Sam Kerr Comes To Ellie Carpenter's Defence Against Women's World Cup Trolls | 10 News First 

As an Englishman I find this just as abhorrent as any Australian would. The Matilda’s did a magnificent job on the pitch, capturing the imagination of a nation in the process, and that’s all people should be talking about. I know who I’ll be cheering for in the 3rd/4th place game. 🇦🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

You'll never find a monument dedicated to the memory of a critic. Well done to the team "Matildas".

Ellie remember one thing , you and the rest of the team lifted a nation and made us all come together and believe again, something no one has been able to do for a very long time.

As an English woman, this kind of trolling needs to stop. One mistake does not deserve this kind of treatment. Love to all Matilda's.

Ellie's brilliant and none of these jerks would say nasty things to someone's face, they're cowardly people who think they're clever, yuck😢

Despicable people, Ellie played such an amazing tournament.

Nasty people with nothing in their lives but to attack others who have the courage and talent to play for their country. Cowards all. To blame one person for a defeat is ridiculous. I think that the absence of Alannah Kennedy was a telling factor because the Aussie defence is so much better with her there and she was a big miss.

Funny that, strikers can make a lot of mistakes and forgiven for missing "sitters" but defenders and keepers are often slated for just one. Did Ellie make more potentially match defining mistakes than Sam? Not having a go at either they both gave their all, everyone is human, they played their hearts out.

There will always be haters unfortunately. Australia should be proud of how far they come. All the best for their upcoming match against Sweden.

you can guarantee people slagging her off would have had no interest in womens' football before the tournament and likely won't have any once it's over.

We wouldn't have even been in this game without her.

Keyboard Cowards 🙉 Just like the whole Matilda’s team, Ellie has given Her Heart & Sole throughout the Tournament. She is a True Legend & my favourite player. Hold your head up high Ellie, because us true supporters Love you 💛💚

i hope both Ellie Carpenter and the Matildas have the strength of character to ignore these idiots. As others have said it is a TEAM game. You win and lose as a team. As someone who played a lot of sport when I was younger, I was very disappointed by some of the finger-pointing by former players appearing on some of the Australian media coverage. These comments may have been said in the heat of the moment, immediately following the game, but I still think they should have known better. I'm an England supporter, but I think the Matildas are an incredibly exciting team, who have a great future ahead of them. I look forward to many more battles between our two sides, and like many others I will be cheering for the Matildas tomorrow.

The truth is, Sam Kerr had at least 2 more Big Chances to Score. Even at 2-1 after which England scored the last goal. So, as a result, Ellie Carpenter is part of the team and performance is done as a team.

Social media is a cesspit I’m afraid. We have to ignore these pathetic people, they won’t be going anywhere.

Ellie Carpenter had a great tournament and she made one error against a girl playing the match of her life. Online trolls are just nasty, inadequate people.

Easy to troll. Difficult to play for Australia

Elli Carpenter is one of the best players in aussie squad and if you had watched any of the matches you would see a player that not only defends but will run with the the ball all the way to the opposition bye line and cross the ball into the box and do that the whole 90 minutes. just for the record i am english and she was defending one of the top goal scores for this touranment, also the score was 3-1 not 1-0. i am hoping england win it and australia come 3rd.

She was one of our best and has played every minute of the tournament.

Leave the girl alone

Some people are just so immature. It’s a game, there has to be a winner and a loser. At some point someone will make a mistake

Well Done Tillies! 💛💚🇦🇺 Top 4 in World out of 200 registered FIFA Nations at FIFA WOMENS WORLD CUP 2023! Football ⚽️ is the most popular sport in Australia 🇦🇺 and the world! 🌎

As an Olympique Lyonnais fan, I admire Ellie Carpenter as defender in this team in UEFA Women Cup 2022. She was winner 2 times.

Ellie Carpenter is the heart and soul of this remarkable Australian phenomenon called the Matildas. She'll bounce back from this....champions always do. My prediction: Matildas to be named "Australians of the Year", both for what they've done for the sport and for uniting the country.

The Matildas have done so well to get to a semi final against the best teams in the world, congratulations Aussie Matildas for a great run and a great tournament.

The Matilda’s were magnificent against England and will continue to develop. I live in England and support England but WOMENS Soccer is GROWING FAST and LONG MAY IT CONTINUE.

I hope you are proud of yourself Ellie Carpenter played a great tournament stop trolling a great player you are absolutely cowardly to pick on Ellie Carpenter you are the pits of the world leave Ellie Carpenter alone you are not worthy of being Australian Australians stand as one all together like the Anzacs the diggers fight together and lose together love together and fight another battle together go Ellie Carpenter and the Matilda's don't let idiots like these trolling and looking on the negative side of life You go girls go Matilda's go for bronze and shut these negative trolls a lesson in edict love Anthony Fed ex lol

england where just a better team thats a fact and deserved to win

Ellie hold your head high and keep giving your all we are proud of you

There needs to be one about how the media and jingoistic trolls label the French as whinges after we played physical against them, then it's somehow called 'cheating' when England tactically do the same thing against the Aussies in the next game. It's embarrassing to be an Aussie, sometimes.

