I’ll never play in another game like it – Cameroon antics shock England’s Scott

Jill Scott emphasised her pride in the way England handled their Womens World Cup last-16 clash with Cameroon and does not believe she will ever play in another game like it.Phil Nevilles side emerged with a 3-0 victory from a remarkable match in Valenciennes that saw Cameroon twice react to VAR decisions going against them by remonstrating with the officials at length and looking as if they might not continue playing.Englands players most notably Nikita Parris and Steph Houghton were also on the receiving end of some considerably rough treatment, while Toni Duggans arm was spat on by Cameroons Augustine Ejangue.Toni Duggan complains to referee Qin Liang after her arm was spat on (John Walton/PA).Houghton, Ellen White and Alex Greenwood got the goals as England set up a quarter-final against Norway in Le Havre on Thursday.According to the BBC, Sundays clash set a new record as the UKs most watched womens football match, with a peak television audience of 6.9million.England midfielder Scott said: I dont think Ill ever play in another game like that to be honest.Jill Scott celebrates Englands win (Richard Sellers/PA).There were a lot of VAR incidents and a lot of protests. It kind of had everything.I think one thing that Im proud of is how logical this team stayed and we just focused on the next moment that we could control. I thought we did that fantastically well.The 32-year-old now stands alone as Englands record World Cup appearance maker, surpassing Peter Shilton as she played her 18 match at a finals on Sunday.My best friend, the person i would class as family, the best teamate you could ever wish for CONGRATS!! Most appearences in a world cup.. you are amazing! Love you bestest @jillscottjs8 #Proud pic.twitter.com/jGrrHksJ2L Carly Telford (@carlytelford1) June 23, 2019She added: We knew it was going to be physical and that if you took three or four touches on the ball youd probably get it taken off you.I think we moved the ball well at times and that were growing nicely in this tournament. Hopefully we can continue that on Thursday.There was obviously a few rough challenges, but you know in games like this everybody is just so desperate to get to the next round.Ajara Nchout was furious after her goal was ruled out for offside (John Walton/PA).I think that was the same for Cameroon and they probably knew we were going to be technically too good for them, so they probably had to play a more physical game and I think thats probably what you have seen.After Parris took an elbow in the face early on from Yvonne Leuko, who was booked by referee Qin Liang, England went ahead in the 14th minute when Cameroon were judged to have been guilty of a back pass. Duggan, spat on by Ejangue just after the incident, rolled the resulting indirect free-kick to Houghton and the captain fired in.Then came the two moments of fierce protest from Cameroon where it seemed play might not be able to continue in first-half stoppage time when the decision to rule out Whites finish for offside was overturned via VAR and just after the break, once again involving an offside call, as Ajara Nchouts strike was disallowed following a review.England captain Steph Houghton was the victim of an awful late challenge (John Walton/PA).Greenwood subsequently struck to made it 3-0 just prior to the hour mark, before Houghton was caught on the ankle late on by an awful tackle by Alexandra Takounda, who was also shown a yellow card.England defender Millie Bright said: Thats my first time playing against Cameroon. It was quite an experience.It was a strange game, we always knew they were going to be physical, so we had to win that battle first.Inhale, exhale The #Lionesses start their day with a spot of yoga. pic.twitter.com/5IzdYvytTS Lionesses (@Lionesses) June 24, 2019On Cameroon looking as if they might walk off, Bright said: Its the first time in my career Ive experienced anything like that. I was thinking, Get on with it, but I was trying to remain focused on the game and we kept all the focus on ourselves, we will do that against any opponent.While Neville spoke afterwards of feeling completely and utterly ashamed of the behaviour of Cameroon, his counterpart Alain Djeumfa said there had been a miscarriage of justice and that his players showed fair play.Meanwhile, Cameroon midfielder Raissa Feudjio claimed boss Djeumfa had told his team at half-time the referee wants England to win.Feudjio also accused the referee of dirty work and said Cameroon players had reached the point where we didnt want to play any more but continued because they were representing their country. Feudjio said: We continued playing for our country despite the referee doing her dirty work.She (White) was offside (replays in fact showed her to be clearly onside). But the referee did not even go to check the goal (by looking at footage pitchside). She gave the goal.But then our goal was disallowed and we found ourselves in a difficult situation where most of us do not want to play. We didnt want to play any more. We just wanted the game to be over.But because we were playing for our country we decided to go on.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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