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The referee favoured Canada. If she had made correct decisions then England would have won more comfortably. The commentators on BBC said Canada had only got this far due to weak referees allowing them to get away with thuggery in earlier matches.

I wouldn't say they were that bad but they behaved a bit like Leeds when they went behind.

The semi finals are the same as the semi finals in World War Two.

Strange that, because the cbc commentators said Canada was unlucky to lose and the game turned on a bad header by Tancredi  when she only had the GK to beat. Had she scored, Canda at 1-0 up, it would have been a different game.

As for the fouls, cbc says in response to pre-match moaning by England coach Sampson (what a whimp!!): "But it was England who looked to antagonize with players taking particular aim at Canadian midfield creator Sophie Schmidt, who was roughed up every time she got the ball.

The English played with their elbows up, looking to disrupt the home side. Uruguayan referee Claudia Umpierrez penalized them but not often enough for the liking of the crowd."


England are whiners not real winners and they play dirty soccer.