Star breaks silence on butt stomp debacle

The quarterfinals will likely be locked in on Tuesday night time as shock packets Jamaica and Colombia face off at 6pm AEST, earlier than Morocco face France at 9pm AEST.

For Matildas followers, the winner of the Morocco-France match will determine who the Aussies will face on Saturday afternoon at 5pm in Brisbane.

5:30pm — Star breaks silence on butt stomp debacle

Nigeria’s Michelle Alozie has damaged her silence after she was stomped by England’s Lauren James of their spherical of 16 conflict on Monday night time.

While England got here out with a 4-2 win on penalties after a scoreless match, the weird second that noticed James stamp on her opponent’s again, which earned her a pink card, was an enormous speaking level of the day.

But it seems the loss harm greater than the incident with Alozie making a lighthearted joke from the incident on social media.

Alozie additionally tweeted she had “all respect for Lauren James” though admitted it was the proper name to sit down the 21-year-old down.

Goal.com reported post-match that Alozie mentioned she was all proper after the incident.

“I was a little bit surprised by her reaction to the tackle. I don’t think it was really needed,” Alozie was reported as saying.

“I’m fine, my butt is fine from her stepping on it. I was kind of confused initially. I didn’t understand what was going on at first. There’s no hard feelings, it’s just a game.”

FIFA remains to be investigating the incident and there have been reviews that it could rub James out of the rest of the event.

England coach Sarina Wiegman mentioned James had apologised to Alozie for the incident.

“I’ve spoken to her. I actually said (to her), ‘look, that happens sometimes with human beings,’ that they are in such an intense game and such a high-intensity, emotional game, and in a split second she lost her emotions,” Wiegman mentioned.

“Of course she apologised and she felt really, really bad. Absolutely she doesn’t want to hurt anyone.

“This was a moment, it was a split second and it was later in the game, so players also get a little tired, she’s an inexperienced player on this stage and she’s done really well.

“I think in a split second she just lost her emotions. Of course she doesn’t want to hurt anyone, she’s the sweetest person I know.

“Things happen like that, you can’t change it any more, it’s a huge lesson to learn but of course it’s not something she’s done on purpose.”

While James will miss England’s quarterfinal towards Jamaica or Colombia with an automated one-match ban for her pink card, it’s in FIFA’s fingers if her event is over.