"Sweet revenge": Piers Morgan blasts Matildas after Lionesses victory
Piers Morgan is revelling in Australia being knocked out of the FIFA Women's Word Cup by England's Lionesses in the nail-biting semi-final game on Wednesday night.
The British media personality is just one of many happy Brits celebrating the Lionesses' win, which will carry them through to the final where they will meet Spain on Sunday.
In the lead up to the match, Piers stoked the rivalry fire with with a series of tweets.
“You know what to do Lionesses, make Ashes of the Matildas,” he wrote.
When the Lionesses the beat The Matildas in a 3-1 victory, while thrilled with the win, Piers seemingly couldn't help but to bring up Australia's win over England in the recent Ashes.
“England’s fabulous Lionesses crush Australia’s wilting Matildas 3-1 in their own back yard to reach the Women’s World Cup Final … sweet revenge for the Jonny Bairstow Ashes runout debacle. Congrats ladies – you’ve made your country proud!” he wrote.
The tweet attracted plenty of backlash and saw Morgan cop it from all angles, but that wasn’t going to slow him down.
Australian cricketer David Warner continued to stoke the fire the day before the match when he tweeted for the Matildas to “keep an eye out in case the Poms ask to change the ball”, in reference to the controversial fifth Test incident.
Morgan doubled down, replying, “No need mate, it kept its shape despite repeatedly whacking the back of Australia’s net.”
The win means England will play Spain for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup on Sunday, while the Matildas will play Sweden on Saturday night in the 3rd placed playoff.
For Australia, while it was two wins from where the nation had hoped, it’s the Matildas best ever finish at a World Cup.
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