The mother of Laura Bassett has insisted that her daughter will “bounce back” after scoring the injury-time own goal that cost England a place in the World Cup final.
Marie Bassett promised ITV News: “She will come through it, she will come through it.
“She’s had big moments in her footballing career before and with her family and the footballing colleagues she’s got round her, she will get through it and bounce back.”
Bassett was in tears after slicing an intended clearance into her own net in the 2-1 defeat by Japan and, asked what went through her mind when the goal went in, Marie Bassett said: “It was a surreal moment but everything seemed to stop. Was it a goal, was it not?
“And then we saw the reaction, Laura’s reaction, the Japanese reaction, and then when I saw my daughter crying, that was it. Not good, not good.
“Her manager [Mark Sampson] was brilliant, it was not good to see Laura in the state she was but I was happy to know Mark was there and her brother Daniel so I knew she’d be OK.”
Heartened by the wave of public sympathy for her daughter, she added: “We’ve always been proud of her and we’re just oozing with pride.
“It’s everything she’s worked for, everything she deserves, so, yes, we’re immensely proud.”
