitter I’m hoping with the energy we have going y’all can send Ellie Carpenter some love,” another added.The Matildas had never previously made the semi-finals of a Women’s World Cup, and their journey to the final four came after facing elimination in the group stage.
They will now dust themselves off for a clash with Sweden on Saturday night in Brisbane to decide third place, live and free from 5.30pm AEST on Seven andEngland delighted in claiming third place in 2015 but after losing to Sweden four years later, then-coach Phil Neville declared it a “nonsense game”.“I know we’re emotional, but we have no time to dwell on this one. We have a bronze-medal game to play. We need to be ready,” coach Tony Gustavsson said after the match.
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