Alison Barnes was at the stadium in Sydney for the semi-final between England and Australia, saying the atmosphere was 'intense'
Australian newspaper front pages lamented the loss, with some having harsh words for the English team for their “rough” tactics.
On the first half tackle on Australian captain Sam Kerr that earned England’s Alex Greenwood a yellow card, the Australian tabloid newspaperwhen English wicket keeper Jonny Bairstow was fairly stumped when he left his crease but it appears that ethos doesn’t carry over to football after English players bent the rules in a fiery first half.”“I had a message from someone at work today saying, ‘I would normally support England but I don’t know if I can bring myself to on Sunday.’ Because they’re so crushed,” Dr Barnes added.
“I think it will be similarly hostile in the final. No one’s been super hideous to me but I’m not trying to crow too much.”“Weirdly the only thing I can equate it to – it’s exactly how I felt when Labour got in in 1997, I’d been to see Billy Bragg the night before and I woke up the next morning… It just feels really immense,” she said.
“I’m in WhatsApp groups with friends back home and so they’re all watching on TV and I’m in the stadium and we’re all trying to communicate, I really like that, it really connects me with the people back home.”
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