I wish could go to Ellie and tell her she's been so amazing this whole tournament I love her!!!!

Bottom line. When you stuff it up, you own up.

She should not worry about trolls we still get them trolling about women's football in England in spite of our success , t All the best for your big game.

Australians were also crying that England was 'too rough' 🤣sound soft to me

It's exaclty how Kerr said it in the interview. Football is a team sport and it's not just one player winning or losing the match. These Trolls only prove one thing which is that the Matildas did everything right and on top of that Ellie Carpenter played an amazing tournament. From a Sweden fan: Thank you for being great hosts and being part of one of the greatest World Cups I've ever watched. 🇸🇪 💙💛💚 🇦🇺

She definitely made a mistake and was punished for it. But such is the cruel world of sport. It would be exceptionally hard for any one player to play their sport without a single mistake in their entire career. You’ve done more for this sport than any other Australian team before you, and because of that most of Australia is exceptionally proud of not just carpenter, but the entire squad. Go the Tillies!

while this team brought us closer together unfortunately it cannot be said for the trolls and their comments.

No one deserves abuses like these. But i so wished coach would have taken her off at half time. She was all over the place. We really missed Kennedy in this game. She did a lot of clearances during the game against France. And it appeared like coach didn't had a plan for the game. They were playing so amateurish.

Let's stop giving the IMPOTENT & IGNORANT validation as that's all they are looking for. BRAVO MATILDA'S You made every AUSTRALIAN PROUD

These gutless Trolls are jealous of the skill of these girls and should stop hiding behind a keyboard. Ellie is a great player.

It was a howler but mistakes are made by everyone, I was critical at the time but when you calm down and can sit back and reflect on the big picture the tilly's reaching the Semi for the first time trumps everything else and the journey is still unfolding. Truly hope the Girls win the bronze as a reward for all their hard work.

A team loses together. That is what means to have the team spirit.

The captain spoke the right thing, this is a team game, singling out a player and blaming them should not happen.

To be fair, I was critical of Carpenter's whole tournament. She was consistently out of position, or late to defend, and her turnovers were for too frequent. Her passing game was well below professional standard in every WWC match. Is she to blame for the Matilda's loss? Not singularly. It takes a team to win, and it takes a team to lose.

"unlike the critical post game commentary from professionals" - this is a blatant disregard for the fact that these comments from professionals are a direct influence on the response of these trolls. When will the media realise their power and act responsibly!?

The team's defence suffered due to poor communication between Fowler and Kerr, resulting in unavoidable mistakes. Carpenter's blunder cost us a point; the coach was slow to make necessary team changes, which in this case could have brought back the team's momentum sooner. Kerr missed several scoring opportunities, and I might add vital ones, which ultimately led to their defeat. It is important to note that any form of harassment is unacceptable, and in my honest opinion, I do believe people have taken it too far in the social sphere like they always do. The British team's success can be attributed to their consistent communication and keeping track of each other's positions.

Why isolate and troll one person in a team who were never going to win the world cup final, well done Australia

She had an amazing tournament , it’s just a shame she made an absolutely crucial error at a pivotal time in the match.

No-one is to blame. The whole team was tired from the France game, which went on forever with the penalty shootout.

Why do they have those colors on their shirts? They don't have green on their flag

Evreyone makes a mistake at some stage. We learn, we get better and move on.

Typical Aussie response those criticising have probably never kicked a ball in there life you win some you lose some that’s how sport works

Great comments by Kerr, she always defends her teammates which is great to see!

For anyone hating on her: You can’t do any better….

Blame Ellie? Blame the rest of the team for not scoring more goals...Come on...Ellie is fabulous. Even Ronaldo CR7 makes a mess of it at times.....It happens. Let he who is innocent...

chin up Liz. keep doing what your doing. your great

im not a soccer expert at all, but reading british peoples comments about our team it seems the girls did well, anybody can make a mistake, its intense high pressure out there, leave her alone

Cowards is the correct word.. I am English and the lady has played great all competition

Men killing themselves left right and centre but lets focus on getting the Matildas money instead..

Not a big fan of Carpenter as a player but I am disgusted with the trolls. The team lost as a whole, even Carpenter's mistake came after the team allowed the ball to be played into Australia's defensive zone with a one on one match up with a predator. You don't bash a team because it lost or a player because the team lost. That is only ever reserved for when the team has not attempted to play. Lay down Sally springs to mind.

Carpenter played her heart out in this Tournament, she`s an amazing talent, it takes a team to win a soccer game, not 1 person apart from a striker`s job, which is the position to help win a game, lay off Ellie Carpenter.

