Cameroon implode, England advance and Marta bows out
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In the face of flying elbows, spitting, violent tackles and two threats to walk off the pitch, England defeated Cameroon to reach the knockout stages.
Natalie Saywer is joined by former England, Chelsea and West Ham defender Claire Rafferty and Times chief sports writer Matt Dickinson to analyse one of the most remarkable matches of any World Cup.
Should we feel sympathy for Cameroon? Should the referee have taken a stronger stand? And has it really damaged the image of the women’s game?
Plus The Times and Sunday Times journalists Molly Hudson and Rebecca Myers join us from France to analyse England’s performance, quarter-final opponents Norway and Marta’s legacy.
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| 1:06.1 | I'm Natalie Sawyer. |
| 1:07.7 | This wasn't football declares the back page of The Times today, echoing Phil Neville's |
| 1:11.8 | comments after one of the most extraordinary |
| 1:14.0 | World Cup matches ever. England are through to the quarterfinals but all anybody |
| 1:18.3 | is talking about is the antics of their opponents Cameroon. Here to analyze a quite remarkable last 16 game |
| 1:24.7 | were joined by the former England West Ham and Chelsea defender Claire Rafferty. |
| 1:28.4 | And down the line in France we have Times's chief at Sports writer Matt Dickinson and from The Times and Sunday Times, |
| 1:34.8 | Molly Hudson and Rebecca Myers. Later on we'll be assessing England's last eight opponents on |
| 1:40.1 | Thursday and saying farewell to a legend of women's football. |
| 1:44.3 | But first we start with a game that will go down in infamy. |
| 1:47.6 | England beat Cameroon 3-0 in Valencia and to reach the World Cup quarterfinals on Sunday night but sadly |
| 1:54.5 | little of what went right will be remembered. |
| 1:57.2 | Phil Neville said he was completely and utterly ashamed of the behavior of the |
| 2:01.6 | Cameroon players after they twice threatened to walk off the pitch in |
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