Sarina Wiegman said England player ‘lost her emotions’Manager feels 10 years older after win over Nigeria
Sarina Wiegman said Lauren James had “in a split second lost her emotions” after the 21-year-old was sent off in England’s penalty shootout win over Nigeria in Brisbane. It was a moment of petulance from England’s breakout star of the tournament, “a Beckhamesque moment of madness” as Gary Lineker described it on Twitter. The Lionesses came through a nervy encounter 4-2 on penalties to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.
With the tie goalless and finely balanced, James was dismissed in the 87th minute for standing on a prone Michelle Alozie. The Chelsea player’s behaviour was likened by Lineker and others to the kick that earned David Beckham a red card in the World Cup against Argentina in 1998. England went out then, whereas Nigeria could not capitalise on James’s exit.
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