Ellie, stay strong. You are one of the best defenders in women's football history. Do not let one mistake bring you down and just ignore these hate comments. These despicable people will get what they deserve. You and the rest of the team have done your country proud. Just keep going and be a better version of yourself each day. I am sure that you will get there and so will the rest of the team. GO MATILDAS ❤❤

Talk is cheap, anyone can sit in a chair

'Choosing not to show....' Oh ok then we'll just trust you then? Seriously is this television channel a purported serious news outlet? The Aussie defence was pathetic and amateurish and deserved as much criticism as possible, that's sport, what's the problem? Without context, who knows the actual facts this story doesn't cover, no one can make any considered judgement. Garbage report.

There's just misunderstanding here for the critics. You know very well that one team has to lose, and it was unfortunate that the dice fell onto the Matildas. Besides, for a team to make to the 4th place in the world cup, the Matildas were superb. Congratulations Matilda.

It's always the few twisted idiots who spoil it.

Elli carpenter you are a phenomenal elite sports person … you and the whole Matildas team are inspirational.. Australia loves you ((🇦🇺❤️U))

- The Goalkeeper Arnold Was a Very DisasTer in This ImPorTanT Game...~🤔✨🤾🏻‍♀️🇦🇺💥

Ellie was clearly pushed in the back. It was a foul. She was stumbling in the direction of the push.

Aussies just run out of gas ! They need a fitness coach 😢😢😢😢

Tbh, I don’t believe in insulting people, but , polkinghorne and carpenter should have been benched to begin with vin and de Edmond killed it when they came on, they did more damage, they worked more as a team.. and it’s also not about trying your best it’s about being the best, and they weren’t.. I’m sure they’re nice people but they need to be replaced, this is the World Cup, not club sport

Arm chair critics' who never challenge themselves to attempt difficult tasks, don't understand failure is married to success.

As an Englishman our mens team have been knocked out of finals and semi finals in the last few years so we know how it feels, I hope Australia dust themselves down and smash Sweden. Cmon Aus!

The lucky Matildas were not so lucky in the last 2 games.

People can be so spiteful

the highs and lows of sport, there will always be errors but i bet you cant make her feel worst than she feels herself. when you project hate it is a self releflection of your own flaws

From London, pundit shouldn’t have said that.

She missed the ball and made a bad desicion. Ofc she is going to get backlash

Her instant reaction after the goal conceded said otherwise

Seriously when did Australians care so much about soccer.....mens or women's .

Key board idiotic childishness, the matildas gave us a game, stay proud

Part of pro sports is being heaped with praise and adoration when playing well and being criticized for massive blunders. The days of not being able to criticize a player because she’s a woman and deemed more sensitive are over and it’s sexist to think women can’t handle criticism.

Well done, these girls stopped the nation, only them and a horse race have ever done that, and it was womens football, I have worked in a male industry for 40yrs still trying to be treated as an equal, these girls rewrote history in this country and we're so proud of all of them, go girls bring home a medal, and Ellie carpenter wear it with well deserved pride, luv you all, trolls are keyboard cowards, go tillies

Samantha should come off the bench.

welcome to the world game, need to get used to criticism and praise, semi-final, no excuse for silly mistakes.

Yeah that's what social media is for.

Ellie ignore the garbage cowards on the net big💕💕💕 from england

I'm ecstatic that the lionesses won but hounding this girl is totally out of order, cowards the lot of you ...

The trolls are people who probably have never played the game in their lives. Pathetic people who hide behind a computer and not face to face

Carpenter didn't do a that bad job the defense all had to pick up slack after losing Kennedy. If anything Polkinghorne was terrible worse on ground but even in her defense she has had zero mileage this world cup and was not reading the play well and getting caught out of position loosing her footing on every defensive exchange. But you still can't blame someone that had no time on the pitch and wasn't gelling with Catley or Carpenter the defense was a mess. That's where England caught us with our pants down. If Kennedy was there between her and Catley and Arnold had things covered previously and were well up to the task against any team. Its a shame Kennedy pulled out at the last minute. Does anybody know what happened to her yet ? We need to focus on a stronger defense as our mids and forwards are pretty class. Kennedy Arnold and Catley need a bit more help in their department.

Aussies will just go back to their cricket and Aussie Rules. Life goes on

She did cost Australia the game though

Elli carpenter failed to defender that gool

That's awful and no human being should be subject to that. If she was a man though, the media and fans would all turn on him and he would be expected to deal with it with only the support of family and team mates. Glad at least half the population gets a bit of media support.

Ok so the matildas played...and lost. The better team won on the day....But do we really need to still be seeing the first 15 minutes of a News coverage all about what the matildas are doing now, who they are inspiring, how Albanese is going to give 200 million to sport when people can't get a hospital bed?!!? It was a Soccer game Folks, and it's over now, so lets all put it behind us until all this overdone coverage starts again next year!

Our key defender was off sick, Allan Kennedy.

it was a huge mistake

Go matildas you are all amazing players and i adore you❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Now you know how Novak felt. 😁

It’s a terrible defensive skill