Lauren James: England star lost her emotions for red card, says Sarina Wiegman

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Lauren James "lost her emotions" erstwhile she was sent disconnected during England's triumph implicit Nigeria successful the Women's World Cup past 16, said manager Sarina Wiegman.

Chelsea guardant James, who has 3 goals and 3 assists successful Australia, was sent disconnected pursuing a VAR reappraisal for stamping connected Michelle Alozie's backmost successful the 87th minute.

The crippled ended 0-0 with the Lionesses winning 4-2 connected penalties.

"It's a immense acquisition for her to learn," said a supportive Wiegman.

"She would ne'er privation to wounded someone. She is the sweetest idiosyncratic I know. It was precocious successful the crippled truthful players get a small tired.

"She is inexperienced connected this signifier and successful a split-second mislaid her emotions. It isn't thing she did connected purpose. She apologised and felt truly bad."

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James had lit up the tourney with her performances successful the group, but was marked retired of the crippled by a precise awesome Nigeria until her infinitesimal of madness - which was lone punished with a yellowish paper by the referee earlier the VAR review.

BBC commentator Vicki Sparks said determination were "shades of David Beckham against Argentina" successful the foul.

Star midfielder Beckham was sent disconnected for kicking retired astatine Diego Simeone during the past 16 of the 1998 men's World Cup . In the aftermath, Beckham was the taxable of dense criticism, received decease threats and had an effigy hung extracurricular a pub.

Beckham has said successful the past that helium is thankful societal media did not beryllium astatine the time.

"Social media is, I think, the devil," said James' England team-mate Jess Carter aft England reached the quarter-finals successful Brisbane. "I deliberation she's got capable acquisition astir her, capable radical astir her to assistance her and beryllium determination for her done everything."

Chelsea guardant James, 21, volition present miss the quarter-final against either Colombia oregon Jamaica. Fifa tin besides opt to widen her prohibition if they spot fit, and the summation of 2 other games would mean her tourney is implicit nary substance however acold England go.

'Good enactment has been tarnished'

"One enactment has benignant of tarnished each the bully enactment that Lauren James has done up until this point," said erstwhile England planetary and BBC pundit Anita Asante.

"She is simply a superstar and hopefully she volition turn from this experience. Her squad has present mislaid a subordinate who has the quality to crook a crippled connected its head."

England's all-time apical scorer Ellen White said "there was nary request for it".

James' team-mates rallied circular to enactment her, though.

Right-back Lucy Bronze told BBC Sport: "As soon arsenic the crippled finished I went consecutive successful to spot her. She's a small spot upset. I deliberation it's conscionable frustration.

"She's a young subordinate and not 1 idiosyncratic thinks thing atrocious astir LJ. She's been a superstar successful the archetypal 3 games.

"It's bittersweet we'll miss her for a game. Everyone knows what a endowment she is. She's young and hopefully she'll larn from this experience."

Rachel Daly added: "She's a young subordinate - radical hide that. They enactment a batch of unit connected her connected the outside.

"It's a squad game, she's been fantabulous for america and [we'll] enactment an limb circular her and assistance her done it."

Nigeria's Alozie, who was the subordinate James stood on, said: "It was bully for america to person her taken retired of the game.

"I was a small spot amazed by her absorption to the tackle. I don't deliberation it was truly needed. I'm fine, my butt is good from her stepping connected it.

"I was benignant of confused initially. I didn't recognize what was going connected astatine first. There's nary hard feelings, it's conscionable a game."

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