Women’s World Cup warmup called off after 20 minutesDaniela Caracas tells Colombia fans Irish players can ‘eat shit’
Vera Pauw, the head coach of the Republic of Ireland women’s team, said her players “feared for their bodies” in the abandoned Women’s World Cup warmup match, with the 60-year-old left shocked by the angry response from their Colombian opponents in the wake of the behind-closed-doors fixture.
In an interview in Brisbane with Off The Ball, Pauw said what was happening on the field was “outside the rules of the game”. Pauw said: “We do not fear any physical contact, you know that, we are ourselves a team, that within the rules of the game, we are a very tough playing team.”
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